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Olivia Haigh Williams (born 26 July 1968) is an English film, stage and television actress who has appeared in British and American films and television series.

This book is your ultimate resource for Olivia Williams. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more.

In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Olivia Williams's Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Olivia Williams, Agatha Christie, An Education, Anna Karenina (2012 film), BIFA Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film, Below (film), Born Romantic, British Independent Film Awards 2003, Collaborator (film), Dollhouse (TV series), Empire Award for Best Actress, Flashbacks of a Fool, Hanna (film), Hyde Park on Hudson, In a Forest, Dark and Deep, Jonathan Cake, London Film Critics Circle Awards 2009, London Film Critics Circle Awards 2010, Lucky Break, Miss Austen Regrets, Moira MacTaggert, National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress, Newnham College, Cambridge, Now Is Good, Peter Pan (2003 film), Rhashan Stone, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, South Hampstead High School, Tara Road (film), The Body (2001 film), The Ghost Writer (film), The Heart of Me, The Man from Elysian Fields, The Postman (film)…and more pages!

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Contents

Articles Olivia Williams Agatha Christie An Education Anna Karenina (2012 film) BIFA Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film Below (film) Born Romantic

British Independent Film Awards 2003 Collaborator (film) Dollhouse (TV series) Empire Award for Best Actress Flashbacks of a Fool Hanna (film) Hyde Park on Hudson In a Forest, Dark and Deep Jonathan Cake London Film Critics Circle Awards 2009 London Film Critics Circle Awards 2010 Lucky Break Miss Austen Regrets Moira MacTaggert National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress Newnham College, Cambridge Now Is Good Peter Pan (2003 film) Rhashan Stone Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture South Hampstead High School Tara Road (film) The Body (2001 film) The Ghost Writer (film) The Heart of Me The Man from Elysian Fields The Postman (film)

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The Sixth Sense To Kill a King University of Cambridge Vaudeville Theatre X-Men: The Last Stand

References Article Sources and Contributors Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors

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Olivia Williams

Williams at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival, 2010

Born

Occupation

Years active

Spouse(s)

Children

Olivia Haigh Williams 26 July 1968 Camden Town, London, England

Actress

1992–present

Rhashan Stone (m. 2003)

Esma Ruby, Roxana May

Olivia Haigh Williams(born 26 July 1968) is an English film, stage and television actress who has appeared in British and American films and television series.

Early life Williams was born in Camden Town, London. Both of her parents are barristers. Williams was educated at South Hampstead High School, an independent school for girls in Hampstead in North London, followed by Newnham College at the University of Cambridge, from which 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 [1] 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 a production of Shakespeare'sRichard IIIstarring Ian McKellen. Her first significant appearance before the cameras was as Jane Fairfax in the British TV filmEmma(1996), based on Jane [1] Austen's 1816 novel. [1] Williams made her film debut in 1997'sThe Postman, after doing a screen test for Kevin Costner. She later won [2] the lead role of Rosemary Cross in Wes Anderson'sRushmore(1998). She then starred as Bruce Willis' wife in the blockbusterThe Sixth Sense(1999), a film she would later parody during her brief appearance in British sit-com Spaced. Since then, Williams has appeared in several British films, includingLucky Break(2001),The Heart of Me

Olivia Williams

[3] (2002), for which she won the British Independent Film Award for Best Actress, andAn Education(2009). She played Mrs. Darling in the 2003 film adaptation ofPeter Pan. Williams was uncredited for her role as Dr. Moira MacTaggert in the 2006 filmX-Men: The Last Stand. On TV, Williams portrayed British author Jane Austen inMiss Austen Regrets(2008) and was cast as Adelle DeWitt [4] in Joss Whedon'sDollhouse, which ran on Fox from 2009 to 2010. In 2010, she won acclaim for her performance as Ruth Lang in Roman Polanski'sThe 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.

InHanna(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. [5] In 2000, Williams wrote the short story "The Significance Of Hair" for BBC Radio, and read it on the air.

