Olivia Williams
Actor
Filmography (All Films)
- Postman, The (1998)
- Dir. Kevin Costner
Feat. Kevin Costner, Will Patton, Larenz Tate…
- The postie, Kevin Costner, delivers another clutch of post–apocalyptic improbabilities a la WATERWORLD. Again playing Man From Nowhere, here he…
- Rushmore (1998)
- Dir. Wes Anderson
Feat. Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Olivia Williams
- Bamboozling minds everywhere is this oblique comedy from Wes Anderson (BOTTLE ROCKET), re–envisioning that Hollywood mainstay, Highschool USA,…
- Heart of Me, The (2002)
- Dir. Thaddeus O'Sullivan
Feat. Helena Bonham Carter, Paul Bettany, Olivia Williams
- A moody, though slightly outmoded period drama set in London between the wars in which two sisters become involved with the same man, as wife and…
- Agatha Christie - A Life in Pictures (2004)
- Dir. Richard Curson Smith
Feat. Olivia Williams, Anna Massey
- BBC teledrama that focuses on the real life disappearance of detective–writer Agatha Christie in 1926, which has already spawned at least one…
- Tara Road (2005)
- Dir. Gillies MacKinnon
Feat. Andie MacDowell, Olivia Williams, Stephen Rea…
- An attractive cast distinguishes this middling adaptation of Mauve Binchy's (CIRCLE OF FRIENDS) best–seller, in which two women – one…
- Miss Austen Regrets (2008)
- Dir. Jeremy Lovering
Feat. Samuel Roukin, Olivia Williams, Greta Scacchi
- Dramatized account of Jane Austen's later years, focused around the author as she approaches her 40th birthday and is forced to confront the missed…
- An Education (2009)
- Dir. Lone Scherfig
Feat. Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina…
- An assured and alluring coming–of–age drama set in swinging sixties London (1961 in fact), with teenage ingenue Carey Mulligan falling in…
- Ghost Writer, The (2010)
- Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Olivia Williams…
- A cracking yarn in unapologetic Hitchcock mould has Ewan McGregor hired to complete the memoirs of a Tony Blair–like former British prime…
- Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (Sex and Drugs and Rock & Roll) (2010)
- Dir. Mat Whitecross
Feat. Andy Serkis, Naomie Harris, Olivia Williams…
- Andy Serkis portrays trailblazing British rocker Ian Dury, who overcame childhood polio and its attendant social problems to emerge as an unlikely…
- Wild Bill (2011)
- Dir. Dexter Fletcher
Feat. Charlie Creed-Miles, Will Poulter, Andy Serkis…
- An ex–con returns home only to find his two sons have been abandoned by their mother and forced to stay with them he struggles with the demands…
- Collaborator (2011)
- Dir. Martin Donovan
Feat. Martin Donovan, David Morse, Olivia Williams…
- A playwright whose marriage and career are in a free fall has an explosive run–in with his former neighbor, a right–wing ex–con.
- Case Sensitive (TV Series) (2011)
- Feat. Olivia Williams, Darren Boyd, Peter Wight…
- Serviceable British policier centred on the case–solving acumen of a male–female detective team whose work regularly descends into…
- Now is Good (2012)
- Dir. Ol Parker
Feat. Dakota Fanning, Jeremy Irvine, Paddy Considine…
- Dakota Fanning plays a terminally ill teen determined to, among other bucket list necessities, lose her virginity before dying.
A big, damp weepie…
- Hyde Park on Hudson (2012)
- Dir. Roger Michell
Feat. Bill Murray, Laura Linney, Olivia Colman…
- Pleasant chronicle of the affair between President Roosevelt (Bill Murray) and his distant cousin, Daisy (Laura Linney), which comes to light during…
- Last Days on Mars, The (2013)
- Dir. Ruairi Robinson
Feat. Liev Schreiber, Elias Koteas, Romola Garai…
- An inaugural manned mission to Mars comes unstuck following an encounter with a potential new life–form in this tense sci–fi expedition…
- Sabotage (2014)
- Dir. David Ayer
Feat. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sam Worthington, Terrence Howard…
- A brawn–before–brains action vehicle for aging star Arnold Schwarzenegger, here playing the leader of a DEA task squad hunted by a…
- Maps to the Stars (2014)
- Dir. David Cronenberg
Feat. Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska, John Cusack…
- Director David Cronenberg’s gaudy, lacerating satire of Hollywood vanities, featuring Julianne Moore in a richly–deserved…
- Man Up (2015)
- Dir. Ben Palmer
Feat. Lake Bell, Simon Pegg, Olivia Williams…
- Simon Pegg and Lake Bell have the requisite chemistry and comedy chops in this nimble and self–aware rom–com about a single woman who's…
- Halcyon, The (TV Series) (2017)
- Feat. Steven Mackintosh, Olivia Williams, Mark Benton…
- A suitably upholstered drama series set in and around a five–star London hotel during World War II.
- Counterpart (TV Series) (2017)
- Feat. J.K. Simmons, Olivia Williams, Ulrich Thomsen
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- Father, The (2020)
- Dir. Florian Zeller
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman, Mark Gatiss…
- Anthony Hopkins reaches another career peak in this brilliant conceived and executed drama about an aging man who is losing his sense of…