Olivia Haigh Williams was born on 26 July 1968 and is a British actress who has appeared in British and American films and television.
18 Facts About Olivia Williams
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Olivia Williams made her film debut in 1997's The Postman, followed by Rushmore and The Sixth Sense.
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Olivia Williams acted in the British films Lucky Break, The Heart of Me and An Education.
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In 2022, Olivia 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.
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Olivia Williams was educated at South Hampstead High School, an independent school for girls in Hampstead in north London, followed by Newnham College, Cambridge, from which she graduated with a degree in English literature.
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Olivia Williams then studied drama at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School for two years and spent three years at the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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Olivia Williams made her film debut in the 1997 movie The Postman, after doing a screen test for Kevin Costner.
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Olivia Williams later won the lead role of Rosemary Cross in Wes Anderson's Rushmore.
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Olivia Williams then starred as Bruce Willis' wife in the blockbuster The Sixth Sense, a film she would later parody during her brief appearance in the British sitcom Spaced.
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Since then, Olivia Williams has appeared in several British films, including Lucky Break, The Heart of Me, for which she won the British Independent Film Award for Best Actress, and An Education.
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Olivia Williams played Mrs Darling in the 2003 film adaptation of Peter Pan.
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Olivia Williams was uncredited for her role as Dr Moira MacTaggert in the 2006 film X-Men: The Last Stand.
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On TV, Olivia Williams portrayed British author Jane Austen in Miss Austen Regrets and was cast as Adelle DeWitt in Joss Whedon's Dollhouse, which ran on Fox from 2009 to 2010.
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In 2014, Olivia Williams co-starred in David Cronenberg's Maps to the Stars, a dark comic look at Hollywood excess.
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In 2017 Olivia Williams began appearing in the Starz science-fiction series Counterpart, playing Emily, the wife of lead character Howard Silk.
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In 2000, Olivia Williams wrote the short story "The Significance of Hair" for BBC Radio, and read it on the air.
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Olivia Williams had a seven-year relationship and then engagement to the actor Jonathan Cake which ended two weeks before their planned wedding.
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Olivia Williams was diagnosed with VIPoma in 2018 and, after treatment, became an ambassador for Pancreatic Cancer UK.