Biography

Olivia Haigh Williams (born July 26, 1968) is a British actress who has appeared 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), 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. In 2022, Williams portrayed Camilla Parker Bowles in the Netflix historical drama The Crown in its fifth season, a role she is set to reprise in its sixth and final season.

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Filmography

View Friends
Friends

Friends

1994Series
8.4
View The Crown
The Crown

The Crown

2016Series
8.2
View The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

2022Series
7.2
View The Wheel of Time
The Wheel of Time

The Wheel of Time

2021Series
7.6
View Dollhouse
Dollhouse

Dollhouse

2009Series
7.2
View Monster: The Ed Gein Story
Monster: The Ed Gein Story

Monster: The Ed Gein Story

2025Series
7.2
View Dune: Prophecy
Dune: Prophecy

Dune: Prophecy

2024Series
7.3
View Counterpart
Counterpart

Counterpart

2017Series
7.4
View The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

1987Series
6.3
View Manhattan
Manhattan

Manhattan

2014Series
7.1
View Van der Valk
Van der Valk

Van der Valk

1972Series
5.8
View The Nevers
The Nevers

The Nevers

2021Series
7.9