1. Olivia Haigh Williams was born on 26 July 1968 and is a British actress who appears in British and American films and television.
20 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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From 2022 to 2023, Olivia Williams portrayed Camilla Parker Bowles in Netflix's historical drama The Crown in its final two seasons.
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Olivia Williams was educated at South Hampstead High School, an independent school for girls in Hampstead in north London, and Newnham College, Cambridge, where 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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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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Since 2001, 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 2010, Olivia Williams won acclaim for her performance as Ruth Lang in Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer, winning the National Society of Film Critics Award, London Critics Circle Film Award for best supporting actress and was runner-up for best supporting actress at the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 2010.
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In Hanna, Olivia Williams played Rachel, a bohemian mother travelling across North Africa and Europe, who comes into contact with the eponymous teen assassin, who is on the run.
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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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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.