TV success: Broadchurch and The Crown Colman made her TV acting debut in 2000 on the Two sketch comedy program Bruiser. Over the next several years she appeared on a number of comedy shows, in roles of varying importance. Her credits from 2001 to 2005 include People Like Us, , Gash, and Look Around You. She also regularly acted on BBC Radio comedies. Colman began to earn more notice through her work with the comedians and Robert Webb, whom she had met while a member of Footlights. In 2003 she began portraying Sophie Chapman on their series Peep Show, which was a huge hit during its nine seasons, and from 2006 to 2008 she appeared regularly in That Mitchell and Webb Look. BroadchurchOlivia Colman and David Tennant in Broadchurch (2013–17), playing two detectives investigating the murder of an 11-year-old boy in a seaside town.(more)Catapulted by her success in comedy, Colman began appearing in a number of popular series, including , Skins, and Rev. She also played the matriarch of an eccentric family in the Flowers (2016–18). In 2016 Colman showcased her dramatic skills in , a six-episode limited series based on a novel; it starred and . She also starred with in the crime series (2013–17). For her portrayal of Detective Sergeant Ellie Miller, Colman won the BAFTA TV Award for best actress in 2014. Olivia ColmanOlivia Colman, 2022.(more)Colman’s TV success continued with her portrayal of in the third (2019) and fourth (2020) seasons of ’s acclaimed The Crown; she won an and a for her performance. She also had a recurring role as Godmother in (2016–19), a popular series created by . In 2021 Colman starred with David Thewlis in Landscapers, a true-crime miniseries that aired on . It centers on the British couple Susan and Christopher Edwards, who were convicted of murdering Susan’s parents. In 2023 Colman played in the miniseries Great Expectations, an adaptation of the by and had a cameo as the head chef of a fine-dining restaurant in the hit TV series , a role that she further expanded in that series’ third season (2024). Films: The Lobster, The Favourite, and The Lost Daughter While continuing to appear in a variety of television series, Colman began to gain attention for her work in films. She was cast as Police Constable Doris Thatcher in the comedy (2007), and in 2011 she had a starring role in Paddy Considine’s feature-length debut movie, the drama Tyrannosaur. In the latter film she portrayed an abused wife who befriends a self-destructive man, and Colman was named best actress by the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA). Her other films from 2011 include , in which Colman was cast as the daughter of (played by )., Sarah Caroline Sinclair CBE (née Colman; born 30 January 1974), known professionally as Olivia Colman, [a] is an English actress. She has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, four BAFTA Awards, two Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Volpi Cup., Sarah Caroline Coleman (Norwich; 30 de enero de 1974), conocida profesionalmente como Olivia Colman, 1 es una actriz británica. Ganadora, entre otros, de un Óscar, cuatro BAFTA, tres Globo de Oro, un Emmy y dos SAG. Además, Colman fue nombrada Comandante de la Orden del Imperio Británico (CBE) en 2019 por sus servicios a la actuación. 2 ..