Olivia Williams

Olivia Williams at the Berlinale 2010

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)

Williams in West Hollywood (2008)

• 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

Commons : Olivia Williams  - Collection of Images

• Olivia Williams in theInternet Movie Database(English)
• Short biography on kino.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Biographical article by Gerard Gilbert in The Independent from November 15, 2009 (English).
2. ↑ 2016 Judges announced , at: thebookerprizes, December 14, 2015