Olivia Williams
Olivia Haigh Williams (born July 26, 1968 in Camden Town , London ) is a British actress .
life and career
Williams is the daughter of a lawyer and a lawyer. Before she started acting, she studied English at the University of Cambridge .
In the early 1990s, Williams had her first engagements in British television productions. She got her first major role in 1997 from Kevin Costner in The Postman . In 1998, she starred in the for the Golden Globe nominated film Rushmore with Bill Murray , the teacher Rosemary Cross , 1999 in The Sixth Sense then Anna Crowe , the art dealer and wife of of Bruce Willis child psychologists represented Malcolm Crowe . In the US-American - Israeli thriller The Body (2001) she played the archaeologist Sharon Golban alongside Antonio Banderas . 2003 she starred in the remake of Peter Pan alongside Jason Isaacs , the Mrs. Darling . In 2013 she starred with Jeff Bridges , Julianne Moore and Ben Barnes in the film Seventh Son , which is based on the novel The Spook's Apprentice by Joseph Delaney .
Williams was a juror for the Man Booker Prize in 2016
Williams has been married to British colleague Rhashan Stone since November 2, 2003 . The couple has two daughters.
Filmography (selection)
- 1996: Emma (TV movie)
- 1997: Postman (The Postman)
- 1998: Rushmore
- 1999: The Sixth Sense
- 2001: The Man from Elysian Fields (The Man from Elysian Fields)
- 2001: The Body
- 2002: The Heart of Me
- 2002: Below
- 2003: To Kill a King
- 2003: Peter Pan
- 2005: A House in Ireland (Tara Road)
- 2006: X- Men: The Last Stand
- 2008: Flashbacks of a Fool
- 2008: Miss Austen Regrets
- 2009–2010: Dollhouse (TV series)
- 2009: An Education
- 2010: The Ghost Writer (The Ghost Writer)
- 2010: Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
- 2011: Who is Hanna? (Hanna)
- 2012: Anna Karenina
- 2012: Hyde Park on Hudson (Hyde Park on Hudson)
- 2012: Now Is Good - Every Moment Counts (Now Is Good)
- 2013: The Last Days on Mars
- 2014: sabotage
- 2014: Maps to the Stars
- 2014: The Portal to Hell (Altar)
- 2014: Seventh Son
- 2014–2015: Manhattan (TV series)
- 2015: It's complicated ..! (Man Up)
- 2017: Victoria & Abdul
- 2017: The Halcyon (TV series)
- since 2017: Counterpart (TV series, 10 episodes)
- 2020: The Father
Awards
- 2009: Nominated - London Critics' Circle Film Award for Best Supporting Actress, An Education
- 2009: Nominated - Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble An Education
- 2011: National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Ghostwriter
- 2011: London Critics' Circle Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Ghostwriter
- 2011: Nominated - Empire Award as best actress for The Ghostwriter
- 2011: Nominated - Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Ghostwriter
Web links
- Olivia Williams in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Short biography on kino.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biographical article by Gerard Gilbert in The Independent from November 15, 2009 (English).
- ↑ 2016 Judges announced , at: thebookerprizes, December 14, 2015
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Williams, Olivia |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Williams, Olivia Haigh (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actress |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 26, 1968 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Camden Town , London, England, United Kingdom |