Olivia Williams' Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Dollhouse Adelle DeWitt Manhattan Liza Winter Case Sensitive (UK) DS Charlie … The Halcyon Lady Prisci… Miss Austen Regrets (UK) Jane Austen Emma 1996 Jane Fairfax

Main Movie Roles

BIOGRAPHY:

Olivia Williams (born July 16, 1968) 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 Company.


TRIVIA:

• Father had a heart attack in 2001 while she was filming _The Body (2001)_ (qv) with 'Antonio Banderas (I)' (qv).
• Went to Bolivia to study bears in the rainforest after she wrapped _The Postman (1997)_ (qv).
• Daughter: Esme Ruby, born on 6 April 2004.
• Her parents are lawyers.
• Insists on bicycling to and from the set.
• Writes occasional travel reports for "The Independent Traveller" - part of The Independent on Sunday [UK] - since 2006.
• Has two daughters with husband Rhashan Stone: Esme (born 2004) and Roxana (born 2007).
• Practices Bikram yoga.