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Olivia Williams

Olivia Williams

Known For Acting
Birthday Jul 26, 1968 (57)
Birthplace Camden Town, London, England, UK
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Jul 23, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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.

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Another End

Another End

2024

as Juliette

The Impact

The Impact

2022

as The President

My Name Is Leon

My Name Is Leon

2022

as Sylvia

The Father

The Father

2020

as The Woman

Nyet!

Nyet!

2019

as Mrs. Pyke

Victoria & Abdul

Victoria & Abdul

2017

as Baroness Churchill

The White King

The White King

2017

as Sophia (voice)

Man Up

Man Up

2015

as Hilary

Altar

Altar

2014

as Meg

Magpie

Magpie

2014

as The Woman

Sabotage

Sabotage

2014

as Investigator Caroline Brentwood

Maps to the Stars

Maps to the Stars

2014

as Cristina Weiss

Salting the Battlefield

Salting the Battlefield

2014

as Belinda Kay

Seventh Son

Seventh Son

2014

as Mam Ward

The Guest

The Guest

2013

as Marguerite

The Last Days on Mars

The Last Days on Mars

2013

as Kim Aldrich

Justin and the Knights of Valour

Justin and the Knights of Valour

2013

as Queen (voice)

Now Is Good

Now Is Good

2012

as Mother

Hyde Park on Hudson

Hyde Park on Hudson

2012

as Eleanor Roosevelt

Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

2012

as Countess Vronsky

Collaborator

Collaborator

2011

as Emma Stiles

Hanna

Hanna

2011

as Rachel

Wild Bill

Wild Bill

2011

as Kelly

Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

2010

as Betty Dury

The Ghost Writer

The Ghost Writer

2010

as Ruth Lang

An Education

An Education

2009

as Miss Stubbs

Miss Austen Regrets

Miss Austen Regrets

2008

as Jane Austen

Broken Lines

Broken Lines

2008

as Zoe

Flashbacks of a Fool

Flashbacks of a Fool

2008

as Grace Scott

Damage

Damage

2007

as Michelle Cahill

Krakatoa: The Last Days

Krakatoa: The Last Days

2006

as Johanna Beijerinck

X-Men: The Last Stand

X-Men: The Last Stand

2006

as Dr. Moira MacTaggert

Tara Road

Tara Road

2005

as Ria

Valiant

Valiant

2005

as Victoria (voice)

Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures

Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures

2004

as Agatha Christie

The Heart of Me

The Heart of Me

2004

as Madeleine

To Kill a King

To Kill a King

2003

as Lady Anne Fairfax

Peter Pan

Peter Pan

2003

as Mary Darling

Below

Below

2002

as Claire

Lucky Break

Lucky Break

2001

as Annabel

The Body

The Body

2001

as Sharon Golban

Four Dogs Playing Poker

Four Dogs Playing Poker

2000

as Audrey

Born Romantic

Born Romantic

2000

as Eleanor

The Sixth Sense

The Sixth Sense

1999

as Anna Crowe

Rushmore

Rushmore

1998

as Rosemary Cross

The Postman

The Postman

1997

as Abby

Emma

Emma

1996

as Jane Fairfax

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Television Credits

Dollhouse

as Adelle DeWitt

Episodes: 25

First Aired: Feb 13, 2009

Manhattan

as Liza Winter

Episodes: 23

First Aired: Jul 27, 2014

Counterpart

as Emily Burton Silk

Episodes: 20

First Aired: Dec 10, 2017

The Crown

as Camilla Parker Bowles

Episodes: 9

First Aired: Nov 04, 2016

The Halcyon

as Lady Priscilla Hamilton

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Jan 02, 2017

Dune: Prophecy

as Reverend Mother Tula Harkonnen

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Nov 17, 2024

The Nevers

as Lavinia Bidlow

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Apr 11, 2021

Case Sensitive

as Charlie Zailer

Episodes: 4

First Aired: May 02, 2011

Jason and the Argonauts

as Hera

Episodes: 2

First Aired: May 07, 2000

Spaced

as Irate Cyclist

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1999

Van der Valk

as Irene Kortman

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1972

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

as Jennifer Norris

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 02, 1987

Friends

as Felicity

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 1994

Terriers

as Miriam Foster

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 08, 2010

Homemade

as Queen (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 30, 2020

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

as Winterbloom (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 01, 2022

OK! TV

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Feb 14, 2011

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2024 8 24 41 13
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2025 1 25 37 14
2025 2 13 21 3
2025 3 6 17 1
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