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Sarah Caroline Sinclair CBE (January 30, 1974), known professionally as Olivia Colman, is an English actress. Known for her comedic and dramatic roles in film and television, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Emmy Awards, three British Academy Television Awards and three Golden Glob... more

Sarah Caroline Sinclair CBE (January 30, 1974), known professionally as Olivia Colman, is an English actress. Known for her comedic and dramatic roles in film and television, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Emmy Awards, three British Academy Television Awards and three Golden Globe Awards.

She was acclaimed for her performance in the ITV crime-drama series Broadchurch (2013–2017), for which she received a British Academy Television Award for Best Actress. She played Queen Elizabeth II from 2019 to 2020 in the Netflix period-drama series The Crown, for which she received a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.

For her portrayal of Anne, Queen of Great Britain in the period black-comedy film The Favourite (2018), Colman received the Academy Award for Best Actress. She received additional Academy Award nominations for her performances in The Father (2020) and The Lost Daughter (2021). Other notable film and television credits include Hot Fuzz (2007), Tyrannosaur (2011), The Iron Lady (2011), Hyde Park on Hudson (2012), Locke (2013), The Lobster (2015), Fleabag (2016-2019), Murder on the Orient Express (2017), The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021), Landscapers (2021), Empire of Light (2022), Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022), Secret Invasion (2023), Wonka (2023), Wicked Little Letters (2023) and Paddington in Peru (2024).

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Hot Fuzz
(2007)
Action, Comedy, Crime
As a former London constable, Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the sleepy British village of Sandford. Not only does he miss the excitement of the big city, but he also has a well-meaning oaf for a partner. However, when a series of grisly accidents rocks Sandford, Angel smells something rotten in the...
Runtime:
121 min
Director:
Edgar Wright
Cast:
Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Timothy Dalton, Jim Broadbent, Paddy Considine
7.8
91%
81
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Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
(2022)
Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for adventure has taken its toll: He has burned through eight of his nine lives, leaving him with only one life left. Puss sets out on an epic journey to find the mythical Last Wish and restore his nine lives.
Runtime:
103 min
Cast:
Antonio Banderas, Chris Miller, Harvey Guillén, Wagner Moura, Wagner Moura
7.8
N/A
73
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The Secret World of Arrietty
(2010)
Animation, Family, Fantasy
14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home from items "borrowed" from the house's human inhabitants. However, life changes for the Clocks when a human boy discovers Arrietty.
Runtime:
94 min
Director:
Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Cast:
Mirai Shida, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Tomokazu Miura, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Shinobu Ōtake
7.6
95%
80
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Locke
(2014)
Drama, Thriller
Ivan Locke has worked hard to craft a good life for himself. Tonight, that life will collapse around him. On the eve of the biggest challenge of his career, Ivan receives a phone call that sets in motion a series of events that will unravel his family, job, and soul.
Runtime:
85 min
7.1
N/A
81
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The Night Manager
(2016)
Thriller
Former British soldier Jonathan Pine navigates the shadowy recesses of Whitehall and Washington where an unholy alliance operates between the intelligence community and the secret arms trade. To infiltrate the inner circle of lethal arms dealer Richard Onslow Roper, Pine must himself become a criminal.
Runtime:
360 min
8.2
N/A
N/A
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Murder on the Orient Express
(2017)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Genius Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American tycoon aboard the Orient Express train.
Runtime:
114 min
Director:
Kenneth Branagh
Cast:
Kenneth Branagh, Penélope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench, Johnny Depp
6.5
57%
52
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Tyrannosaur
(2011)
Drama, Romance
The story of Joseph, a man plagued by violence and a rage that is driving him to self-destruction. As Joseph's life spirals into turmoil a chance of redemption appears in the form of Hannah, a Christian charity shop worker. Their relationship develops to reveal that Hannah is hiding a secret of her own with devastating results on both ...
Runtime:
93 min
Director:
Paddy Considine
Cast:
Peter Mullan, Olivia Colman, Eddie Marsan, Paul Popplewell, Samuel Bottomley
7.6
83%
65
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The Iron Lady
(2011)
Drama, History
A look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a focus on the price she paid for power.
