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Olivia Colman
Sarah Caroline Sinclair, known professionally as Olivia Colman, is an English actress noted for her versatility across both comedic and dramatic roles in film and television. She has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, four BAFTA Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and a Volpi Cup.
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entertainment · British actress (born 1974) · actor · comedian · stage actor · film actor · philanthropist · also Olivia Colman, Sarah Caroline Olivia Sinclair-Colman, Colman
Born 30 January 1974 · Q7088045
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2026· 4 entries
Public attention spiked: 15,735 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.4× the usual 3,598, with 0 article edits.
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The Guardian: ‘Oh my God, did my dad and I fight’: Olivia Colman on triggers, trans rights and sexual regret
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The Guardian: Jimpa review – Olivia Colman and John Lithgow show up for indulgent queer family drama
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2023· 1 entry
Colman starred as Miss Havisham in the FX / BBC period drama series Great Expectations, based on Charles Dickens' novel of the same name
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2022· 2 entries
Colman appeared as Sarah Nelson, the mother of Kit Connor's character Nick Nelson, in the Netflix coming-of-age series Heartstopper, and received the inaugural Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Perfo
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Colman starred in the coming-of-age comedy film Joyride
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2021· 2 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for The Crown (2021).
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Had roles in the drama films Mothering Sunday and The Electrical Life of Louis Wain and in the animated science fiction comedy films The Mitchells vs
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2020· 1 entry
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama for The Crown (2020).
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2019· 4 entries
Awarded Academy Award for Best Actress for The Favourite (2019).
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Awarded European Film Award for Best Actress for The Favourite (2019).
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Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for The Favourite (2019).
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Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for The Favourite (2019).
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2018· 2 entries
Won Volpi Cup for Best Actress (2018).
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Colman starred as Queen Anne in Lanthimos' satirical dark comedy The Favourite alongside Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz
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2014· 2 entries
Colman became the patron of the UK charity Tender, which uses theatre and the arts to educate young people about preventing violence and sexual abuse
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Inspired by her research for the film Tyrannosaur, in 2014, Colman became the patron of the UK charity Tender, which uses theatre and the arts to educate young people about preventing violence and sexual abuse.
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2013· 2 entries
Colman began playing DS Ellie Miller in ITV's Broadchurch
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“I was never Sarah; I was always called by my nickname, Colly, so it didn”
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2011· 1 entry
For his feature-film directorial debut, Tyrannosaur, receiving the BIFA for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film and the Empire Award for Best Actress
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2010· 1 entry
As Alex Smallbone, the wife of an inner-city vicar, in the BBC sitcom Rev
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2009· 1 entry
Appeared as the character Bernice in the episode "Small Mercies" of the ITV mystery-crime series Midsomer Murders
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2007· 1 entry
Colman starred as Alice in the comedy film Grow Your Own and as PC Doris Thatcher in the action comedy film Hot Fuzz
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2003· 1 entry
To play Sophie in the Channel 4 comedy Peep Show
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2001· 1 entry
Colman and Sinclair married in August 2001 and have three children.
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2000· 1 entry
At age 26 as part of the BBC Two comedy sketch show, Bruiser
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1995· 1 entry
Under her nickname "Colly", auditioned for the Cambridge University Footlights Dramatic Club and met future co-stars David Mitchell and Robert Webb
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1974· 1 entry
Born 1974-01-30.
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