Acting
Olivia Williams
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.
Filmography
The Good Daughter
Series · 2026
Young Sherlock
Series · 2026
Monster: The Ed Gein Story
Series · 2025
Another End
Film · 2024
The Trouble with Jessica
Film · 2024
Pigs
Film · 2024
Dune: Prophecy
Series · 2024
Unknown Belize
Series · 2024
Funny Woman
Series · 2023
The Impact
Film · 2022
My Name Is Leon
Film · 2022
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Series · 2022
The Nevers
Series · 2021
The Wheel of Time
Series · 2021
The Father
Film · 2020
Homemade
Series · 2020
Nyet!
Film · 2019
Victoria & Abdul
Film · 2017
National Theatre Archive: Mosquitoes
Film · 2017
The Escape
Film · 2017
The Halcyon
Series · 2017
Counterpart
Series · 2017
The White King
Film · 2016
The Crown
Series · 2016
Man Up
Film · 2015
Emma, Change the Locks
Film · 2015
Sabotage
Film · 2014
Maps to the Stars
Film · 2014
Salting the Battlefield
Film · 2014
Seventh Son
Film · 2014
Altar
Film · 2014
Magpie
Film · 2014
Manhattan
Series · 2014
Justin and the Knights of Valour
Film · 2013
The Last Days on Mars
Film · 2013
The Guest
Film · 2013
Now Is Good
Film · 2012
Anna Karenina
Film · 2012
Hyde Park on Hudson
Film · 2012
Playhouse Presents
Series · 2012
Hanna
Film · 2011
Wild Bill
Film · 2011
Collaborator
Film · 2011
OK! TV
Series · 2011
Case Sensitive
Series · 2011
The Ghost Writer
Film · 2010
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Film · 2010
Terriers
Series · 2010
An Education
Film · 2009
Dollhouse
Series · 2009
Flashbacks of a Fool
Film · 2008
Miss Austen Regrets
Film · 2008
Broken Lines
Film · 2008
Damage
Film · 2007
Krakatoa: The Last Days
Film · 2006
X-Men: The Last Stand
Film · 2006
Tara Road
Film · 2005
Valiant
Film · 2005
Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures
Film · 2004
The Heart of Me
Film · 2004
The Hotel In Amsterdam
Film · 2004
To Kill a King
Film · 2003
Peter Pan
Film · 2003
Below
Film · 2002
The Body
Film · 2001
Lucky Break
Film · 2001
The Man from Elysian Fields
Film · 2001
Four Dogs Playing Poker
Film · 2000
Born Romantic
Film · 2000
Dead Babies
Film · 2000
The Making of 'Rushmore'
Film · 2000
Jason and the Argonauts
Series · 2000
The Sixth Sense
Film · 1999
Spaced
Series · 1999
Rushmore
Film · 1998
The Postman
Film · 1997
Emma
Film · 1996
Friends
Series · 1994
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Series · 1987
Van der Valk
Series · 1972