Olivia Colman

Olivia Colman is an Oscar-winning English actor known for acclaimed performances in The Favourite (2018), The Crown (2016), and Broadchurch (2013), whose work spans both comedy and drama. In interviews while promoting the film Jimpa (2025), she reflected on her relationship to gender, saying she has "always felt sort of non-binary," has "never felt massively feminine," and has at times described herself to her husband, writer Ed Sinclair, as "a gay man" -- to which he replied, "Yeah, I get that." Colman identifies as being in a heterosexual relationship but has spoken about feeling "at home and at ease" within LGBTQ+ communities and about having "a foot in various camps," emphasizing affinity rather than formal identification. She has also been an outspoken ally, including signing a public letter condemning "violence and hostility" against trans women. Her work on Jimpa, a film about a family navigating queer and non-binary identity, further deepened her engagement with these themes, which she has described as artistically and personally meaningful.