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  • Colman and Fassbender triumph at Evening Standard awards - 6 February 2012
    -Olivia Colman fought off competition from Oscar winners Vanessa Redgrave, Rachel Weisz and Tilda Swinton to land the coveted Best Actress prize at the Evening Standard British Film Awards on Monday night (06Feb12).-Colman landed the honour for her star role in drama T

Olivia Colman - what members say


  • Tyrannosaur
  • Tyrannosaur review by A customer from
    Rated - 5.0 stars Hats Off to Olivia Colman 13 November 2011
    ...Olivia Colman is quite exceptional in this. I hope she wins an award. Entirely absent from this film are (1) dinosaurs (2) cosy slow-motion shots of hunks and babes running ...   Read customer review
  • Broadchurch
  • Broadchurch review by A customer from
    Rated - 5.0 stars Who can say its bad ?? 26 April 2013
    ...it in till the new series. A different type of performance by David tennant and Olivia Colman, but they did a brilliant job. Don't listen to anyone who says its bad....   Read customer review

Olivia Colman - filmography


  • Broadchurch (3 discs) on DVD (2013)
    Starring: Olivia Colman,  David Tennant
    Director: James Strong
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A hot morning in July and the Dorset town of Broadchurch is bracing itself for the tourist season when Danny Latimer, an 11 year old schoolboy, goes missing. His mother, Beth, frantically starts to search for him while her best friend, Ellie Miller, a local police officer, arrives at work to ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 86% from 166 members
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  • Hyde Park on Hudson - Blu-ray (2012)
    Starring: Bill Murray,  Laura Linney,  Olivia Williams
    Director: Roger Michell
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Comedy drama starring Bill Murray and Laura Linney. In June 1939, American president Franklin D Roosevelt (Murray) hosts the British royal family at his country house in upstate New York on their first-ever visit to the United States. King George (Samuel West) and his Queen's Consort Elizabeth (..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 1 member
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  • Hyde Park on Hudson (2012)
    Starring: Bill Murray,  Laura Linney,  Olivia Williams
    Director: Roger Michell
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Comedy drama starring Bill Murray and Laura Linney. In June 1939, American president Franklin D Roosevelt (Murray) hosts the British royal family at his country house in upstate New York on their first-ever visit to the United States. King George (Samuel West) and his Queen's Consort Elizabeth (..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 50 members
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  • Rev - Series 2 on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Tom Hollander,  Olivia Colman
    Director: Peter Cattaneo
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    BAFTA award-winning comedy series Rev. returns with six divine new episodes and a Christmas special, and a host of new faces and guest characters. Tom Hollander is back as the Rev. Adam Smallbone, struggling to remain relevant in his inner-city parish where heĀ’s largely derided or ignored except by ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 115 members
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  • Twenty Twelve - S01 E04 (2011)
    Starring: Hugh Bonneville,  Jessica Hynes,  Olivia Colman
    Director: John MortonĀ 
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Dave Wellbeck is an ex athlete, double Olympic silver medallist and in theory a natural choice as Brand Ambassador for Raising the Bar - a scheme to get young people inspired by Olympic ideals. He's hard working, conscientious, and loyal but the truth is that he has about as much charisma as a ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 46 members
  • Tyrannosaur on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Peter Mullan,  Eddie Marsan,  Olivia Colman
    Director: Paddy Considine
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    "Tyrannosaur" is the story of Joseph a man plagued by violence and a rage that is driving him to self-destruction. As Joseph's life spirals into turmoil a chance of redemption appears in the form of Hannah, a Christian charity shop worker. Their relationship develops to reveal that Hannah is hiding ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 20,751 members
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  • Twenty Twelve - S01 E02 (2011)
    Starring: Hugh Bonneville,  Jessica Hynes,  Olivia Colman
    Director: John MortonĀ 
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A visiting group of dignitaries from Rio (Olympic hosts in 2016) is in London for the week. For Head of Deliverance Ian Fletcher and his team the mission is simple. They have to get them across London in time to meet Lord Coe for an official reception at the Olympic Stadium.
    4 stars out of 5 81% from 62 members
  • Twenty Twelve - Series 1 on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Olivia Colman,  Hugh Bonneville,  David Tennant
    Director: John Morton
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Mockumentary comedy series from the BBC following the trials and tribulations of the team responsible for staging the 2012 London Olympic Games. Narrator David Tennant guides the audience through events as Head of Deliverance Ian Fletcher (Hugh Bonneville) and his support team, including PR ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 492 members
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  • Tyrannosaur - Blu-ray (2011)
    Starring: Eddie Marsan,  Olivia Colman,  Sally Carman
    Director: Paddy Considine
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Tense drama following the relationship between a self-destructive, alcoholic widower and a Christian charity shop worker. Joseph (Peter Mullan) is an aggressive and self-destructive loner who suffers from extreme mood swings and an inability to keep his temper in check. One such lack of control ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 6,240 members
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  • Twenty Twelve - S01 E01 (2011)
    Starring: Hugh Bonneville,  Jessica Hynes,  Olivia Colman
