Olivia Williams

Born 1968 · British actress

Olivia Haigh Williams is an English actress who appears 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.

Olivia Williams, in order

1. 1996 Emma (TV movie): acted · directed by Diarmuid Lawrence
2. 1997 Gaston's War: acted · directed by Robbe De Hert
3. 1997 The Postman: acted · directed by Kevin Costner · critics 15%, audiences 51% · streaming on Fawesome
4. 1998 Friends (TV series): acted · critics 78%, audiences 93% · streaming on HBO Max
5. 1998 Rushmore: acted · directed by Wes Anderson
6. 1999 The Sixth Sense: acted · directed by M. Night Shyamalan · critics 85%, audiences 90% · streaming on Netflix
7. 2000 Born Romantic: acted · directed by David Kane
8. 2000 Four Dogs Playing Poker: acted · directed by Paul Rachman
9. 2001 A Knight's Tale: acted · directed by Brian Helgeland · critics 59%, audiences 79% · streaming on Paramount+, Philo, YouTube (free)
10. 2001 Lucky Break: acted · directed by Peter Cattaneo
11. 2001 The Body: acted · directed by Jonas McCord
12. 2001 The Man from Elysian Fields: acted · directed by George Hickenlooper
13. 2002 Below: acted · directed by David Twohy
14. 2002 The Heart of Me: acted · directed by Thaddeus O'Sullivan
15. 2003 Peter Pan: acted · directed by P. J. Hogan
16. 2003 To Kill a King: acted · directed by Mike Barker
17. 2004 Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures (TV movie): acted
18. 2005 Tara Road: acted · directed by Gillies MacKinnon
19. 2006 X-Men: The Last Stand: acted · directed by Brett Ratner · critics 56%, audiences 61% · streaming on Disney+
20. 2008 Flashbacks of a Fool: acted · directed by Baillie Walsh · critics 41%, audiences 51%
21. 2008 Miss Austen Regrets (TV movie): acted · directed by Jeremy Lovering
22. 2009 An Education: acted · directed by Lone Scherfig
23. 2009–10 Dollhouse (TV series): acted · critics 72%, audiences 84%
24. 2010 Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll: acted · directed by Mat Whitecross
25. 2010 The Ghost Writer: acted · directed by Roman Polanski · critics 84%, audiences 70% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Kanopy
26. 2011 Case Sensitive (TV series): acted
27. 2011 Collaborator: acted · directed by Martin Donovan
28. 2011 Hanna: acted · directed by Joe Wright · critics 71%, audiences 66% · streaming on Tubi
29. 2011 Wild Bill: acted · directed by Dexter Fletcher
30. 2012 Anna Karenina: acted · directed by Joe Wright
31. 2012 Hyde Park on Hudson: acted · directed by Roger Michell
32. 2012 Now Is Good: acted · directed by Ol Parker · critics 54%, audiences 64%
33. 2013 The Last Days on Mars: acted · directed by Ruairí Robinson
34. 2014 Manhattan (TV series): acted
35. 2014 Maps to the Stars: acted · directed by David Cronenberg · critics 63%, audiences 44%
36. 2014 Sabotage: acted · directed by David Ayer · critics 21%, audiences 36% · streaming on Shout! Factory TV, YouTube (free), Plex
37. 2014 The Seventh Son: acted · directed by Sergei Bodrov
38. 2015 Man Up: acted · directed by Ben Palmer · critics 81%, audiences 69%
39. 2017 Counterpart (TV series): acted · directed by Alik Sakharov and Morten Tyldum
40. 2017 The Halcyon (TV series): acted
41. 2017 Victoria and Abdul: acted · directed by Stephen Frears
42. 2020 The Father: acted · directed by Florian Zeller
43. 2021 The Nevers (TV series): acted
44. 2022 The Crown (TV series): acted · directed by Julian Jarrold and Philip Martin · critics 81%, audiences 92% · streaming on Netflix
45. 2023 The Trouble with Jessica: acted
46. 2024 Another End: acted · directed by Piero Messina
47. 2024 Dune: Prophecy (TV series): acted · directed by Anna Foerster and Richard J. Lewis
48. 2025 Monster (TV series): acted
49. The Good Daughter (TV series): acted · directed by Steph Green