British Actresses You Should Know: Olivia Colman

Olivia Colman is the kind of actress who can do anything. While she may have first established herself as a comedic and character actor in smaller offbeat TV series and films, she’s a full-fledged movie star now, with the critical acclaim and awards hardware to back it up.

Over the course of her extensive career to date, she’s won an Oscar, three British Academy Television Awards, a BAFTA Film Award, an Emmy and three Golden Globes (among many others). And she's done it with an array of performances that have run the gamut from prestige drama to off-the-wall comedy, playing everything from put-upon assistants and British detectives to a pair of English queens.

But whether you first met her as Twenty Twelve assistant Sally Owen, Broadchurch detective Ellie Miller, or the chaotic Queen Anne in the Oscar-winning The Favourite, the sheer breadth of her career means that many Americans likely haven't seen all her best roles yet. We can help with that.

Here's our guide to Colman’s particularly unmissable performances.