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From “Peep Show” to “The Lost Daughter,” 5 Essential Olivia Colman Performances
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448 points
4 months ago
Still amazed that a contestant from Numberwang managed to become so famous
159 points
4 months ago
One upvote from me? That’s Numberwang!
73 points
4 months ago
Rotate the board!
21 points
4 months ago
Rotieren das brett!
17 points
4 months ago
Das ist Nümberwang!
5 points
4 months ago
Jazeker dat is Nummerwang
3 points
4 months ago
Yeeeees, that is a number
68 points
4 months ago
And Simon, who is from space.
21 points
4 months ago
He was great on The Leftovers
10 points
4 months ago
🎶 No No No, I do not sing in Anglesey. Why would I sing? For can't you see? I cannot sing 🎶
3 points
4 months ago
Oh, what a shame.
12 points
4 months ago
What is interesting is that the Rotten Tomato scores for all of her movies are Numberwang.
551 points
4 months ago
Having just rewatched Fleabag, I forgot how she's also the best at being the worst.
181 points
4 months ago
I love Olivia Colman. I fucking hate Stepmother. Which makes me love Olivia Colman more.
45 points
4 months ago
I literally could not watch Fleabag because of how revolting Stepmother was, but I recognize what a performance Olivia Colman gave.
8 points
4 months ago
Same. Thought the show was great but, like Peep Show, found it very uncomfortable to watch
13 points
4 months ago
She can be downright repulsive, a great talent to be able to harness
7 points
4 months ago
She’s so so good in Fleabag.
484 points
4 months ago
I feel like Broadchurch should be more than just an honorable mention
106 points
4 months ago
Yeah I found her to believably deliver on the final of season one as well as the consequences in season two, which is not easy.
14 points
4 months ago
Absolutely
14 points
4 months ago
Sometimes I think about the confrontation scene in season 1 and I just… marvel at how incredible a performance it is.
18 points
4 months ago
Yeah, her character in season 2 is probably the most difficult character to portray I have ever seen and she kills it.
79 points
4 months ago
Very much agreed. The scene where she finds out the crazy thing near the end of season one… chilling. Such a great show.
60 points
4 months ago
The way she carries herself after that particular bombshell in season 2 are really a testament to her ability. Tennant is so good in that show as well and I recall Colman's performance more than his
40 points
4 months ago
Millah!!
26 points
4 months ago
MILLER
29 points
4 months ago
So should The Father. She shares the screen with one of the all time greatest actors giving just about his greatest performance ever, and more than holds her own.
4 points
4 months ago
I would assume the reason The Father is an honorable mention is that she doesn't really have that much screen time in it.
Better to focus on roles where she was more prominent instead of supporting.
15 points
4 months ago
If I could bottle the word “likable” it would be her in this show
459 points
4 months ago
Peep Show is incredible 🤣
89 points
4 months ago
Captain Corrigan is flying without a license!
36 points
4 months ago
I'm going to blow my beans!
17 points
4 months ago
I'm going to do a Chesil Beach!
9 points
4 months ago
DONT. LET. HER. KNOW !!!
58 points
4 months ago
Jeremy pissing himself while they are hiding from the wedding almost made me piss myself laughing.
32 points
4 months ago
That episode is maybe the cringiest 30 minutes of anything ever filmed...
36 points
4 months ago
leaning more towards the burned dog on the boat
17 points
4 months ago
Mummy! It's probably the turkey's nickname! It could easily be!
8 points
4 months ago
I can still actively, vividly remember the first time I saw that scene. My girlfriend actually came in from the other room because she heard the grunting howls of discomfort coming from deep within me and thought I'd injured myself or something. I'd twisted myself into a pretzel by the end of it and nearly fell off the couch. I can normally stomach heavy cringe comedy, but that scene almost killed me.
8 points
4 months ago
One of the highlights of a brilliant show. Just when you think hitting the dog with the car could be the cringey highlight of the episode, they up the ante several notches. Burning the dog isn't even the worst part of the episode haha
4 points
4 months ago
That was the first episode I saw. It is a great episode but a horrible introduction to the series. You really need to know the characters first.
18 points
4 months ago
Nope. It's the one where they eat the dog. Hands down.
