Olivia Colman Net Worth

Olivia Colman's Quotes

• [on The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: The Murder in Angel Lane (2013)] I had already agreed to do this before I'd even read the script, because Paddy [Paddy Considine] was in it. It was weird acting with him because, on Tyrannosaur (2011), he was the best director in the world. On this, when the director gave me notes, I'd keep checking Paddy's eyes to see if everything was all right, and he'd have to tell me, "I'm not the director!"
• [on what drew her to the role of Queen Anne] I loved that she had every emotion under the sun every five minutes. That's an actor's dream. She's spoiled, grieving, sensitive and cruel.
• If someone doesn't like me because of the size of my bum, they can fuck off. Because I'm quite a nice person to be with, actually

Interesting Facts about Olivia Colman

1. Met future husband, Ed Sinclair, whilst at Cambridge University. They have been together since 1993.
2. She asked for her character on Peep Show (2003) to be characterized as less likable, after convincing the writers that her behavior and treatment of David Mitchell's character had been poor.
3. Has starred in four films with Paddy Considine and appeared in his first two directorial efforts.
4. Has three children with her husband Ed Sinclair: two sons, Finn Sinclair (b. August 2005) and Hal Joseph Sinclair (b. August 2007), and one daughter (b. August 2015).
5. Returned to work 9 months after giving birth to her daughter to begin filming the final series of Broadchurch (2013).
6. Was 8 months pregnant with her daughter when she completed filming The Night Manager (2016).
7. Convinced director Susanne Bier to hire her for the role of Angela Burr on The Night Manager (2016) despite the fact she was heavily pregnant with her 3rd child by making reference to how well Frances McDormand's pregnant character Marge Gunderson worked on the movie Fargo (1996). Coincidentally, it was McDormand who handed Olivia the Best Actress Oscar for her role in The Favourite (2018).
8. Considers working on Confetti (2006) as a mistake and the worst acting experience she had out of all the projects she has worked on.
9. As of 2017, she is the only actress to have played both HM Queen Elizabeth II and her mother Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. Colman played the latter in Hyde Park on Hudson (2012) and the former in The Crown (2016).
10. Is the daughter of Mary (Leakey), a nurse, and Keith Colman, a chartered surveyor.
11. Born on the same date as Christian Bale. They both were nominated for Oscar in 2019 and she won.
12. August is her family month. She married in August 2001 and welcomed her three children in August of 2005, 2007 and 2015.
13. Called Glenn Close her idol when winning Oscar over her in 2019.
14. Worked as a cleaner before becoming an actress.
15. When she won the Oscar for her first acting nomination with The Favourite (2018), she joined the ranks of other winners for first nominations such as, Gale Sondergaard (Anthony Adverse (1936)), Katina Paxinou (For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)), Harold Russell (The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)), Mercedes McCambridge (All the King's Men (1949)), Shirley Booth (Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)), Eva Marie Saint (On the Waterfront (1954)), Jo Van Fleet (East of Eden (1955)), Julie Andrews (Mary Poppins (1964)), Barbra Streisand (Funny Girl (1968)), Tatum O'Neal (Paper Moon (1973)), Timothy Hutton (Ordinary People (1980)), Haing S. Ngor (The Killing Fields (1984)), Marlee Matlin (Children of a Lesser God (1986)), Anna Paquin (The Piano (1993)), Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls (2006)), Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave (2013)).
16. Olivia's three children, Finn (13), Hal (11) and baby daughter (3) all watched her win the Best Actress Academy Award for The Favourite (2018) at the home of her agent Lindy King in Los Angeles (February 24, 2019).
17. She was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to Drama.
18. She felt so nervous singing the Portishead song "Glory Box", which she did for the album "BBC Children in Need: Got It Covered", that she requested Phoebe Waller-Bridge and her sister Isobel Waller-Bridge to be present and play ukulele to calm her down.
19. Despite playing Helena Bonham Carter's older sister on The Crown (2016) Colman is actually 8 years younger than her in real life.
20. Both she and Helena Bonham Carter have played Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother in separate projects; Bonham Carter in The King's Speech (2010) and Colman in Hyde Park on Hudson (2012). Together they played the Queen Mother's daughters on The Crown (2016). The actresses have also both played the role of Madame Thénardier; Bonham Carter in Les Misérables (2012) and Colman in Les Misérables (2018).