Selected works

Film

Williams at the Berlin Film Festival 2010

Year

1997Beck

Film

Gaston's War

The Postman

1998Rushmore

1999The Sixth Sense

2000Four Dogs Playing Poker

Born Romantic

Dead BabiesakaMood Swingers

Role

Karen Quinn

Nicky

Abby

Rosemary Cross

Anna Crowe

Audrey

Eleanor

Diana

Notes

Peter Pan

Mockingbird

2006X-Men: The Last Stand

2008Flashbacks of a Fool

2003To Kill a King

2005Valiant

London Film Critics Circle Award for British Supporting Actress of the Year 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 Actress

Broken Lines

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 Picture

Nominated—Empire Award for Best Actress

2010The Ghost Writer

Hyde Park on Hudson

Now Is Good

Television

2011Collaborator

2012Anna Karenina

Hanna

2002The Heart of Me

Olivia Williams

Emma

British Independent Film Award for Best Actress (2003)

Madeleine

Sharon Golban

Annabel Sweep/Lady Hamilton in show

Mother

Emma Stiles

Voice

Victoria

Eleanor Roosevelt

Countess Vronskaya

Rachel

Miss Stubbs

Ruth Lang

Betty Dury

The Man from Elysian Fields

2001The Body

Zoe

Lucky Break

Lady Anne Fairfax

Mrs. Darling

Grace Scott

Ria

Mother

Moira MacTaggert

Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

Claire

2009An Education

Andrea

Below

Tara Road

Uncredited

Jennifer Norris

Olivier Theatre, Royal National Theatre, London

[8] The Changeling(1653) by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley

The Princess

Annie

Jane Austen

Agatha Christie

Johanna Beijerinck

DS Charlie Zailer

Felicity - one of the bridesmaids

Hera

Role

Irene Kortman

Awards and nominations

Adelle DeWitt

Michelle Cahill

Knocked-down Cyclist

Awards and nominations

Role

2004

Case Sensitive

2010

Miriam Foster

Friends(1994–2004) "The One with Ross's Wedding: Part 1" and "The One with Ross's Wedding: Part 2"

Van der Valk(1972–1973, 1977, 1991–1992) "Still Waters"

Damage

Terriers

Agatha Christie–A Life in Pictures

1998 (2 episodes)

Production

1992 (1 episode)

Year(s) of appearance

2006

Beatrice-Joanna

2011

Betty

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries(1987–2000) "The Speaker of Mandarin"

Krakatoa–The Last Days

2003

1995

1992 (1 episode)

Dollhouse

Miss Austen Regrets

[9] In a Forest, Dark and Deep by Neil LaBute

Cheek by Jowl production at the Barbican Centre, London

Jason and the Argonauts

Spaced(1999, 2001) "Help"

2000

Vaudeville Theatre, London

Film or series

2003

Richard III(c.1591) by William Shakespeare

2007

[6] Love's Labour's Lost(c.1595–1596) by William Shakespeare

2006

2008

2009–2010

2001 (1 episode)

[7] The Hotel in Amsterdam(first performed 1968) by John Osborne Donmar Warehouse, London

Year(s) of appearance

Olivia Williams

2011-2012

Theatre

Olivia Williams

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 [10] daughters. [11][12] After filmingThe PostmanSince 2006,, she spent time in Bolivia studying spectacled bears in the rainforest. she has written occasional travel reports for the "Independent Traveller" section of the British newspaperThe Independent on Sunday.