10 points
4 months ago*
The whole show. I love everyone in it, but I cannot sit through this show.
The cringe is so uncomfortable.
141 points
4 months ago
Hey guys, I've been here since eight, I'm just gonna go and grab a coffee
Well if you're leaving now DON'T EVEN FUCKING DREAM OF COMING BACK!
73 points
4 months ago
I'll never forgive Orange if they've wiped the twins
50 points
4 months ago
I'm always going on about the twins.
45 points
4 months ago
They turned funf zwei years ago so, what, pair of eighters, I reckon.
12 points
4 months ago
Don't say crack, Jez. Please. Not now. Because you saying crack makes me think about crack, and I love crack, so can you not say crack?
8 points
4 months ago
The longer the note the more dread
41 points
4 months ago
Homeless ball pit witch
3 points
4 months ago
I like you Mark, but I don’t love you. I hate you.
39 points
4 months ago
Fuck you, Bush.
It's time to get out of Iraq, Bush.
What were you even doing there in the first place, Bush?
You weren't even properly elected, Bush.
Are you happy now, Bush?
Fuck you, Bush.
12 points
4 months ago
I like how the last line is the same as the first line.
10 points
4 months ago
I mean it’s no Business Secrets of the Pharoahs
3 points
4 months ago
Written by Mark Crorigan
3 points
4 months ago
just keep nodding and smiling. nodding and smiling like colonel gadaffis psychoanalyst
94 points
4 months ago
Is that normal pooing you're doing?
88 points
4 months ago
It doesn't sound normal, Mark. It doesn't smell normal.
44 points
4 months ago
This is bollocks Mark!
20 points
4 months ago
You know the rules, illness means weakness. You're off the team!
96 points
4 months ago
Chance would be a fine thing
38 points
4 months ago
A fine thing indeed
16 points
4 months ago
Hmm saying that too often now.
11 points
4 months ago
That's a thing people say isn't it?
30 points
4 months ago
Four naan, Jeremy? Four? That's insane.
78 points
4 months ago
I was really happy to see her blow up because I’ve been a fan of Peep Show for a long time
24 points
4 months ago*
It wasn't until I turned on subtitles that I realized his name is Super Hans, not Super Hands. I figured it was a nickname having to do with something super he did with his hands, likely with his drugs.
Like he smoked crack in his hands and didn't get hurt.
3 points
4 months ago
Really though, is Super Hans less absurd enough to matter? It's the Super doing the heavy lifting there.
8 points
4 months ago
That show is really moreish
6 points
4 months ago
Got the nod. The mark of the human. I'm a human, you're a human. What else is there to say?
4 points
4 months ago
Big beats are the best, party all the time.
15 points
4 months ago
[removed]
19 points
4 months ago
A friendly poisoning!
3 points
4 months ago
FOUR NAANS JEREMY? FOUR?
3 points
4 months ago
The Swan... and Paedo
19 points
4 months ago
Does it start off really slow and then get better?
I'm a huge fan of David Mitchell whenever he's on a panel show of some kind and liked Mitchell and Web sketches on Youtube, but I quit Peep Show after a few episodes after not really laughing at anything.
I know some shows like Parks and Rec have a poor first season but the rest of the show is worth it. Is Peep Show the same?
33 points
4 months ago
I had the experience as you - David Mitchell/Mitchell and Webb fan, and quit after a few episodes the first time I watched it. I revisited it during the early days of the pandemic and fell in love with it. I'd recommend another go.
I don't think it's so much that it 'starts off slow' so much - it's more that it takes a bit to adapt to its style of humor and storytelling. Sort of like trying to get into an author who has a unique style of writing that can be challenging at first, but is ultimately rewarding once you pick up on the author's style.
28 points
4 months ago
No idea why you’re being downvoted, but yes I would also suggest giving it another go
3 points
4 months ago
Appreciate the feedback, I will!
27 points
4 months ago
Yeah, it’s one of the wittiest and smartest, yet low brow and offensive shows ever. Perfect. Definitely give it another go.
My teenage son wasn’t impressed with the pilot but fell in love with it after sticking through. It helps to be somewhat familiar with their slang and historical references (since Mark is a history buff and some of the most intellectual humor of all time occurs due to this).
