Olivia Williams
Olivia Haigh Williams (born 26 July 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.
Known for
ActingBirthday
July 26, 1968Gender
FemaleKnown Movie Credits
52Place of birth
Camden Town, London, England, UKAlso known as
Olivia Haigh Williams![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/qafefByeAWQ7b82E5JkhztOSIBd.jpg)
Cast credits
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/4AfSDjjCy6T5LA1TMz0Lh2HlpRh.jpg)
The Sixth Sense
Anna Crowe![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/1NFO90kY1mQ7eZg7PJj2yfJFk1d.jpg)
Tara Road
Ria![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/6v4Cx2uf3S1UvBvAhKv2kAMz4hq.jpg)
Four Dogs Playing Poker
Audrey![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/9ypHdeg6m2QRUQOVKrZmZeUVJiD.jpg)
Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures
Agatha Christie![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/rK7m2Ba0ieXa37NaAmrx4dfRvvM.jpg)
The Ghost Writer
Ruth Lang![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/dfSdVJRvye1npQYCHMD9hKfYhhy.jpg)
Rushmore
Rosemary Cross![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/gLIvvUdlocGjm8XVLxhWHAKWrRq.jpg)
An Education
Miss Stubbs![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/cseB13FRrXz1sxeEtPX4u4qlDga.jpg)
The Heart of Me
Madeleine![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/4tsaLD98DcXh4ltOn9wEWhsUkSc.jpg)
Below
Claire![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/piVzOuKFLHNGLxnjwNtibC26lTy.jpg)
The Postman
Abby![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/qH0bedauxJ1g6OVpOwpccB8lq1o.jpg)
The Body
Sharon Golban![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/okQsBtYgfKfbjtHZMdiEGWF40TY.jpg)
Born Romantic
Eleanor![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/z5lGyJD8nHZt0cKf2n6uR7svBbS.jpg)
Flashbacks of a Fool
Grace Scott![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/63JHVXD2bkPBdIFgprqXKu3k8bw.jpg)
Lucky Break
Annabel![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/chtAKvXb897I2Pn8HOkV4TC5Jzz.jpg)
Valiant
Victoria (voice)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/lud6ui5E0rzHL1NMy8geqK3sJXr.jpg)
Dead Babies
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/5qVjmODvGiUvWhK7MFN651Wso5D.jpg)
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Betty Dury![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/mCUzyYDMHNdihZVTVH1g3KvTo8p.jpg)
The Man from Elysian Fields
Andrea![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/a2xicU8DpKtRizOHjQLC1JyCSRS.jpg)
X-Men: The Last Stand
Dr. Moira MacTaggert![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/5r5xDvKTFAlkmwjoghkgVozNR1Z.jpg)
Miss Austen Regrets
Jane Austen![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/ruWWU2gr0C9ZZCjxnjorHIEb8Cy.jpg)
To Kill a King
Lady Anne Fairfax