Runtime:
105 min
Director:
Phyllida Lloyd
Cast:
Meryl Streep, Anthony Stewart Head, Harry Lloyd, Jim Broadbent, Susan Brown
6.4
51%
54
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I Give It a Year
(2013)
Comedy, Romance
After a quick courtship, two lovers hastily decide to tie the knot. As their first year of marriage unfolds, temptation and incompatibility put their relationship in jeopardy.
Runtime:
97 min
Director:
Dan Mazer
Cast:
Rafe Spall, Rose Byrne, Anna Faris, Jason Flemyng, Stephen Merchant
5.7
55%
50
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Cuban Fury
(2014)
Comedy
Beneath Bruce Garrett's under-confident, overweight exterior, the passionate heart of a salsa king lies dormant. Now, one woman is about to reignite his Latin fire.
Runtime:
98 min
Director:
James Griffith
Cast:
Chris O'Dowd, Ian McShane, Rashida Jones, Nick Frost, Rory Kinnear
6.2
51%
52
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I Could Never Be Your Woman
(2007)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
This movie follows a mother who falls for a younger man while her daughter falls in love for the first time. Mother Nature messes with their fates.
Runtime:
97 min
Director:
Amy Heckerling, Iddo Goldberg
Cast:
Michelle Pfeiffer, Paul Rudd, Saoirse Ronan, Saoirse Ronan, Stacey Dash
6.0
64%
N/A
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Hyde Park on Hudson
(2012)
Comedy, Drama, History
The story of the love affair between FDR and his distant cousin Margaret Stuckley, centered around the weekend in 1939 when the King and Queen of the United Kingdom visited upstate New York.
Runtime:
94 min
5.9
37%
55
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Confetti
(2006)
Comedy, Romance
A mockumentary that follows three couples as they battle it out to win the coveted title of 'Most Original Wedding of the Year'.
Runtime:
100 min
Director:
Debbie Isitt
Cast:
Martin Freeman, Jessica Hynes, Olivia Colman, Stephen Mangan, Robert Webb
5.7
57%
57
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The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
(2013)
Comedy
With the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who about to film, the "classic" Doctors Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy are keen to be involved. But do they manage it?
Runtime:
30 min
Director:
Peter Davison
Cast:
Peter Davison, Sylvester McCoy, Colin Baker, Paul McGann, John Barrowman
8.6
N/A
N/A
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The Thirteenth Tale
(2013)
Drama, Mystery, TV Movie
Biographer Margaret Lea travels to the isolated rural mansion of the famous writer Vida Winter, who asks her to write her biography. Although initially she is reluctant, as Vida is known for constantly distorting the facts of her life, Margaret soon becomes fascinated with the story of a dark childhood, a disturbing tale that leads her...
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
James Kent
Cast:
Vanessa Redgrave, Olivia Colman, Sophie Turner, Alexandra Roach, Steven Mackintosh
7.0
N/A
N/A
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The 7:39
(2014)
Drama, Romance
After fighting for a seat on their morning commute, Sally and Carl begin talking and suddenly their daily train journey becomes a lot more interesting. Carl is happily married, Sally's engaged - where's the harm? Yet they find themselves increasingly drawn to each other, and as their friendship grows to flirtation they refuse to admit ...
Runtime:
117 min
Director:
John Alexander
Cast:
David Morrissey, Sheridan Smith, Olivia Colman, Sean Maguire, Izzy Meikle-Small
7.0
N/A
N/A
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Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee
(2009)
Comedy, Documentary
An improvised comedy, shot over five days by Shane Meadows, devised with and starring Paddy Considine. Rock roadie and failed musician, Le Donk has lived, loved and learned. Along the way he's lost a girlfriend but he has found a new sidekick in up-and-coming rap prodigy Scor-zay-zee. With Meadows' fly-on-the-wall crew in tow, Donk set...
