Olivia Williams

About

Olivia Haigh Williams (born July 26, 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....

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FriendsSeries • 1994The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of PowerSeries • 2022Peter PanMovie • 2003The CrownSeries • 2016Jason and the ArgonautsSeries • 2000The Wheel of TimeSeries • 2021Dune: ProphecySeries • 2024Monster: The Ed Gein StorySeries • 2025DollhouseSeries • 2009The Sixth SenseMovie • 1999CounterpartSeries • 2017Young SherlockSeries • 2026Playhouse PresentsSeries • 2012The Ruth Rendell MysteriesSeries • 1987The NeversSeries • 2021ManhattanSeries • 2014Van der ValkSeries • 1972The FatherMovie • 2020Seventh SonMovie • 2014The Ghost WriterMovie • 2010TerriersSeries • 2010Maps to the StarsMovie • 2014The PostmanMovie • 1997SpacedSeries • 1999