Olivia Colman

Personal context

Summary

Olivia Colman is an English actor and producer known for roles in The Favourite, The Crown, Broadchurch and The Lost Daughter. Her work ranges from comedy and crime drama to character studies of power, grief and complicated relationships. In public, she has criticized Hollywood’s gender pay gap, signed an open letter calling for abortion to be decriminalized in Northern Ireland and another condemning hostility toward trans women, and served for more than a decade as a patron of Tender, which addresses domestic abuse and sexual violence.