The latest news and comment on actor Olivia Colman
June 2024
Imelda Staunton and Olivia Colman call for urgent political support for the arts
Exclusive: Actors call for all parties to back investment as figures suggest 16% cuts since 2017
May 2024
From Green Wing to Buffy: why classic TV shows are returning – as podcasts
Audio reboots aren’t just fun and fast to make – they’re also a way to create the easiest naked scenes stars will ever record. For the stars of retro television hits, the future is audio
April 2024
Susan Sarandon, Olivia Colman and Paul Mescal join star donors of Cinema for Gaza auction
Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn gives jam as swathe of film and TV celebrities add support, including Zone of Interest’s Jonathan Glazer and Thor’s Tessa Thompson
Women are all over the big screen – but pay gap persists in UK cultural sector
For every £1 earned by men working in the arts, museums and libraries, women are paid 85p, figures show
Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch to star in War of the Roses remake
‘Dream team’ will reimagine black comedy about an epic divorce battle, which originally starred Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas
March 2024
Olivia Colman says she would be paid more if she was a man
Oscar-winning actor says gender pay disparity rooted in outdated idea that male actors draw audiences
February 2024
Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley: ‘Never repress a woman – because it will come out’
The actors star in a true-life 1920s tale of a snobbish small town upset by poison-pen letters. They discuss falling in love with one another, the f-word and the parallels with today’s internet trolling
Wicked Little Letters review – a depressing, obvious, clunky waste of a stellar cast
Any wider comment on the strange, sad nature of the scandal this film is based on is sidestepped in favour of broad laughs and superficiality
Please do be offended while I give two fingers to the gender swear gap
Claire Cohen
A well-placed profanity is the perfect riposte to dated ideas of female delicacy. So hats off to sweary Olivia Colman, says journalist Claire Cohen
January 2024
Geldof and Colman urge Home Office to reconsider climate activist’s deportation
Exclusive: Actors and musicians condemn ‘harsh deportation’ of Dartford Crossing protester Marcus Decker
December 2023
Every episode of The Crown – ranked!
So, farewell to The Crown. All of it was true, apart from the bits that weren’t
Wonka review – Timothée Chalamet’s Chocolate Factory prequel is a superbly sweet treat
September 2023
‘The scripts were the funniest things I’d ever read’: the stars of Peep Show look back, 20 years later
It launched the careers of Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain, Mitchell and Webb, plus Olivia Colman – but it nearly got cancelled. Two decades since its first episode, its stars reflect on the show that made them
Toronto film festival 2023 roundup – solidarity, swearing, swimming and one standout film
While a clutch of directorial debuts by actors mostly misfired, a return to form for Alexander Payne and award-worthy performances by Jamie Foxx and Jodie Comer offered plenty to get excited about
First look review
Wicked Little Letters review – foul-mouthed farce wastes Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley
From The Critic to Wicked Little Letters: 10 films to look out for at Toronto film festival 2023
TV tonight
TV tonight: the nation’s favourite telly of the year is revealed
July 2023
Terminal television: why the Marvel Cinematic Universe is a massive TV failure
Not even a cast boasting Samuel L Jackson and Olivia Colman could save one of the least watched MCU projects ever. Does this mark the end of the world-dominating franchise?