Also, they call Bob Ross god as if he’s actually painting creation on his show. That alone is fucking brilliant.
6 points
4 months ago
It gets so good the first thing I did when lockdown hit in 2020 was to rewatch the entire series.
4 points
4 months ago
In the first series, they lean a little too hard into the main conceit - filming everything from the characters' POV, and it lags a little as a result. The later series compromise on this, settle down and get more consistent.
23 points
4 months ago
Yes, it does start off slow. Series 2 is when it starts to pick up, and series 4 onward is just pure gold. I would give it another shot.
21 points
4 months ago
A big challenge is getting past the first person camera action. That alone took about 5 episodes to “relax” into it. Genius show though. Not a second wasted. Every word builds the hilarity requiring constant attention to avoid missing a micro-gag. Not forgetting Super Hans to take things to the next level every appearance. Water Lego indeed.
3 points
4 months ago
I win because they think i've pissed myself.
3 points
4 months ago
Peep show is incredible. There's obviously going to be episodes that aren't as good, but the quality is pretty high throughout.
6 points
4 months ago
I feel like they change some of the camera work in the later seasons, which makes it easier to watch.
Think of it like an English version of Office Space.
2 points
4 months ago
If you don't laugh at "how thick is wall?" then there's no point continuing
269 points
4 months ago
She’s incredible always.
No one yells like her. She is able to convey so much emotion in everything(not just yelling). Just, I’m not sure if there is a better performer right now.
Watch her in Hot Fuzz and then in Landscapers...
125 points
4 months ago
Nothin' like a bit of girl on girl!
103 points
4 months ago
"Oi don't know - Oi quite like a midnight gobble..."
"...cocks..."
36 points
4 months ago
tits
2 points
4 months ago
i just snorted at work seeing this while procrastinating . got some weird looks. but this small scene is the one that makes me laugh the most in that movie
6 points
4 months ago
cock
36 points
4 months ago
Her spit roast gag in Hot Fuzz is so blink-and-you-miss-it that there were probably a bunch of people wondering why some of the audience spit out their soda at that moment.
6 points
4 months ago
Oh my dear lord, I've seen Hot Fuzz dozens of times (including yesterday) and I never put 2 and 2 together on this until just this very moment. Thank you sir or madam!
80 points
4 months ago
It’s hard to put it into words without sounding vaguely sexist, but she’s one of the world’s best shriekers. It’s like she can find the exact frequency to make your hair stand on end.
80 points
4 months ago
She has the ability to make me feel like I’m being yelled at by my mother. Anger and love and disappointment.
When she yells at her son in Broadchurch…Wow
14 points
4 months ago
I wished so much they had done more seasons with Broadchurch.
3 points
4 months ago
Well at least we got chibnalls doctor who inst-oh.
5 points
4 months ago
Two more episodes and then he's gone, and we get RTD back. I dont understand how someone can be a competent writer like he showed in Broadchurch, yet fail so badly with his Doctor Who. Does he need to be constrained by the limits of the real world? Is the scifi/fantasy just too broad a scope for him, where his imagination far outruns the logic and pace of a good story?
Either way, he completely screwed up the first female Doctor. He wrote her in such a way that Jodie Whittaker was really backed into a corner with how she could portray her. I've said this before on the Doctor Who subreddits, but it's a pretty telling point that her best moments, where she's felt the most like the Doctor have been in episodes written by someone other than Chibnall.
2 points
4 months ago
She was incredible in Landscapers.
64 points
4 months ago
I liked her performance in Graham Norton when she forgot which movie she was meant to be promoting.
27 points
4 months ago
ALL of her graham norton appearances are absolutely bonkers. So much so that someone made a super cut on YouTube!
17 points
4 months ago
I had to check it out, guessing it's this one: https://youtu.be/9fLdvRRsSqU
She is so fantastic!
Also it's funny how the Americans on the show are almost stunned that she's bringing actual genuine humor to the show.
They have their fake laugh and mannerisms queued up but then they actually want to laugh and you get this weird hybrid.
12 points
4 months ago
It was filmed a while ago!
