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| Wins | 66 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nominations | 156 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olivia Colman is an English actress known for her roles on stage and screen. She has received various awards and nominations, including an Academy Award, two Actor Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, a British Academy Film Award, three British Academy Television Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Children's & Family Emmy Award, and two Critics' Choice Awards. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to drama. [1] [2]
From 2013 to 2017, she starred in the serial crime drama series Broadchurch , for which she won the British Academy Television Award and was nominated for the International Emmy Award. Colman received critical acclaim for playing an abused charity shop worker in the British drama film Tyrannosaur (2011) earning her the BIFA for Best Actress award. During this time she portrayed Carol Thatcher in the Iron Lady (2011), and The Queen Mother in Hyde Park on Hudson (2012), and acted in her first collaboration with Yorgos Lanthimos in the black comedy The Lobster (2015), the latter of which earned her a BIFA Award. For her role in the miniseries The Night Manager (2016), she won the Golden Globe Award and was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award. She acted in the comedy series Fleabag (2016–2019), earning a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
She reunited with Lanthimos portraying Anne, Queen of Great Britain in the historical comedy drama film The Favourite (2018) earning the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, the BIFA Award, the Critics Choice Award, the Golden Globe Award and the Volpi Cup for Best Actress. She was also nominated for the Actor Award. For her performance as a caring daughter of her elderly parent in the drama The Father (2020), Colman was nominated for the Golden Globe Award, Actor Award, Critics' Choice Movie Award, and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. For playing an unsatisfied mother in the Maggie Gyllenhaal directed psychological drama The Lost Daughter (2021), she received nominations for the Golden Globe Award, Actor Award, and Academy Award for Best Actress.
Colman portrayed of Queen Elizabeth II in seasons three and four of the Netflix historical period drama series The Crown (2019–2020), earning a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series as well as two nominations for the Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series. Colman also received the Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Performance for her role in Netflix coming-of-age comedy-drama series Heartstopper (2022–present). She took a recurring guest role as a Michelin-starred head chef, Andrea "Terry" Terry in the FX on Hulu dramedy series The Bear (2023–present) for which she was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series.
| Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Best Actress | The Favourite | Won | [3] |
| 2020 | Best Supporting Actress | The Father | Nominated | [4] |
| 2021 | Best Actress | The Lost Daughter | Nominated | [5] |
| Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Academy Film Awards | ||||
| 2018 | Best Actress in a Leading Role | The Favourite | Won | [10] |
| British Academy Television Awards | ||||
| 2012 | Best Female Comedy Performance | Twenty Twelve | Nominated | [11] |
| 2013 | Won | [12] | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Accused | Won | ||
| 2014 | Best Actress | Broadchurch | Won | [13] |
| 2015 | Best Female Comedy Performance | Rev. | Nominated | [14] |
| 2017 | Fleabag | Nominated | [15] | |
| 2022 | Best Mini-Series | Landscapers | Nominated | [16] |
| Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | ||||
| 2018 | Best Actress | The Favourite | Nominated | [17] [18] |
| Best Actress in a Comedy | Won | |||
| Best Acting Ensemble | Won | |||
| 2020 | Best Supporting Actress | The Father | Nominated | [19] |
| 2022 | Best Actress | The Lost Daughter | Nominated | [20] |
| Critics' Choice Television Awards | ||||
| 2016 | Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries | The Night Manager | Nominated | [21] |
| 2020 | Best Actress in a Drama Series | The Crown (season 3) | Nominated | [22] |
| 2021 | The Crown (season 4) | Nominated | [23] | |
| Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primetime Emmy Awards | ||||
| 2016 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie | The Night Manager | Nominated | [24] |
| 2019 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Fleabag | Nominated | [25] |
| 2020 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | The Crown (episode: "Cri de Coeur") | Nominated | [26] |
| 2021 | The Crown (episode: "48:1") | Won | [27] | |
| 2024 | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | The Bear (episode: "Forks") | Nominated | [28] |
| 2025 | The Bear (episode: "Forever") | Nominated | [29] | |
| International Emmy Awards | ||||
| 2014 | Best Actress | Broadchurch | Nominated | [30] |
| Children's and Family Emmy Awards | ||||
| 2022 | Outstanding Guest Performance | Heartstopper | Won | [31] |
| Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Best Supporting Actress – Television | The Night Manager | Won | [32] |
| 2018 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | The Favourite | Won | [33] |
| 2020 | Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama | The Crown (season 3) | Won | [34] |
| 2021 | The Crown (season 4) | Nominated | [35] | |
| Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | The Father | Nominated | ||
| 2022 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | The Lost Daughter | Nominated | [36] |
| 2023 | Empire of Light | Nominated | [37] |