Olivia Williams

Birthday: 1968-07-26
Birthplace: Camden Town, London, England, UK
Gender: Female
Owned By: Unowned

Olivia Haigh Williams (born July 26, 1968) is a British actress who has appeared in British and American films and television. Williams studied drama at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School for two years followed by three years at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Her first significant screen role was as Jane Fairfax in the British television film Emma (1996), based on Jane Austen's novel.

She made her film debut in 1997's The Postman, followed by Rushmore (1998) and The Sixth Sense (1999). Williams also acted in the British films Lucky Break (2001), The Heart of Me (2002) and An Education (2009). She continued acting in films such as The Ghost Writer (2010), Hanna (2011), Anna Karenina (2012), Hyde Park on Hudson (2012), Maps to the Stars (2014), Victoria & Abdul (2017), and The Father (2020).

From 2017 to 2019, she played Emily Silk in the science fiction television series Counterpart. In 2022, Williams portrayed Camilla Parker Bowles in the Netflix historical drama The Crown in its fifth season, a role she is set to reprise in its sixth and final season.

Credits

Year Title Character
National Theatre Live: Mosquitoes Alice
2024-10-30 Dune: Prophecy Reverend Mother Tula Harkonnen
2024-04-05 The Trouble with Jessica Beth
2024-03-21 Another End Juliette
2022-06-10 My Name Is Leon Sylvia
2022-05-31 The Impact The President
2020-12-23 The Father The Woman
2019-03-17 Nyet! Mrs. Pyke
2017-09-26 National Theatre Archive: Mosquitoes Alice
2017-09-13 Victoria & Abdul Baroness Churchill
2017-04-15 The Escape Sarah
2016-06-18 The White King Sophia (voice)
2015-05-29 Man Up Hilary
2014-12-27 Altar Meg
2014-12-12 Seventh Son Mam Ward
2014-06-09 Magpie The Woman
2014-05-21 Maps to the Stars Cristina Weiss
2014-03-28 Sabotage Investigator Caroline Brentwood
2014-03-27 Salting the Battlefield Belinda Kay
2013-08-11 The Last Days on Mars Kim Aldrich
2013-08-09 Justin and the Knights of Valour Queen (voice)
2013-05-28 The Guest Marguerite
2012-12-07 Hyde Park on Hudson Eleanor Roosevelt
2012-09-19 Now Is Good Mother
2012-09-06 Anna Karenina Countess Vronsky
2011-10-21 Wild Bill Kelly
2011-10-08 Collaborator Emma Stiles
2011-04-07 Hanna Rachel
2010-02-12 The Ghost Writer Ruth Lang
2010-01-08 Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll Betty Dury
2009-10-29 An Education Miss Stubbs
2008-09-02 Broken Lines Zoe
2008-06-05 Flashbacks of a Fool Grace Scott
2008-02-03 Miss Austen Regrets Jane Austen
2007-06-24 Damage Michelle Cahill
2006-06-11 Krakatoa: The Last Days Johanna Beijerinck
2006-05-24 X-Men: The Last Stand Dr. Moira MacTaggert
2005-05-11 Tara Road Ria
2005-03-25 Valiant Victoria (voice)
2004-09-22 Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures Agatha Christie
2004-03-09 The Hotel In Amsterdam
2004-02-10 The Heart of Me Madeleine
2003-12-18 Peter Pan Mrs. Darling
2003-05-16 To Kill a King Lady Anne Fairfax
2002-08-11 Below Claire
2001-09-13 The Man from Elysian Fields Andrea
2001-08-24 Lucky Break Annabel
2001-04-13 The Body Sharon Golban
2000-09-14 Born Romantic Eleanor
2000-09-07 Dead Babies
2000-06-06 Four Dogs Playing Poker Audrey
1999-08-06 The Sixth Sense Anna Crowe
1998-12-11 Rushmore Rosemary Cross
1997-12-25 The Postman Abby
1996-10-02 Emma Jane Fairfax