    Director: John MortonĀ 
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    With time ticking inexorably downwards the marketing team come up with a major public event to mark the 1000 days to go milestone. A huge clock designed by a modern British artist will be installed outside the Tate Modern on the banks of the Thames in a ceremony performed by both Seb Coe and Boris ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 129 members
  • Rev - Series 1 (2 discs) on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Olivia Colman,  Steve Evets,  Tom Hollander
    Director: Peter Cattaneo
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    All six episodes from the first series of the BBC sitcom set in an inner London church. Tom Hollander stars as Reverend Adam Smallbone, a Church of England vicar who is promoted from a sleepy rural parish to the failing inner-city church of St Saviour's in East London. As he struggles to contend ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 828 members
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  • Le Donk and Scor-Zay-Zee on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Olivia Colman,  Scor-Zay-Zee,  Paddy Considine
    Director: Shane Meadows
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Shane Meadows directs this improvised mockumentary following the life of a rock roadie and his rapper sidekick. Donk (Paddy Considine) makes his living roadieing for rock bands, and dreams of becoming a fatcat music promoter. But life's not that easy for Donk at the moment. With his former upmarket ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 5,525 members
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  • Peep Show - Series 5 on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Matt King,  Olivia Colman,  Sophie Winkleman
    Director: Becky Martin
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    All six episodes from the fifth series of the Channel 4 cult comedy, chronicling the private - and totally dysfunctional - inner thoughts of two 20-something flatmates living in Croydon. Mark (David Mitchell) is the sensible one, a working professional with a slightly disconcerting interest in WWII...read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 87% from 5,044 members
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  • Beautiful People on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Olivia Colman,  Meera Syal,  Luke Ward-Wilkinson
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Six-part comedy series following the trials of camp 13-year-old Simon (Luke Ward-Wilkinson), doomed to be brought up in suburban Reading circa 1997, when all he wants is to live life among the 'beautiful people'. Surrounded by his ever-so-slightly dysfunctional family, Simon's grand attempts at ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 1,051 member
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  • Consuming Passion - 100 Years Of Mills A... on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Paul Nicholas,  Adam James,  Olivia Colman
    Director: Dan Zeff
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Collection of stories from the famous romantic fiction publisher. Set over the past 100 years, each storyline reflects the themes and styles popular in the Mills and Boon novels of that time, with the first set at the beginning of the 1900s, the second in the 1970s, and the last today.
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 90 members
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  • Peep Show - S04 E05 - Holiday (2007)
    Starring: Olivia Colman,  Paterson Joseph,  Matt King
    Director: Becky Martin
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Jeremy has organised a stag weekend. This consists of Mark and Jeremy on a canal boat on the Shropshire Union Canal. Unfortunately, it's cold, there's nothing to do, and Jeremy is bored. But things liven up when Jeremy meets a new girl, then does something unspeakable to her pet dog...
    4.5 stars out of 5 91% from 6 members
  • Peep Show - S04 E03 - Gym (2007)
    Starring: Olivia Colman,  Paterson Joseph,  Matt King
    Director: Becky Martin
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Mark is still having doubts about marrying Sophie, so joins a gym in order to spend as much time away from her as possible. Unfortunately his personal trainer Matt takes exercise extremely seriously. Meanwhile, Jeremy learns that his ex-wife has started working at the gym. Desperate to get back ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 94% from 9 members
  • Peep Show - S04 E04 - Handyman (2007)
    Starring: Olivia Colman,  Paterson Joseph,  Matt King
    Director: Becky Martin
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Jeremy meets his hero - techno musician Russell 'The Orgazoid' - and ends up working as his handyman. But is there a catch that involves Russell selling his organs on the internet? Meanwhile, Mark goes to a school reunion, and considers embarking on an affair with a girl he used to fancy.
    4.5 stars out of 5 90% from 4 members
  • That Mitchell And Webb Look - Series 1 on DVD (2007)
    Starring: David Mitchell,  Robert Webb,  Olivia Colman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Relive the entire hilarious series 1 of That Mitchell and Webb Look on DVD. The DVD is bursting with well loved characters such as Sir Digby Chicken Ceasar, Angel Summoner and BMX Bandit as well exclusive extras including, outtakes, behind the scenes and an M? documentary.
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 1,553 member
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  • Peep Show 3 on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Olivia Colman,  David Mitchell,  Robert Webb
    Director: Tristram Shapeero
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    All six episodes from the third series of the Channel 4 cult comedy, chronicling the private - and totally dysfunctional - inner thoughts of two twenty-something flatmates living in Croydon. In this series Jeremy (Robert Webb) tries to get over his disastrous marriage to Nancy by embarking on a ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 86% from 8,362 members
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  • Peep Show - S03 E06 - Quantocking (2005)
