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Sarah Caroline Sinclair CBE, known professionally as Olivia Colman, is an English actress. Known for her comedic and dramatic roles in film and television, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Emmy Awards, three British Academy Television Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. She was acclaimed for her performance in the ITV crime-drama series Broadchurch (2013–2017), for which she received a British Academy Television Award for Best Actress. She played Queen Elizabeth II from 2019 to 2020 in the Netflix period-drama series The Crown, for which she received a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. For her portrayal of Anne, Queen of Great Britain in the period black-comedy film The Favourite (2018), Colman received the Academy Award for Best Actress. She received additional Academy Award nominations for her performances in The Father (2020) and The Lost Daughter (2021). Other notable film and television credits include Hot Fuzz (2007), Tyrannosaur (2011), The Iron Lady (2011), Hyde Park on Hudson (2012), Locke (2013), The Lobster (2015), Fleabag (2016-2019), Murder on the Orient Express (2017), The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021), Landscapers (2021), Empire of Light (2022), Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022), Secret Invasion (2023), Wonka (2023), Wicked Little Letters (2023) and Paddington in Peru (2024).
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Sarah Caroline Sinclair CBE, known professionally as Olivia Colman, is an English actress. Known for her comedic and dramatic roles in film and television, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Emmy Awards, three British Academy Television Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. She was acclaimed for her performance in the ITV crime-drama series Broadchurch (2013–2017), for which she received a British Academy Television Award for Best Actress. She played Queen Elizabeth II from 2019 to 2020 in the Netflix period-drama series The Crown, for which she received a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. For her portrayal of Anne, Queen of Great Britain in the period black-comedy film The Favourite (2018), Colman received the Academy Award for Best Actress. She received additional Academy Award nominations for her performances in The Father (2020) and The Lost Daughter (2021). Other notable film and television credits include Hot Fuzz (2007), Tyrannosaur (2011), The Iron Lady (2011), Hyde Park on Hudson (2012), Locke (2013), The Lobster (2015), Fleabag (2016-2019), Murder on the Orient Express (2017), The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021), Landscapers (2021), Empire of Light (2022), Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022), Secret Invasion (2023), Wonka (2023), Wicked Little Letters (2023) and Paddington in Peru (2024).
Known For
Midsomer Murders
The Graham Norton Show
The One Show
The Simpsons
The Oscars
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Doctor Who
GMTV
Would I Lie to You?
Les Misérables
The Bear
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Who Do You Think You Are?
Skins
Staged
Honest Trailers
Fleabag
Heartstopper
Love Soup
The Office
ShakespeaRe-Told
Barbie
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Murder on the Orient Express
Attenborough at 90
Paddington in Peru
Watership Down
Hot Fuzz
Wonka
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion
Secret Invasion
Accused
Ron's Gone Wrong
The Crown
Locke
Exile
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
The Night Manager
Pride & Prejudice
The 7.39
Run
The Alternativity
The Lobster
The Thirteenth Tale
Twenty Twelve
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
The Roses
The Father
Broadchurch
The Favourite
Earth's Natural Wonders
Empire of Light
Landscapers
The Great War: The People's Story
Earth's Natural Wonders
Becoming You
Joyride
Great Expectations
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
The Secrets
The Lost Daughter
Cry Wolf
Production Credits
Landscapers
The Lost Daughter
The Roses
Cry Wolf
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