Olivia Williams

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1968-07-26 (57 years old)

Place of Birth

Camden Town, London, England, UK

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 W...

Acting

1999

The Sixth Sense

as Anna Crowe

2005

Tara Road

as Ria

1998

Rushmore

as Rosemary Cross

2010

The Ghost Writer

as Ruth Lang

2009

An Education

as Miss Stubbs

2004

The Heart of Me

as Madeleine

2002

Below

as Claire

1997

2008

Flashbacks of a Fool

as Grace Scott

2001

The Body

as Sharon Golban

2000

Born Romantic

as Eleanor

2001

Lucky Break

as Annabel

2005

Valiant

as Victoria (voice)

2010

2008

Miss Austen Regrets

as Jane Austen

2003

To Kill a King

as Lady Anne Fairfax

2011

Hanna

as Rachel

2012

Now Is Good

as Mother

2011

Wild Bill

as Kelly

2012

Anna Karenina

as Countess Vronsky

2012

Hyde Park on Hudson

as Eleanor Roosevelt

2006

Krakatoa: The Last Days

as Johanna Beijerinck

2011

Collaborator

as Emma Stiles

2014

Sabotage

as Investigator Caroline Brentwood

2008

2014

Maps to the Stars

as Cristina Weiss

2013

The Last Days on Mars

as Kim Aldrich

2022

The Impact

as The President

2022

2014

2003

Peter Pan

as Mary Darling

2014

Seventh Son

as Mam Ward

2014

Altar

as Meg

1996

Emma

as Jane Fairfax

2015

Man Up

as Hilary

2024

Another End

as Juliette

2014

Magpie

as The Woman

2013

The Guest

as Marguerite

2016

The White King

as Sophia (voice)

2006

X-Men: The Last Stand

as Dr. Moira MacTaggert

2017

Victoria & Abdul

as Baroness Churchill

2019

Nyet!

as Mrs. Pyke

2020

The Father

as The Woman

2007

Damage

as Michelle Cahill

2017

The Escape

as Sarah

2024

Pigs

as Mum

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