Runtime:
71 min
Director:
Shane Meadows
Cast:
Olivia Colman, Dean Palinczuk, Paddy Considine, Shane Meadows, Seamus O'Neill
6.3
87%
N/A
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Grow Your Own
(2007)
Comedy
An English community gets testy when a refugee family is granted a plot of land on which to grow vegetables.
Runtime:
97 min
Director:
Richard Laxton
Cast:
Benedict Wong, Eddie Marsan, Omid Djalili, Alan Williams, Philip Jackson
6.8
56%
N/A
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London Road
(2015)
Music, Thriller
London Road is a musical drama that documents the events of 2006, when the quiet rural town of Ipswich was shattered by the discovery of the bodies of five women. The residents of London Road had struggled for years with frequent soliciting and kerb-crawling on their street. When a local resident was charged and then convicted of the m...
Runtime:
91 min
Director:
Rufus Norris
Cast:
Tom Hardy, Olivia Colman, Kate Fleetwood, Janet Henfrey, Gillian Bevan
5.3
77%
71
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The Murder in Angel Lane
(2013)
Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie
When Mr. Whicher, a retired policeman, helps a country lady to find her niece, he is drawn into a disturbing case of murder which brings him up against wealthy and powerful figures and throws him into conflict with his former police colleagues.
Runtime:
95 min
7.1
N/A
N/A
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The Kármán Line
(2014)
Drama, Family, Fantasy
When a mother is hit by a rare condition that sees her lift off the ground at a slow but ever increasing rate, her husband and daughter are forced to come to terms with losing her.
Runtime:
24 min
Director:
Oscar Sharp
Cast:
Olivia Colman, Shaun Dooley, Chelsea Corfield, David Cann, Julia Watson
8.2
N/A
N/A
Bad Sugar
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Bad Sugar
(2012)
Comedy
A dysfunctional, wealthy mining dynasty, with an ailing patriarch and some greedy siblings. A peculiarly British take on telenovela style melodramas, played for laughs.
Runtime:
40 min
7.5
N/A
N/A
Zemanovaload
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Zemanovaload
(2005)
Comedy
John Davies suffers from multiple obsessive compulsive disorders. When his current model girlfriend leaves him, he decides to replace her with the number 1 babe on planet Earth - Czech model Veronika Zemanova. The film follows his attempts to curb his old obsessions in order to meet his latest obsession - Veronika.
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Jayson Rothwell
Cast:
Ed Byrne, Georgina Chapman, Olivia Colman, Gemma Cowap
6.0
N/A
N/A
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Consuming Passion
(2008)
Drama, Romance
Three intertwined stories to celebrate the the centenary of romance publishing house Mills & Boon. The first concerns Charles Boon's tempestuous relationship with his wife Mary, and is complemented by story lines set in the 1970s and the present day.
Runtime:
86 min
Director:
Dan Zeff
Cast:
Jodie Whittaker, Daniel Mays, Patrick Kennedy, Olivia Colman
6.1
N/A
N/A
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David Attenborough Meets President Obama
(2015)
Documentary
On his 89th birthday, renowned English broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough pays his first ever visit to the White House to be interviewed by one of his biggest fans, United States President Barack Obama.
Runtime:
35 min
7.8
N/A
N/A
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The Favourite
(2018)
Comedy, Drama, History
England, early 18th century. The close relationship between Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill is threatened by the arrival of Sarah's cousin, Abigail Hill, resulting in a bitter rivalry between the two cousins to be the Queen's favourite.
Runtime:
119 min
Director:
Yorgos Lanthimos
Cast:
Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, Olivia Colman
N/A
N/A
N/A
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Pudsey the Dog: The Movie
(2014)
Adventure, Comedy, Family
A heartwarming, quintessentially British adventure for all the family, PUDSEY THE DOG: THE MOVIE follows cheeky London stray dog, Pudsey, who is quite happy being a lone ranger, looking out for number one, until he meets siblings Molly (Izzy Meikle-Small), George (Spike White) and Tommy (Malachy Knights). After losing their father, the...
Runtime:
87 min
2.5
N/A
N/A