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Called "one of the most beautiful women to come on screen in the last 10 years" by Kevin Costner, the... (Learn more)

Top Projects: Dollhouse, The Sixth Sense, Miss Austen Regrets (View All)

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Olivia Williams’s Milestones
Toured USA in "Richard III" starring Ian McKellen
Was member of the Royal Shakespeare Company
1996 Played Jane Fairfax in the British TV adaptation of "Jane Austen's 'Emma'" (shown on A&E in the USA)
1997 Feature film debut opposite Kevin Costner in "The Postman"
1998 Cast as a first grade teacher who becomes the object of affection of a high school student and a wealthy married man in the comedy "Rushmore"
1999 Co-starred as Bruce Willis' estranged wife in "The Sixth Sense"
2001 Appeared as an archeologist opposite Antonio Banderas in "The Body"
2001 Co-starred in the English film "Lucky Break"
2001 Had leading role in the film adaptation of Martin Amis' novel "Dead Babies"
2001 Played the trophy wife of a successful older novelist in "The Man From Elysian Fields"; screened at Cannes
2002 Appeared in the supernatural thriller "Below" as a nurse trapped on a sunken British hospital ship
2003 Co-starred in the romantic drama (based on the novel by Rosamond Lehmann) "The Heart of Me"
2003 Portrayed Mrs. Darling in P.J. Hogan's live-action adaptation of "Peter Pan"

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Quick Facts

Also known as

AKA : Olivia Frances Williams
Birth Name : Olivia Haigh Williams

Born

January, 01 1968 in England, United Kingdom

Education

  • Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, London, England:
  • University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England: graduated

Professions

actor