Cast & creator
Olivia Williams
Best known for Friends, Jason and the Argonauts, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Olivia Haigh Williams (born July 26, 1968) is a British actress who has appeared in British and American films and television. Williams studied drama at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School for two years followed by three years at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Her first significant screen role was as Jane Fairfax in the British television film Emma (1996), based on Jane Austen's novel. She made her film debut in 1997's The Postman, followed by Rushmore (1998) and The Sixth Sense (1999). Williams also acted in the British films Lucky Break (2001), The Heart of Me (2002) and An Education (2009). She continued acting in films such as The Ghost Writer (2010), Hanna (2011), Anna Karenina (2012), Hyde Park on Hudson (2012), Maps to the Stars (2014), Victoria & Abdul (2017), and The Father (2020). From 2017 to 2019, she played Emily Silk in the science fiction television series Counterpart. In 2022, Williams portrayed Camilla Parker Bowles in the Netflix historical drama The Crown in its fifth season, a role she is set to reprise in its sixth and final season.
Also known as: Olivia Haigh Williams
56
film credits
24
television credits
80
1972–2026 · acting roles
6.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (80)
Showing 80 of 80 credits
Friends
Felicity
1994
Jason and the Argonauts
Hera
2000
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Winterbloom (voice)
2022
The Crown
Camilla Parker Bowles
2016
Monster: The Ed Gein Story
Alma Reville
2025
The Wheel of Time
Queen Morgase Trakand
2021
Dollhouse
Adelle DeWitt
2009
The Sixth Sense
Anna Crowe
1999
Dune: Prophecy
Reverend Mother Tula Harkonnen
2024
Young Sherlock
2026
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Jennifer Norris
1987
Playhouse Presents
Dorothy Green
2012
Counterpart
Emily Burton Silk
2017
Van der Valk
Irene Kortman
1972
The Nevers
Lavinia Bidlow
2021
Manhattan
Liza Winter
2014
The Father
The Woman
2020
Seventh Son
Mam Ward
2014
Peter Pan
Mary Darling
2003
Terriers
Miriam Foster
2010
Spaced
Irate Cyclist
1999
Homemade
Queen (voice)
2020
OK! TV
2011
Anna Karenina
Countess Vronsky
2012
The Halcyon
Lady Priscilla Hamilton
2017
Funny Woman
Gloria Balderstone, Barbara's mother
2023
The Postman
Abby
1997
The Ghost Writer
Ruth Lang
2010
Justin and the Knights of Valour
Queen (voice)
2013
An Education
Miss Stubbs
2009
Maps to the Stars
Cristina Weiss
2014
Sabotage
Caroline
2014
Victoria & Abdul
Baroness Churchill
2017
Hanna
Rachel
2011
Valiant
Victoria (voice)
2005
Rushmore
Rosemary Cross
1998
Case Sensitive
Charlie Zailer
2011
Now Is Good
Mother
2012
The Last Days on Mars
Kim Aldrich
2013
The Man from Elysian Fields
Andrea
2001
Emma
Jane Fairfax
1996
Man Up
Hilary
2015
Below
Claire
2002
To Kill a King
Lady Anne Fairfax
2003
The Trouble with Jessica
Beth
2024
Hyde Park on Hudson
Eleanor Roosevelt
2012
The Good Daughter
Harriet 'Gamma' Quinn
2026
Flashbacks of a Fool
Grace Scott
2008
Another End
Juliette
2024
The Body
Sharon Golban
2001
Salting the Battlefield
Belinda Kay
2014
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Betty Dury
2010
Wild Bill
Kelly
2011
The Heart of Me
Madeleine
2004
Four Dogs Playing Poker
Audrey
2000
The Hotel In Amsterdam
Annie
2004The Guest
Marguerite
2013
National Theatre Archive: Mosquitoes
Alice
2017
Unknown Belize
Narrator
2024
Miss Austen Regrets
Jane Austen
2008
My Name Is Leon
Sylvia
2022
Lucky Break
Annabel
2001
Krakatoa: The Last Days
Johanna Beijerinck
2006
Pigs
Mum
2024
The Making of 'Rushmore'
Self
2000
Tara Road
Ria
2005
Nyet!
Mrs. Pyke
2019
Dead Babies
Diana
2000
Born Romantic
Eleanor
2000
Altar
Meg
2014
Broken Lines
Zoe
2008
The White King
Sophia (voice)
2016
Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures
Agatha Christie
2004
Emma, Change the Locks
Emma
2015
Collaborator
Emma Stiles
2011
The Impact
The President
2022
Damage
Michelle Cahill
2007
X-Men: The Last Stand
Dr. Moira MacTaggert (uncredited)
2006Magpie
The Woman
2014
The Escape
Sarah
2017