Olivia Colman

Olivia Colman used the F-word over gender pay gap. We all should

Brianna Parkins: It’s any wonder women aren’t all screaming them into the void over the situation

Tue Mar 26 2024 - 15:38

Mary & George review: a super-explicit and cheerily debauched tale of royals behaving badly

Television review: Julianne Moore has great fun but the grim comedy style weighs down this story of scheming courtiers like mud on the hem of a dress

Tue Mar 05 2024 - 22:00

Jessie Buckley: ‘I grew up in a household where music, writing and expressing yourself was really nurtured’

After a decade of blistering success, the Wicked Little Letters star has had a year off. Next up for the newlywed? Chloé Zhao, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Penélope Cruz

Sat Feb 24 2024 - 05:30

Wicked Little Letters review: Jessie Buckley and Olivia Colman swear like dockers in drama about ostracised Irish woman in quiet English town

When anonymous obscene letters are delivered to local notables of a stuffy English town, the finger of blame points at an Irish woman

Wed Feb 21 2024 - 05:00

The Bear: When Jamie Lee Curtis and Olivia Colman sign up for cameos, you know you’ve hit the big time

Television: Back for a second season, Disney+’s surprise hit sticks to the recipe that sustained the first series

Wed Jul 19 2023 - 02:00

The hunks of Love Island today seem like pale imitations of the Love Island hunks of yore

Patrick Freyne: These newcomers are but hunk-shaped shadows on the wall of Plato’s cave. They’re like hunky ashes in my mouth

Fri Jun 23 2023 - 05:00

A mortgage-free woman in a rotting wedding dress? Absolute legend

Steven Knight’s new BBC version of Great Expectations is like a Burt Bacharach song covered by a good metal band

Fri Mar 31 2023 - 05:00

Great Expectations review: Sweary, scary Dickens sounds interesting until you’re forced to sit through it

Television: Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight lays the melodrama on with a trowel in this take on Dickens, starring Olivia Colman as Miss Havisham

Sun Mar 26 2023 - 22:00

Oscars 2022 red carpet: Jessie Buckley and Caitríona Balfe among best dressed stars

From exuberant to understated, here are the fashion highlights from the Academy Awards

Mon Mar 28 2022 - 10:25

Oscars 2022: Who should win, and who will win?

Ireland has its biggest haul of nominations since 2016, but has won few awards so far

Sat Mar 26 2022 - 05:00

Oscars 2022: Can Jessie Buckley win an award before Saoirse Ronan?

Kerry woman Jessie Buckley has been nominated for best supporting actress

Tue Mar 22 2022 - 09:03

‘My cheeks hurt because I can’t stop smiling’: Ruth Negga wins Independent Spirit Award

The Limerick star received the best supporting actress award for Passing

Mon Mar 07 2022 - 07:09

Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast wins no Screen Actors Guild award in ceremony of upsets

Irish actor Ferdia Walsh-Peelo among the award-winning cast for Coda

Mon Feb 28 2022 - 13:50

Screen Actors Guild awards 2022: Will Smith, Squid Game and Coda win big

'Now I feel I’m finally part of the family': Troy Kotsur, first deaf actor to win award

Mon Feb 28 2022 - 10:02

Oscars 2022: Will any Irish nominees win? Will Lady Gaga’s snub break the internet?

Donald Clarke: Here are 10 key questions on this year's Oscars nominations

Tue Feb 08 2022 - 17:45

The Lost Daughter: Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal find trouble in paradise

Maggie Gyllenhaal maintains a constant air of dread in her first film as a writer-director

Fri Dec 17 2021 - 05:00

Landscapers: Olivia Colman murder-drama is the ghastliest show this year

TV review: A queasy farrago that’s buried its moral compass in the garden

Tue Dec 07 2021 - 22:00

Olivia Colman: ‘Only stick with honest friends’

The Oscar winner on fame, privacy and preparing to play her darkest role yet

Wed Nov 17 2021 - 06:00

Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal to play married couple in Foe

The era’s buzziest young Irish actors have been confirmed as co-stars of Amazon’s sci-fi film

Wed Oct 27 2021 - 12:25

Donald Clarke: Not every villain needs a harrowing origin story

Timothée Chalamet’s Wonka is the latest example of trend that refuses to go away

Sat Oct 16 2021 - 05:00

Emmy Awards 2021: Netflix finally takes throne as The Crown wins best drama

The Queen’s Gambit won best limited series, another first for the streaming platform

Mon Sept 20 2021 - 08:29

Herself: Delayed portrayal of housing crisis loses none of its relevance

Writer-star Clare Dunne shines in this irresistible drama

Fri Sept 10 2021 - 05:00

Venice Film Festival: Who will triumph as all eyes turn to the Golden Lion?

Reviews: Paul Mescal and Kristen Stewart among stars featuring in this year’s festival

Tue Sept 07 2021 - 11:40

Never mind the Delta blues, the screen industry is booming

There’s a post-lockdown surge in film and TV production – but how long will it last?

Mon Aug 16 2021 - 15:38

First image revealed of Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth in The Crown

Vera Drake actor takes over from Olivia Colman for fifth series about the UK royal family

Tue Aug 03 2021 - 09:12

Emmys: The Crown, Ted Lasso and The Mandalorian lead nominations

Streaming services take most nominations, with 130 for HBO+ and 129 for Netflix

Wed Jul 14 2021 - 09:42

Iftas 2021: Posthumous award for ‘searing’ Nika McGuigan is the moment of the night

The hit TV adaptation Normal People converts nine of its 15 nominations into Iftas

Sun Jul 04 2021 - 23:00

Oscars 2021: Anthony Hopkins skips ceremony despite becoming the oldest actor to win

The Father actor, who is 83, later pays tribute to fellow nominee Chadwick Boseman

Mon Apr 26 2021 - 11:36

Oscars 2021 in pictures: The fashion, the Hollywood A-listers – and Kilkenny Castle

This year’s Academy Awards ceremony went international amid a year for film like no other

Mon Apr 26 2021 - 10:34

Golden Globes 2021: Who should win, who will win and are any of them Irish?

Wolfwalkers, Brendan Gleeson and Normal People could win in the controversy-hit awards

Sun Feb 28 2021 - 06:00

Golden Globes 2021: A stunning year for women filmmakers. And, again, for Netflix

Donald Clarke on the female-led best-director nominees and the streaming giant’s 42 nods

Wed Feb 03 2021 - 16:11

From Saoirse Ronan’s Ammonite to Spielberg’s West Side Story, 50 films to watch in 2021 (we hope)

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a traffic jam of anticipated films for this year

Sat Jan 02 2021 - 06:00

Saoirse Ronan and Daniel Day-Lewis on ‘greatest 21st-century actors’ list

But hang on: what’s Keanu Reeves doing here? And really hang on: where’s Meryl Streep?

Thu Nov 26 2020 - 14:30

The Crown’s Josh O’Connor: ‘I’m a republican. I’m not interested in the royal family’

As Prince Charles on The Crown, the ‘liberal left-winger’ has thrived in a role he never sought

Wed Nov 25 2020 - 06:00