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Olivia Williams

Olivia Williams
Olivia Williams
Born: Jul 26, 1968 in Camden Town, Greater London, England
Occupation: Actor
Active: 2000s
Major Genres: Drama, Thriller
Career Highlights: The Sixth Sense, Rushmore, Born Romantic
First Major Screen Credit: Emma (1996)
16 Videos for Olivia Williams
An Education (2008) A Knight's Tale (2001) Born Romantic (2000)
Flashbacks of a Fool (2008) Lucky Break (2001) Four Dogs Playing Poker (2000)
Valiant (2005) Mood Swingers (2001) Jason and the Argonauts (2000)
Peter Pan (2003) The Body (2001) The Postman (1997)
To Kill a King (2003) The Man From Elysian Fields (2001) Emma (1996)
The Heart of Me (2002)
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Biography:

A struggling stage actress when she was cast in the Kevin Costner epic The Postman (1997), British actress Olivia Williams survived the film's meltdown with her reputation relatively intact. The daughter of lawyers, Williams earned a degree in English at Cambridge University before studying acting for two years with the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

Her training led to several stage roles, as well as to work with the Royal Shakespeare Company in both Stratford-upon-Avon and London. A four-month tour of {-Richard III} featuring Ian McKellen brought Williams to the United States, and, following a supporting role in the made-for-TV adaptation of Emma (1997), she again found herself stateside to work on The Postman.

Fortunately for Williams, she rebounded from The Postman with her role as Miss Cross, the fought-over love interest of a precocious 15-year-old and an embittered millionaire in the acclaimed comedy Rushmore (1998). She could be seen the next year starring opposite Bruce Willis in the enormously successful supernatural thriller The Sixth Sense.

~ Rebecca Flint Marx, All Movie Guide.