Olivia Williams
Oozing quality and style. Relaxed & good smiley delivery.
Leading British film actress - Sixth Sense, An Education, Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, Hanna, The Ghost.
Does a very good American accent. Most recently, she has used it in Manhattan (TV series), Map to the Stars, Seventh Son, Hyde Park on Hudson. And on stage at the National Theatre in Waste.
Accents
Singing Ability
- Classical (Amateur - Can read music. Amateur Classical Choir.)
Musical Instruments
- Violin (Competent)
Credits
- The Nevers (TV, 2020) Lavinia Bidlow. HBO.
- A Drop of Ambition (Short Film, 2019) Penelope (voice).
- NYET! - a Brexit UK Border Farce (Short Film, 2019) Mrs. Pyke. Aimimage.
- Mosquitoes (Theatre, 2017) Alice. National Theatre
- The Halcyon (TV, 2017) Lady Priscilla Hamilton. Left Bank Pictures
- Counterpart (TV, 2017) Emily Burton Silk. Starz
- Victoria and Abdul (Feature Film, 2017) BBC Films
- Waste (Theatre, 2015/16) Amy O'Connell. N.T. American Accent.
- Man Up (Feature Film, 2015) Hilary. Big Talk Productions
- Manhattan (TV, 2014) Liza Winter. American Accent.
- Maps to the Stars (Feature Film, 2014) Christina Weiss. American Accent.
- Scenes From A Marriage (Theatre, West End, 2013) Marianne. St James Theatre. American Accent.
- The Last Days on Mars (Feature Film, 2013) Kim Aldrich. American Accent.
- Now Is Good (Feature Film, 2012) Mother. Sony Pictures
- Hyde Park on Hudson (Feature Film, 2012) Eleanor Roosevelt. American accent.
- Hanna (Feature Film, 2011) Rachel. Focus Features
- Case Sensitive (TV, 2011) Charlie Zailer. ITV.
- Wild Bill (Feature Film, 2011) Kelley. 20ten Media
- The Ghost (Feature Film, 2010) Ruth Lang. Roman Polanski.
- Terriers (TV, 2010) Miriam Foster.
- Collaborator (Feature Film, 2010) Emma Stiles.
- An Education (Feature Film, 2009) Miss Stubbs.
- Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (Feature Film, 2009) Lead.
- Dollhouse (TV, 2008-2010) Adelle DeWitt. 2 series for USA & UK.
- Flashbacks of a Fool (Feature Film, 2008) Grace Scott. Release date 14 March 08.
- Miss Austen Regrets (TV, 2008) Jane Austen. Airing in Spring 08. BBC1.
- Happy Now (Theatre, West End, 2008) National Theatre.
- Damage (TV, 2007) Michelle Cahill
- There For Me (Feature Film, 2007) Release date 12 Dec in USA.
- X-Men: The Last Stand (Feature Film, 2006)
- Krakatoa - The Last Days (TV, 2006) Lead.
- Mockingbird (Feature Film, 2005) Mother.
- Valiant (Feature Film, 2005) Voice of Victoria.
- Peter Pan (Feature Film, 2003) Mrs. Darling (mother).
- To Kill a King (Feature Film, 2003) Lady Anne Fairfax. Lead.
- Hotel In Amsterdam (Theatre, West End, 2003) Donmar Warehouse.
- Below (Feature Film, 2002) Lead.
- Heart of Me (Feature Film, 2002) Lead. Won British Independant Film award "Best Actress".
- Man from Elysian Fields (Feature Film, 2001) Andrea.
- Lucky Break (Feature Film, 2001) Lead.
- Knight's Tale (Feature Film, 2001)
- The Body (Feature Film, 2001) Lead.
- Four Dogs Playing Poker (Feature Film, 2000) Lead. Audrey.
- Jason and The Argonauts (TV, 2000) Hera.
- Sixth Sense (Feature Film, 1999) Anna Crowe. Bruce Willis' wife.
- Rushmore (Feature Film, 1998) Rosemary Cross
- Friends (TV, 1998) 2 Episodes, the ones with Ross' wedding.
- Postman (Feature Film, 1997) Abby. Lead.
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09/11/2020
Join Gemma Whelan, Olivia Williams and Jemima Rooper in 15 Heroines.
15 leading British playwrights draw inspiration from Ovid to dramatise the lives of 15 Heroines. Delivered by an outstanding cast in three parts - The War, The Desert and The Labyrinth - 15 Heroines is a landmark theatrical brought to you from the Jermyn Street Theatre. The show will stream from 9th-14th November. Tickets still available.
28/05/2020
Watch Geraldine James, Rhashan Stone and Olivia Williams in episode 2 of 'Unprecedented'!
Series written and filmed in lockdown that responds to the radical way we have seen our world change during the coronavirus pandemic.
31/07/2018
An Education starring Dominic Cooper and Olivia Williams
Coming-of-age drama set in the 1960s and based on Lynn Barber's memoir. Watch on Tuesday 31st July at 10pm on BBC4.