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Olivia Haigh Williams (born 26 July 1968) is a British actress who appears 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), Sabotage (2014), 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. From 2022 to 2023, Williams portrayed Camilla Parker Bowles in Netflix's historical drama The Crown in its final two seasons. Early life and education Williams was born in North London. Both her parents are barristers. Williams was educated at South Hampstead High School, an independent school for girls in Hampstead in north London, and Newnham College, Cambridge, where she graduated with a degree in English literature. She then studied drama at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School for two years and spent three years at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Career After graduation, Williams worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company in both Stratford-upon-Avon and London. In 1995, she toured the United States in the National Theatre production of Shakespeare's Richard III starring Ian McKellen. Her first significant appearance before the cameras was as Jane Fairfax in the British TV film Emma (1996), based on Jane Austen's 1816 novel.Williams made her film debut in the 1997 movie The Postman, after doing a screen test for Kevin Costner. She later won the lead role of Rosemary Cross in Wes Anderson's Rushmore (1998). She then starred as Bruce Willis' wife in the blockbuster The Sixth Sense (1999), a film she would later parody during her brief appearance in the British sitcom Spaced. Since then, Williams has appeared in several British films, including Lucky Break (2001), The Heart of Me (2002), for which she won the British Independent Film Award for Best Actress, and An Education (2009). She played Mrs. Darling in the 2003 film adaptation of Peter Pan. Williams was uncredited for her role as Dr. Moira MacTaggert in the 2006 film X-Men: The Last Stand.On TV, Williams portrayed British author Jane Austen in Miss Austen Regrets (2008) and was cast as Adelle DeWitt in Joss Whedon's Dollhouse, which ran on Fox from 2009 to 2010.In 2010, she won acclaim for her performance as Ruth Lang in Roman Polanski's Ghost Writer, winning the National Society of Film Critics Award, London Critics Circle Film Award for best supporting actress and was runner-up for best supporting actress at the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 2010. In Hanna (2011), she played Rachel, a bohemian mother travelling across North Africa and Europe, who comes into contact with the eponymous teen assassin, who is on the run. The film starred Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana and Cate Blanchett, and was a critical and sleeper hit. In 2014, Williams co-starred in David Cronenberg's Maps to the Stars, a dark comic look at Hollywood excess. In 2014 she portrayed Meg Hamilton in the British mystery film Altar.In 2017 Williams began appearing in the Starz science-fiction series Counterpart, playing Emily, the wife of lead character Howard Silk. In one universe she is still married to him, but her counterpart in the other universe is divorced from him. In 2021, she was cast as Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, for the final two seasons of The Crown.In 2000, Williams wrote the short story "The Significance of Hair" for BBC Radio, and read it on the air. Personal life Williams had a seven-year relationship and then engagement to the actor Jonathan Cake which ended two weeks before their planned wedding. In 2003, she married the actor and playwright Rhashan Stone, with whom she has two daughters.After filming The Postman, she spent time in Bolivia studying spectacled bears in the rainforest.Williams was diagnosed with VIPoma in 2018 and, after treatment, became an ambassador for Pancreatic Cancer UK. Filmography Film Television Theatre Awards and nominations 2001: Lucky Break Nominated: Empire Award for Best Actress2002: The Heart of Me Won: British Independent Film Award for Best Actress2009: An Education Nominated: London Film Critics Circle Award for British Supporting Actress of the Year Nominated: Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture2010: The Ghost Writer Won: London Film Critics Circle Award for British Supporting Actress of the Year Won: National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated: Empire Award for Best Actress Nominated: Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress2023: The Crown: Nominated: Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series2024: The Crown: Pending: Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama SeriesNotes Further reading "My Story – Olivia Williams". The Independent on Sunday. London. 6 September 1998. "Getting personal with Olivia Williams". The Guardian. London. 17 August 1999. Matheou, Demetrios (20 August 1999). "Olivia in La-La land: For years she was a jobbing actor in regional theatre. Then Olivia Williams got the call from Kevin Costner. She's never looked back". The Guardian. London. Brett, Anwar (23 April 2003). "Olivia Williams: The Heart of Me". BBC. Tennant, Laura (25 April 2003). "Olivia Williams: Growing up in public". The Independent. London.External links Media related to Olivia Williams at Wikimedia Commons Olivia Williams at IMDb . Discover the Karen Quinn popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Karen Quinn books.

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