Notes [1] Gilbert, Gerard (15 November 2009). "Olivia Williams: 'I just do what I'm told'" (http:/ /www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/ features/olivia-williams-i-just-do-what-im-told-1818815.html).The Independent(London). . Retrieved 15 November 2009. [2] Hodgkinson, Will (2001-01-20). "Dead good : Returning from Hollywood to star in British movies would be a step back for most, but Sixth Sense star Olivia Williams was tempted by sex, drugs and cruelty" (http:/ /film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,,424380,00. html). London:The Guardian. . [3] British Independent Film Awards - 2003 Winners (http:/ /bifa.org.uk/winners/2003) [4] Andreeva, Nellie (2008-04-03). "Olivia Williams cast in 'Dollhouse'" (http:/ /web.archive.org/web/20080510070544/http://www. hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i1773b9d1d4828bb0949984fd99f45dbe). The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/ e3i1773b9d1d4828bb0949984fd99f45dbe) on 10 May 2008. . Retrieved 2008-05-16. [5] Opening Lines (http://www.radiolistings.co.uk/programmes/o/op/opening_lines.html) [6] Bassett, Kate (2003-03-02). "Love's Labour's Lost, NT Olivier, London; Honour, NT Cottesloe, London; The Green Man, Bush, London; Accidental Death of an Anarchist, Donmar Warehouse, London : Parting is such sugary sorrow" (http:/ /arts.independent.co.uk/theatre/ reviews/article121190.ece).The Independent. . [7] Bassett, Kate (2003-09-21). "The Hotel in Amsterdam, Donmar Warehouse, London; A Woman of No Importance, Haymarket Theatre Royal, London; The Recruiting Officer, Garrick, Lichfield : Charming, funny... and totally vile" (http:/ /arts.independent.co.uk/theatre/ reviews/article88038.ece).The Independent. . Taylor, Paul (2003-09-22). "The Hotel In Amsterdam, Donmar Warehouse, London : Lounging around can be highly entertaining" (http://arts.independent.co.uk/theatre/reviews/article87979.ece).The Independent. . [8] Williams, Olivia (2006-05-04). "Diary of a nervous star : Olivia Williams, star of 'The Sixth Sense', is appearing on stage in 'The Changeling'. In her tour diary, she says it's scarier than Hollywood" (http:/ /arts.independent.co.uk/theatre/features/article361917.ece). London:The Independent. . Coveney, Michael (2006-05-17). "The Changeling, Barbican, London" (http:/ /www.independent.co.uk/incoming/ article485784.ece).The Independent/arts.. . Bassett, Kate (2006-05-21). "The Changeling, Barbican, London : Lost in the labyrinth" (http:/ independent.co.uk/theatre/reviews/article549627.ece).The Independent. . [9] Paddock, Terri (2010-11-22). "Matthew Fox Gets Lost in LaBute Forest" (http:/ /www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/ E8831290423548/Matthew+Fox+Gets+Lost+in+LaBute+Forest,+14+Mar.html). whatsonstage.com. . [10] Costa, Maddy (9 January 2008). "Maddy Costa talks to actor Olivia Williams" (http:/ /www.guardian.co.uk/film/2008/jan/09/theatre). The Guardian(London). . [11] Hoggard, Liz (2003-04-13). "How we met? Olivia Williams & Susanna Paisley" (http:/ /findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4159/ is_20030413/ai_n12737588).The Independent on Sunday(republished on LookSmart). . [12] Ojumu, Akin (1999-07-04). "Everyone's talking about... Olivia Williams" (http:/ /film.guardian.co.uk/Column/0,4541,63001,00.html). London:The Observer. .

Further reading

"Getting personal with Olivia Williams" (http://film.guardian.co.uk/Feature_Story/feature_story/0,,74553,00. html). London:The Guardian. 1999-08-17. Matheou, Demetrios (1999-08-20). "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" (http://film.guardian.co.uk/ Feature_Story/interview/0,,75019,00.html). London:The Guardian. Brett, Anwar (2003-04-23). "Olivia Williams: The Heart of Me" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2003/04/23/ olivia_williams_the_heart_of_me_interview.shtml). bbc.co.uk. Tennant, Laura (2003-04-25). "Olivia Williams: Growing up in public" (http://arts.independent.co.uk/film/ features/article116513.ece). London:The Independent.

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External links b Olivia Williams (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0931404/) at the Internet Movie Database

Agatha Christie

Born

Died

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Occupation

Nationality

Genres

Literary movement

Spouse(s)

Children

Signature

Dame Agatha Christie DBE

Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller 15 September 1890 Torquay, Devon, England

12 January 1976 (aged 85) Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England

Mary Westmacott

Novelist/Short story writer/Playwright/Poet

British

Murder mystery, Thriller, Crime fiction, Detective, Romances

Golden Age of Detective Fiction

Archibald Christie (1914–1928) Max Mallowan (1930–1976; her death)

Rosalind Hicks (1919–2004)

[1] www.agathachristie.com

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, DBE (naeMiller; 15 September 1890–12 January 1976) was a British crime writer of novels, short stories, and plays. She also wrote six romances under the nameMary Westmacott, but she is best remembered for the 66 detective novels and more than 15 short story collections she wrote under her own name, most of which revolve around the investigations of such characters as Hercule Poirot, Miss Jane Marple and [2] Tommy and Tuppence. She also wrote the world's longest-running playThe Mousetrap.

Born to a wealthy upper-middle-class family in Torquay, Devon, Christie served in a hospital during the First World War before settling into married life with her first child in London. Although initially unsuccessful at getting her work published, in 1920, The Bodley Head press published her novelThe Mysterious Affair at Styles, featuring the

Agatha Christie

character of Poirot. This launched her literary career. According to theGuinness Book of World Records, Christie is the best-selling novelist of all time. Her novels have sold roughly four billion copies, and her estate claims that her works rank third, after those of William Shakespeare [3] and the Bible, as the world's most widely published books. According to Index Translationum, Christie is the most [4] translated individual author, and her books have been translated into at least 103 languages.And Then There Were Noneis Christie's best-selling novel with 100 million sales to date, making it the world's best-selling mystery ever, [5] and one of the best-selling books of all time. In 1971, she was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham [6] Palace. Christie's stage playThe Mousetrapholds the record for the longest initial run: it opened at the Ambassadors Theatre [7] in London on 25 November 1952 and as of 2012 is still running after more than 25,000 performances. In 1955, Christie was the first recipient of the Mystery Writers of America's highest honour, the Grand Master Award, and in the same yearWitness for the Prosecutionwas given an Edgar Award by the MWA for Best Play. Many of her books and short stories have been filmed, and many have been adapted for television, radio, video games and comics.

Life and career

Childhood: 1890–1910 Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie was born on 15 September 1890 into a wealthy upper middle-class family in the [8] coastal town of Torquay, Devon in South West England. Christie's mother, Clara Boehmer, was an Englishwoman who had been born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1854 to Captain Frederick Boehmer and Mary Ann West; the couple's only daughter, she had four brothers, one of whom died young. Captain Boehmer was killed in a riding accident while stationed on Jersey in April 1863, leaving Mary Ann to raise her children alone on a meagre income. Under financial strain, she sent Clara to live with relations in the North of England, where she would meet her future [9] husband, an American stockbroker named Frederick Alvah Miller. Frederick was a member of the small and wealthy American upper class, and had been sent to Europe to gain an education in Switzerland. Considered personable and friendly by those who knew him, he soon developed a romantic relationship with Clara, and they [10] were married in April 1878. Their first child, Margaret "Madge" Frary Miller (1879–1950) was born in Torquay, where the couple were renting lodgings, while their second, Louis "Monty" Montant (1880–1929) was born in the U.S. state of New York, where Frederick was on a business trip. Clara soon purchased a villa in Torquay, named [11] "Ashfield", in which to raise her family, and it was here that her third and final child, Agatha, was born. [12] Christie would describe her childhood as "very happy", and was surrounded by a series of strong and independent women from an early [13] age. Her time was spent alternating between her Devonshire home, her grandmother's house in Ealing, West London and parts of Southern Europe, [14] where her family would holiday during the winter. Nominally Christian, she was also raised in a household with various esoteric beliefs, and like her siblings believed that their mother Clara was a psychic with the ability of [15] second sight. Her mother insisted that she receive a home education, and so her parents were responsible for teaching her to read and write, and to be able to perform basic arithmetic, a subject that she particularly enjoyed. They also taught her about music, and she learned to play both the piano and the [16] mandolin. A voracious reader from an early age, among her earliest Agatha Christie as a girl (date unknown). memories were those of reading the children's books written by Mrs Molesworth, includingThe Adventures of Herr Baby(1881), 'Christmas Tree

Land(1897) andThe Magic Nuts(1898). She also read the work of Edith Nesbit, includingThe Story of the Treasure Seekers(1899),The Phoenix and the Carpet(1903) andThe Railway Children(1906). When a little older