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Sarah Caroline Sinclair CBE, known professionally as Olivia Colman, is an English actress. Known for her comedic and dramatic roles in film and television, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Emmy Awards, three British Academy Television Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. She was acclaimed for her performance in the ITV crime-drama series Broadchurch (2013–2017), for which she received a British Academy Television Award for Best Actress. She played Queen Elizabeth II from 2019 to 2020 in the Netflix period-drama series The Crown, for which she received a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. For her portrayal of Anne, Queen of Great Britain in the period black-comedy film The Favourite (2018), Colman received the Academy Award for Best Actress. She received additional Academy Award nominations for her performances in The Father (2020) and The Lost Daughter (2021). Other notable film and television credits include Hot Fuzz (2007), Tyrannosaur (2011), The Iron Lady (2011), Hyde Park on Hudson (2012), Locke (2013), The Lobster (2015), Fleabag (2016-2019), Murder on the Orient Express (2017), The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021), Landscapers (2021), Empire of Light (2022), Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022), Secret Invasion (2023), Wonka (2023), Wicked Little Letters (2023) and Paddington in Peru (2024).
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Sarah Caroline Sinclair CBE, known professionally as Olivia Colman, is an English actress. Known for her comedic and dramatic roles in film and television, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Emmy Awards, three British Academy Television Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. She was acclaimed for her performance in the ITV crime-drama series Broadchurch (2013–2017), for which she received a British Academy Television Award for Best Actress. She played Queen Elizabeth II from 2019 to 2020 in the Netflix period-drama series The Crown, for which she received a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. For her portrayal of Anne, Queen of Great Britain in the period black-comedy film The Favourite (2018), Colman received the Academy Award for Best Actress. She received additional Academy Award nominations for her performances in The Father (2020) and The Lost Daughter (2021). Other notable film and television credits include Hot Fuzz (2007), Tyrannosaur (2011), The Iron Lady (2011), Hyde Park on Hudson (2012), Locke (2013), The Lobster (2015), Fleabag (2016-2019), Murder on the Orient Express (2017), The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021), Landscapers (2021), Empire of Light (2022), Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022), Secret Invasion (2023), Wonka (2023), Wicked Little Letters (2023) and Paddington in Peru (2024).
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Midsomer Murders
The Oscars
The Graham Norton Show
The One Show
The Simpsons
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Doctor Who
GMTV
Would I Lie to You?
Les Misérables
The Bear
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Who Do You Think You Are?
Skins
Staged
Heartstopper
Fleabag
Love Soup
The Office
ShakespeaRe-Told
Barbie
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion
Murder on the Orient Express
Attenborough at 90
Paddington in Peru
Mothering Sunday
Hot Fuzz
Watership Down
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Wonka
Secret Invasion
The Crown
Ron's Gone Wrong
Exile
Accused
Locke
The Lobster
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
Run
Pride & Prejudice
The Alternativity
The Night Manager
The 7.39
Twenty Twelve
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
The Favourite
The Father
The Roses
Broadchurch
The Thirteenth Tale
Becoming You
Great Expectations
Empire of Light
The Secrets
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
The Lost Daughter
Joyride
Landscapers
Earth's Natural Wonders
Cry Wolf
Earth's Natural Wonders
The Great War: The People's Story
Production Credits
Landscapers
The Lost Daughter
The Roses
Cry Wolf
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