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| story          = ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]''
| story          = ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]''
| time          = 2010
| time          = 2010
| non dwu        = ''Peep Show'', ''Green Wing'', ''Hot Fuzz'', ''Rev.'', ''Tyrannosaur'', ''Twenty Twelve'', ''Broadchurch'', ''The Night Manager'', ''Fleabag'', ''The Favourite''
| non dwu        = ''Broadchurch'', ''The Night Manager'', ''The Favourite''
| imdb          = 1469236
| imdb          = 1469236
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'''Olivia Colman''' played a [[mother (The Eleventh Hour)|mother]] — and thus the form of [[Prisoner Zero]] at the climax — in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television story ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]''. She also read the audiobook version of ''[[The Forgotten Army (novel)|The Forgotten Army]]''.
'''Olivia Colman''' played a [[mother (The Eleventh Hour)|mother]] — and thus the form of [[Prisoner Zero]] at the climax — in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television story ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]''. She also read the audiobook version of ''[[The Forgotten Army (novel)|The Forgotten Army]]''.
In 2007 she appeared in ''Hot Fuzz'', alongside [[David Bradley]], [[Jim Broadbent]], [[Timothy Dalton]], [[Nick Frost]], [[Bill Nighy]], and [[Simon Pegg]].
In 2014, she became a series regular on ''[[Thomas the Tank Engine|Thomas & Friends]]'', voicing the character of Marion, and has appeared in the show alongside other notable DW actors such as [[John Hurt]] and [[Eddie Redmayne]].
In 2016 she played the key role of Angela Burr in the TV miniseries adaptation of John Le Carre's ''The Night Manager'', with  [[David Harewood]], [[Douglas Hodge]], [[Katherine Kelly]],  [[Tobias Menzies]], and [[Alistair Petrie]]. Similar to [[Jodie Whittaker]], the part she played was originally written for a man.


After co-starring with [[David Tennant]] and Whittaker in [[Chris Chibnall]]'s 2017 crime drama, ''{{iw|Broadchurch|Broadchurch}}'', she appeared as herself in the 50th anniversary story ''[[The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot]]''.
After co-starring with [[David Tennant]] and Whittaker in [[Chris Chibnall]]'s 2017 crime drama, ''{{iw|Broadchurch|Broadchurch}}'', she appeared as herself in the 50th anniversary story ''[[The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot]]''.
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Revision as of 09:09, 31 March 2019

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Olivia Colman played a mother — and thus the form of Prisoner Zero at the climax — in the Doctor Who television story The Eleventh Hour. She also read the audiobook version of The Forgotten Army.

After co-starring with David Tennant and Whittaker in Chris Chibnall's 2017 crime drama, Broadchurch, she appeared as herself in the 50th anniversary story The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot.

She was miscredited as Olivia Coleman in The Eleventh Hour credits sequence.

In 2019, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in The Favourite, making her one of the few Oscar winners to have appeared on Doctor Who. She was the first to win after appearing in the series.

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