Olivia Colman Movies and Career Information

Olivia Colman (born 30 January 1974) is an English actress, best known for her supporting roles in various comedy shows, such as Sophie Chapman in Peep Show, and Harriet Schulenburg in Green Wing. She trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, and has appeared in radio, television and theatre. She is currently filming BBC drama Exile, starring John Simm and Jim Broadbent, written by Danny Brocklehurst. Colman was brought up at Freethorpe near Acle in Norfolk and educated at Norwich High School for Girls and Gresham's School, Holt, briefly at Homerton College at the University of Cambridge, before finally training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. She lives in London with her husband Ed Sinclair and their two children. Colman has appeared in supporting roles in numerous comedy films and other BBC, ITV and Channel 4 television programmes such as Bruiser, People Like Us, Look Around You, Black Books, The Office, The Time Of Your Life and provided the voice-over for Five's poll for Britain’s Funniest Comedy Character. She regularly features in BBC Radio 4 comedies, such as Concrete Cow, Think the Unthinkable, The House of Milton Jones, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency