Olivia
Williams
As Kathleen Porter
Television:
Friends (1998)
Jason and the Argonauts (2000)
Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures (2004)
Krakatoa: The Last Days (2006)
Miss Austen Regrets (2008)
Dollhouse (2010)
Terriers (2010)
Case Sensitive (2011)
Manhattan (2014)
Counterpart (2016)
Character Types
Alongside drama, Williams is known for a number of thriller roles, including an unhappy wife Anna Crowe in The Sixth Sense, and Ruth Lang, the suspicious wife of a murder suspect in The Ghost Writer.
"From a very young age, I wanted to get up on stage whenever I went to the theatre – the actors just seemed to be having so much fun."
- Olivia Williams
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Williams' numerous drama and thriller roles signify her suitability to the role of the guilty birth mother Kathleen Porter.
work history
Over the last 20 years, Williams has held a number of roles in both television and film...
Film:
Emma (1996)
The Postman (1997)
The Sixth Sense (1999)
Peter Pan (2003)
An Education (2009)
The Ghost Writer (2010)
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (2010)
Hanna (2011)
Wild Bill (2011)
Hyde Park on Hudson (2012)
Electric Cinema: How to Behave (2012)
Anna Kerenina (2012)
Now is Good (2012)
Justin and the Knights of Valour (2013)
The Last Days on Mars (2013)
The Guest (2013)
Cross My Mind (2014)
Sobotage (2014)
Maps to the Stars (2014)
Emma, Change the Locks (2015)
Altar (2015)
Man Up (2015)
Seventh Son (2015)
The White King (2015)
Biography
English actress Olivia Williams was born on 26th July 1968. Aged 48, she is a household name, having starred in a wide variety of films and TV series. Williams intended to become a lawyer at a younger age, but soon decided to study acting and changed her career path. She made her fist major on-screen appearance in Jane Austen's Emma in 1996 and has since broadened her appearances and roles in the industry.