Olivia Colman - Updated Apr 2024

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Olivia Colman

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Olivia Colman is a renowned name in the field of British television and film actresses. Olivia Colman is famous in the Hollywood film industry for her great role as Sophie Chapman in the Peep Show along with comedic and dramatic roles.

Early Life and Childhood

Olivia Colman was born Sarah Caroline Sinclair on January 30, 1974, in Norwich as the daughter of nurse Mary and Chartered Surveyor Keith Colman. Likewise, she is currently 49 years old. She belongs to British Nationality with Christianity as her religion and Her Zodiac sign is Aquarius. We don’t have information regarding her siblings.

She went to Norwich High School for Girls in Norwich and Gershman’s School in Holt with a term study in primary teaching at Homerton College, Cambridge before joining drama at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, from which she graduated in 1999.

Olivia Colman – Net Worth 2024

She is a famous star who is a blockbuster in Hollywood and TV series.  According to the published report in 2022, her net worth is $ 6 million. She earns a good income with her work as a voiceover, her blockbuster films, TV series, and advertisements.

Career and Professional Life

A beautiful actress Colman’s first debut acting was at the age of 26, in 2000, as a part of the BBC2 Comedy Sketch Show Bruise though she made her first role as Jean Brodie as The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie at the age of 16 in School Production. She has then appeared in many BBC, and Channel 4 television Scenes, such as People Like Us, Look Around You, Black Boots, the Office, and The Time of Your Life, and she and also given Voice-Over for Fives’s poll for Britain’s Funniest Comedy Character.

After that Colman has regularly featured in BBC Radio 4 Comedies, such as Concrete Cow, Think the Unthinkable, The House of Milton Jones, and Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. She played the role of Voice Over artist for the role of Minka, the Polish secretary in the Radio 4 Comedy Hut. In 2005 she acted in the short film One Day.

She joined and worked with the Comedians Mitchell and Webb while she played the role of Sophie in the Channel 4 comedy Peep Show. She also worked on the radio Mitchell and Webb Sound and also in its television version. she left the program as her agent said that she was becoming too near to their work which needed to widen her horizon, Yet, she continued to appear on Peep Show until its formal end in 2015.

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Caption: Olivia Colman during her shoot. Source Instagram

M0re about her  career

Her first film credit was Naturist Joanna Roberts in 2006, which she described being her worst experience in life. In 2010 she took a leading role as Alex Smallbone in BBC Sitcom starring Tom Hollander. She made her first debut with Considine as a director in Tyrannosaur in 2011 and she won Best Performance by an Actress in British Independent Fil and Empire Award For Best Actress.

She has acted in the Academy Award-winning drama film The Iron Lady and she was awarded British Actress Of the Year. In 2018 she was seen as Queen Anne in Lanthimos’ film The Favorite for which she won the Golden Globe Award for First Best Actress. Later in 2020, she acted with Anthony Hopkins in Florian Zellers’s film adaptation of his stage play, The Father. As a result, she was nominated for an Academy Award OR Best Supporting Actress.

In 2021 she acted in many drama films such as Mothering Sunday, The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, Empire of Light, and many more. In September 2021 she was added to the multi-starrer musical film Wonka which is to the released date on 15th December 2023. Her other upcoming films are Joyride and Empire of Light and the TV show is Great Expectation.

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Caption: Olivia Colman with the team of ‘The Lost Daughter’. source: Instagram

 Awards and Nominations

Colman’s history in her Hollywood career is so much success with her inspiring role and artistic work.  Moving on to her awards, She won an Academy Award, the British Academy Television Award, and a British Academy Film Award. Furthermore, they have Four British Independent Film Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and Two Critics Movie Awards. Moving on she won Five Satellite Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Olivia received an honor with a Volpi Cup and a BFI Fellowship.

She made a notable performance in the miniseries The Night Manager 2016. She won a Golden Award and was also nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. After that received another Primetime Emmy Award nomination for the comedy series Fleabag (2016-2019).  Similarly, She showed a great presentation of Queen Elizabeth II in the Netflix period drama series. The Crown (2019-2020)  made her win two Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award.

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Olivia Colman covers the magazine after being nominated for 3 Academy Awards. Source Instagram

She acted in Anne, Queen of Great Britain in the period black comedy film The Favorite (2018). Olivia won the Academy Award for Best Actress. Likewise, she won the Golden Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Olivia received nominations for a variety of awards. she won the Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, and Critics Choice Movie Award. She performed great work in the psychological drama film The Lost Daughter. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Similarly, She received nominations for The Golden Globe Awards. Af Screen Actors Guild Award and Academy Award for Best Actress.

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Caption: Olivia Colman in an award function. Source: Instagram

Other Achievements

She has been a judge for the Norwich Film Festival since 2013 till the date.  In addition, she was one of the people who signed a letter to The Guardian Opposing Scottish Independence. Furthermore, she became the Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2019. It was a Birthday Honor for services to drama.

Relationship Status

She married Ed Sinclair in the year 2001. According to media sources, the couple has one of the most durable relationships among British stars. The couple has three children and is like other couples. They seem to keep their personal lives as private as possible. We don’t have information regarding her experience.

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Caption: Olivia Colman and her husband in one frame. Source: saja4r.blogspot

Body Measurements

A stunning actress has a perfect body. Her height is 5 feet 7 inches and her weight is 56kg with her Bra size 34B.  She has brown eyes. Her shoe size is 8(US) and her body measurement is 36-28-35.

Olivia Colman – Social Media

Olivia is only active on her Instagram account. She has currently 84k followers. She mentioned she isn’t on social media because of online trolls.