Olivia Colman
- 50 years old
- English
- Actor, producer and executive producer
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Essential episodes: Peep Show
Choosing what is essentially the best ever episode, one that is perfect to show to someone if you want them to become a fan for life, was fairly difficult to do and led to lots of ummming and ahhhhhing and various other strange very British noises. But in the end I chose season two's second episode, "Jeremy Makes It", as it contains the characters at their funniest, is a great introduction to their various neuroses, and features a number of extremely memorable moments.
Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 19th November 2020Amazon Prime donates to Fleabag stars' theatre fund
A fund set up by two stars of Fleabag to support theatre workers affected by the coronavirus pandemic is to receive £500,000 from Amazon Prime Video.
BBC, 13th August 2020Michael Palin & Olivia Colman to star in The Simpsons
What roles they will play are largely under wraps, but Colman will be a femme fatale.
Chortle, 29th July 2020Top 20 British sitcoms of 21st century: Peep Show
Peep Show is still the longest running sitcom in Channel 4 history. Two things particularly (other than Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain's brilliant writing) elevate it above the usual odd couple style flat share set-up. Firstly, the unique way it is filmed, enabling us to not only see the world through Mark and Jez's eyes but hear their (often not entirely flattering) thoughts.
Chris Hallam, Chris Hallam's World View, 30th March 2020The Favourite dominates European Film Awards: wins 8
Yorgos Lanthimos' The Favourite was the big winner at the European Film Awards on Saturday (December 7), winning eight prizes include best film, best director, best actress for Olivia Colman and best comedy.
Martin Blaney, Screen Daily, 7th December 2019Radio Times TV 100 2019: Phoebe Waller-Bridge tops list
The result is a rundown of 100 TV stars who've had a tremendous past 12 months. Fleabag co-stars Olivia Colman and Andrew Scott came 13th and 21st respectively.
Morgan Jeffery, Radio Times, 3rd December 2019Prediction: Fleabag will win three Golden Globes
Our staffers predict victories for Best Comedy Series, Best TV Drama Actress for Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Best TV Supporting Actor for Andrew Scott. Sian Clifford and Olivia Colman are also in contention for Best TV Supporting Actress.
Marcus James Dixon, Gold Derby, 13th November 201910 things we learned from Fleabag: The Scriptures
The newly published screenplays for Phoebe Waller-Bridge's hit BBC series reveal new information about the making of Fleabag.
Louis Chilton, i Newspaper, 8th November 2019Colman wanted her Fleabag character to be a total ****
'I always wanted to play the baddie and she's written a really good one,' actor says.
Jacob Stolworthy, The Independent, 18th August 2019Emmy nominations: Fleabag women triumph, Scott snubbed
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Sian Clifford, Olivia Colman, Fiona Shaw and Kristin Scott Thomas have all received nods for their performances in the show. Andrew Scott, who famously played a hot priest in series two, was notably absent from the nominees list.
Ellie Harrison, The Independent, 16th July 2019