Olivia Williams
Acting
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
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The Good Daughter
2026
Harriet 'Gamma' Quinn
tvMonster: The Ed Gein Story
2025
Alma Reville
tvDune: Prophecy
2024
Reverend Mother Tula Harkonnen
movieAnother End
2024
Juliette
tvUnknown Belize
2024
Narrator
tvFunny Woman
2023
Gloria Balderstone, Barbara's mother
tvThe Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
2022
Winterbloom (voice)
movieMy Name Is Leon
2022
Sylvia
movieThe Impact
2022
The President
tvThe Wheel of Time
2021
Queen Morgase Trakand
tvThe Nevers
2021
Lavinia Bidlow
movieThe Father
2020
The Woman
tvHomemade
2020
Queen (voice)
movieNyet!
2019
Mrs. Pyke
tvCounterpart
2017
Emily Burton Silk
movieVictoria & Abdul
2017
Baroness Churchill
movieThe Escape
2017
Sarah
tvThe Halcyon
2017
Lady Priscilla Hamilton
tvThe Crown
2016
Camilla Parker Bowles
movieThe White King
2016
Sophia (voice)
movieMan Up
2015
Hilary
movieSeventh Son
2014
Mam Ward
tvManhattan
2014
Liza Winter
Magpie
2014
The Woman
movieMaps to the Stars
2014
Cristina Weiss
movieSabotage
2014
Caroline
movieSalting the Battlefield
2014
Belinda Kay
movieThe Last Days on Mars
2013
Kim Aldrich
movieJustin and the Knights of Valour
2013
Queen (voice)
The Guest
2013
Marguerite
movieHyde Park on Hudson
2012
Eleanor Roosevelt
movieNow Is Good
2012
Mother
movieAnna Karenina
2012
Countess Vronsky
tvPlayhouse Presents
2012
Dorothy Green
movieWild Bill
2011
Kelly
movieCollaborator
2011
Emma Stiles
tvCase Sensitive
2011
Charlie Zailer
movieHanna
2011
Rachel
tvTerriers
2010
Miriam Foster
movieThe Ghost Writer
2010
Ruth Lang
movieSex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
2010
Betty Dury
movieAn Education
2009
Miss Stubbs
tvDollhouse
2009
Adelle DeWitt
movieFlashbacks of a Fool
2008
Grace Scott
movieMiss Austen Regrets
2008
Jane Austen
movieDamage
2007
Michelle Cahill
movieKrakatoa: The Last Days
2006
Johanna Beijerinck
movieX-Men: The Last Stand
2006
Dr. Moira MacTaggert (uncredited)
movieValiant
2005
Victoria (voice)
movieAgatha Christie: A Life in Pictures
2004
Agatha Christie
movieThe Heart of Me
2004
Madeleine
moviePeter Pan
2003
Mary Darling
movieTo Kill a King
2003
Lady Anne Fairfax
movieBelow
2002
Claire
movieLucky Break
2001
Annabel
movieThe Body
2001
Sharon Golban
movieBorn Romantic
2000
Eleanor
movieDead Babies
2000
Diana
movieThe Sixth Sense
1999
Anna Crowe / Irate Cyclist
movieRushmore
1998
Rosemary Cross
movieEmma
1996
Jane Fairfax
tvFriends
1994
Felicity
tvThe Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
Jennifer Norris
tvVan der Valk
1972
Irene Kortman