    Starring: Olivia Colman,  Paterson Joseph,  Matt King
    Director: Tristram Shapeero
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Mark is worried he's drifting apart from Sophie, so immediate action is called for: he must propose. Ever the romantic, he takes her on a mini-break to the Quantock Hills in Somerset, and Jeremy travels up to the same hotel with Super Hans, who is planning to use the weekend to go 'cold turkey'.
    4.5 stars out of 5 88% from 5 members
  • Look Around You - Series 2 on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Robert Popper,  Peter Serafinowicz,  Olivia Colman
    Director: Tim Kirkby
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Complete second series of the spoof science show, loosely based on the Open University programmes and 'Tomorrow's World' from the 1970s. In this series, Leonard Hatred (Mark Heap) demonstrates his Psilence ear spray, the team take a look at a supercomputer called Bournemouth, and Prince Charles ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 1,634 member
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  • Peep Show 2 on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Olivia Colman,  David Mitchell,  Neil Fitzmaurice
    Director: Tristram Shapeero
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    All six episodes from the second series of the Channel 4 cult comedy, chronicling the private - and totally dysfunctional - inner thoughts of two twenty-something flatmates living in Croydon. In this series, Mark (David Mitchell) continues to be unlucky in love, while Jeremy (Robert Webb) meets ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 83% from 12,347 members
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  • Peep Show - S02 E02 - Jeremy Makes It (2004)
    Starring: Olivia Colman,  Paterson Joseph,  Matt King
    Director: Tristram Shapeero
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Mark's lack of success with Sophie is mitigated when he makes a new friend, Daryl, at the office. Mark is sure his new mate will broaden his horizons. Meanwhile, Jeremy meets an old classmate, Gog, who he used to bully. Gog is now successful and invites Jeremy to work on his latest art house movie.
    4.5 stars out of 5 87% from 4 members
  • Peep Show - S01 E03 - On the Pull (2003)
    Starring: Olivia Colman,  Paterson Joseph,  Matt King
    Director: Jeremy Wooding
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Mark and Jeremy go 'on the pull' and find themselves smoking pot in the Lazerbowl toilets with a teenage goth. Jeremy perseveres with the sexy Toni despite her refusal to stop talking about Peter Gabriel, and after a few pints Mark decides a melon is a big improvement on a bowling ball.
    4.5 stars out of 5 86% from 13 members
  • Peep Show - Series 1 on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Olivia Colman,  David Mitchell,  Robert Webb
    Director: Tristram Shapeero
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    All six episodes from the first season of the Channel 4 cult comedy series, chronicling the private - and totally dysfunctional - inner thoughts of two twenty-something flatmates; Mark (David Mitchell) is a 50-year-old in the body of a twentysomething and Jeremy (Robert Webb) is a wannabe popstar. ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 15,792 members
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  • Peep Show - S01 E06 - Funeral (2003)
    Starring: Olivia Colman,  Paterson Joseph,  Matt King
    Director: Jeremy Wooding
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In the last episode of the series, death and terminal illness prove to be the keys to romantic success for Mark and Jeremy. Jeremy gets in with the Christians and Mark finds the perfect venue for a first date with Sophie - a funeral. Everyone's having a great time until the paramedics arrive.
    4 stars out of 5 84% from 12 members
  • Bruiser on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Olivia Colman,  Martin Freeman,  Matthew Holness
    Director: Nick Jones
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The entire series of the BBC's fast-paced sketch show co-written by Ricky Gervais and starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb. The dark and zany sketches poke fun at everything from James Bond to paranoia, with one regular spot, 'Outdoor Wee', featuring celebrities being interviewed while urinating ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 214 members
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  • The Time Of Your Life (2 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Genevieve OReilly,  Geraldine James,  Robert Pugh
    Director: David Blair
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    "The Time of Your Life" is a gripping emotional thriller about the pain and confusion one woman faces after waking from a 18-year long coma, to a world where nothing is the same. Meet Kate (Genevieve O'Reilly) who at the age of 36 has spent half her life lying motionless in her childhood bedroom. ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 106 members
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Olivia Colman facts

5 most recent films

I Give It a Year - 3.5 stars
I Give It a Year - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Broadchurch - 4.5 stars
Hyde Park on Hudson - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Hyde Park on Hudson - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Peep Show - Series 5 - 4.5 stars
Broadchurch - 4.5 stars
Peep Show 3 - 4.5 stars
Peep Show 2 - 4.0 stars
Green Wing - Series 2 - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

I Give It a Year - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Hyde Park on Hudson - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Hyde Park on Hudson - 3.0 stars
Consuming Passion - 100 Years Of Mills And Boon - 3.0 stars
Morris - A Life With Bells On - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

David Mitchell - 91 times - show films
Robert Webb - 91 times - show films
Paterson Joseph - 86 times - show films
Sophie Winkleman - 86 times - show films
Matt King - 86 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Tristram Shapeero - 69 times - show films
Becky Martin - 63 times - show films
Jeremy Wooding - 54 times - show films
Peter Cattaneo - 16 times - show films
John MortonĀ  - 12 times - show films