Sarah Caroline Olivia Colman is an English actress. She is a three-time BAFTA TV Award winner. Colman first came to prominence for her supporting role as Sophie Chapman in the Channel 4 comedy series Peep Show. Her other TV comedy roles include Green Wing, Beautiful People, ...
Full Name
Olivia Colman
Net Worth
$3 Million
Date Of Birth
October 15, 1976
Place Of Birth
Norwich
Height
5 ft 6 in (1.7 m)
Profession
Actor, Voice Actor
Education
Gresham's School, Norwich High School for Girls, University of Cambridge
Nationality
United Kingdom
Spouse
Ed Sinclair, Owen Vallis
Children
Hall Sinclair, Finn Sinclair
Parents
June Cleaver
Siblings
Caroline
Nicknames
Sarah Caroline Colman , Olivia Coleman , Oliva Colman , Collie , Sarah Caroline Olivia Colman
British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress, British Academy Television Award for Best Female Performance in a Comedy Programme, British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actress, British Academy Television Award for Best Actress, The British Independent Film Award for Best...
Nominations
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie, International Emmy Award for Best Actress, National Television Award for TV Detective, Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries, Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Seri...
Movies
The Lobster, Tyrannosaur, The Iron Lady, Cuban Fury, Hyde Park on Hudson, London Road, Locke, Hot Fuzz, I Give It a Year, The 7.39, Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure, Confetti, I Could Never Be Your Woman, The Karman Line, Terkel in Trouble, Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee, Tale of the Brave, Dog Altogethe...
TV Shows
Broadchurch, The Night Manager, Peep Show, Flowers, Twenty Twelve, Green Wing, Accused, Bruiser, That Mitchell and Webb Look, Look Around You, Beautiful People, The Mitchell and Webb Situation, Rev., Mister Eleven, Exile, Nana, Love & Hip Hop
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[on The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: The Murder in Angel Lane (2013)] I had already agreed to do this before I'd even read the script, because Paddy [Paddy Considine] was in it. It was weird acting with him because, on Tyrannosaur (2011), he was the best director in the world. On this, when the director gave me notes, I'd keep checking Paddy's eyes to see if everything was all right, and he'd have to tell me, "I'm not the director!"
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Fact
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Considers working on Confetti (2006) as a mistake and the worst acting experience she had out of all the projects she has worked on.
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Convinced director Susanne Bier to hire her for the role of Angela Burr on The Night Manager (2016) despite the fact she was heavily pregnant with her 3rd child by making reference to how well Frances McDormand's pregnant character Marge Gunderson worked on the movie Fargo (1996).
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Was 8 months pregnant with her daughter when she completed filming The Night Manager (2016).
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Returned to work 9 months after giving birth to her daughter to begin filming the final series of Broadchurch (2013).
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Has 3 children with her husband Ed Sinclair: 2 sons, Hal Joseph Sinclair (b. August 2005) and Finn Sinclair (b. August 2007), and one daughter (b. August 2015).
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Has starred in four films with Paddy Considine and appeared in his first two directorial efforts.
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She asked for her character on Peep Show (2003) to be characterized as less likable, after convincing the writers that her behavior and treatment of David Mitchell's character had been poor.
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Met future husband, Ed Sinclair, whilst at Cambridge University.