Olivia Williams
Biography
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.
Known For
Anna Crowe
The Sixth Sense
Ria
Tara Road
Audrey
Four Dogs Playing Poker
Rosemary Cross
Rushmore
Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures
Ruth Lang
The Ghost Writer
Miss Stubbs
An Education
Madeleine
The Heart of Me
Claire
Below
Abby
The Postman
Grace Scott
Flashbacks of a Fool
Sharon Golban
The Body
Eleanor
Born Romantic
Annabel
Lucky Break
Victoria (voice)
Valiant
Dead Babies
Betty Dury
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Andrea
The Man from Elysian Fields
Jane Austen
Miss Austen Regrets
Lady Anne Fairfax
To Kill a King
Rachel
Hanna
Mother
Now Is Good
Kelly
Wild Bill
Countess Vronsky
Anna Karenina
Eleanor Roosevelt
Hyde Park on Hudson
Johanna Beijerinck
Krakatoa: The Last Days
Emma Stiles
Collaborator
Investigator Caroline Brentwood
Sabotage
Queen (voice)
Justin and the Knights of Valour
Zoe
Broken Lines
Cristina Weiss
Maps to the Stars
Kim Aldrich
The Last Days on Mars
The President
The Impact
Sylvia
My Name Is Leon
Belinda Kay
Salting the Battlefield
Mary Darling
Peter Pan
Mam Ward
Seventh Son
Meg
Altar
Jane Fairfax
Emma
Hilary
Man Up
Juliette
Another End
Beth
The Trouble with Jessica
The Woman
Magpie
The Hotel In Amsterdam
Marguerite
The Guest
Sophia (voice)
The White King
Dr. Moira MacTaggert
X-Men: The Last Stand
Baroness Churchill
Victoria & Abdul
Mrs. Pyke
Nyet!
The Woman
The Father
Michelle Cahill
Damage
Alice
National Theatre Archive: Mosquitoes
Self
The Making of 'Rushmore'
Alice
National Theatre Live: Mosquitoes
Sarah
The Escape
Mum
Pigs
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
56
Gender
Female
Birthday
1968-07-26
Place of Birth
Camden Town, London, England, UK
Also Known As
Olivia Haigh Williams