Olivia Williams
Olivia Williams was born July 26, 1968 in Camden Town, London. She was educated at South Hampstead High School, an independent school for girls in Hampstead, North London, followed by Newnham College at the University of Cambridge. She graduated with a degree in English literature. She went on to study drama at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School for two years and spent three years at the Royal Shakespeare Company. After having made appearances in several theater productions, her first significant appearance in the made-for-television film Emma (1996), based on Jane Austen's 1816 novel. She made her film debut in The Postman (1997), and went on to play the part of Rosemary Cross in Wes Anderson's Rushmore (1998), Bruce Willis's wife in M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense (1999), Madeleine in The Heart of Me (2002) (for which she won the British Independent Film Award for Best Actress), and Ruth Lang in Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer (2010). Her performance earned her ALFS, and NSFC Awards.
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| Full name at birth | Olivia Haigh Williams
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| Claim to fame | The Sixth Sense (1999) The Postman (1997)
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| Date of birth | 26 July 1968
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| Place of birth | Camden Town, London, UK
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| Height | 5' 9" (175 cm)
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| Weight | 120 lbs (54 kg)
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| Net worth | $2,000,000 USD
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| High school | South Hampstead High School in Hampstead, north-west London, England
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- Has worked with Paul Bettany on several occasions, including A Knight's Tale (2001), Dead Babies (2000) and The Heart of Me (2002). Most frequently romantically involved.
- Insists on bicycling to and from the set.
- Went to Bolivia to study bears in the rainforest after she wrapped The Postman (1997).
- Has two daughters with husband Rhashan Stone: Esme (born 2004) and Roxana (born 2007).
- Father had a heart attack in 2001 while she was filming The Body with Antonio Banderas.
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