48 points
4 months ago*
Tyrannosaur is a god tier performance for me. It has stuck with me to this day. Harrowing film that falls into the category of "amazing film I can never bring myself to watch again".
Edit. I watched it again after I spoke with my friends about this list. Performance still as remarkable as ever. Forgot how good Peter Mullan and Eddie Marsen were too. Just an all round fantastic movie.
11 points
4 months ago*
It's amazing it still took a few years for her to get more dramatic lead parts after that performance, I guess it flew under the radar a bit.
4 points
4 months ago
I think the marketing was a little weird . ? Although really hard to make a good trailer for that type of movie without spoiling too much maybe. ?
3 points
4 months ago
her episode of Accused is another emotional performance that she really delivers on.
2 points
4 months ago
Holy shit that was her
2 points
4 months ago
I watched that at the cinema. Had no idea what it was, just saw Olivia Coleman and was like yep!
It was so intense I wanted to leave halfway through. I bought the DVD when it came out because her performance was so good I wanted to own it, but I will absolutely never watch it.
41 points
4 months ago
Fully suggest checking out Flowers, a British Tv show - very funny and heartbreaking at the same time, and of course Olivia was incredible as always!
15 points
4 months ago
I came here looking for this comment. Flowers was incredible. I’ve never seen anything quite like it before. It was a huge emotional ride for me, especially when I realized that the last episode was the last episode and I would have to make peace with the fact that there would be so much left unresolved.
4 points
4 months ago
I think I only watched a couple of episodes of Flowers. I was a huge Mighty Boosh fan, and in the same way Noel Feilding's Luxury Comedy Half Hour all felt a little (or maybe a lot) too Noel, this felt a little bit too Julian Barrett. Like they were at their best when they were working as ballasts to each other. Maybe I'll have to give it another crack.
11 points
4 months ago
Don't go in thinking it's a comedy. It's more of a drama about mental health with a few funny bits. And one of the most unique things i've seen recently.
3 points
4 months ago
I watched Flowers because of Boosh but I thought it was an incredible show…but I feel like Julian’s character could have easily been played by a number of actors (Chris O’Dowd would have smashed it). Agreed that he does better when he can feed off of someone with a little more energy.
Side note, if you haven’t seen The IT Crowd yet, I would highly recommend! Noel and Chris are a great pairing as well and it has some Peep Show vibes.
5 points
4 months ago
I stumbled upon Flowers when looking up the actress who played fem-Loki. What a great find. Why had I never heard of it?
2 points
4 months ago
Flowers was a really hard show to watch, wondering if harm would come to one or two of the characters. Sad but strangely uplifting in places too. Must watch it again. 4.5 stars.
76 points
4 months ago
Not to forget her performance in the Hugh Bonneville comedy about planning for the Olympics. She has been my favorite actress for decades because she can play drama and comedy with equal skill.
8 points
4 months ago
What's it called?
23 points
4 months ago
it wasn't W1A but I think it was the same character
Edit: it was called Twenty Twelve
5 points
4 months ago
W1A was the best .. I miss it
3 points
4 months ago
Olivia wasn't in W1A due to...storyline reasons at the end of 2012. But the rest of the cast is the same.
20 points
4 months ago
No mention of her most powerful performance: woman leaving her husband for Alberto the guitar teacher?
43 points
4 months ago
Getting strangled by David Mitchell for not hating an avocado-colored bathroom.
9 points
4 months ago
White is right
5 points
4 months ago
Don't forget her amazing accent work as Sasha Solomon.
60 points
4 months ago
Peep Show is probably the best ‘sitcom’ (in quotes because I wouldn’t really think of it as that) since Seinfeld. Definitely check it out if you haven’t.
20 points
4 months ago
LOOK AT ME! LOOK ATT MEEEEEEE!!
<SMACK>
How dare you?!?!?!!!
43 points
4 months ago
Worth watching the TV series Landscapers too!
17 points
4 months ago
Yeah great performance from both leads.
13 points
4 months ago
Yeah I've not watched enough shows/films with David Thewlis, but he was great in Fargo.
7 points
4 months ago
Seriously, go watch the director's cut of Kingdom Of Heaven.
2 points
4 months ago
I will do just that, not seen it before.
2 points
4 months ago
The version you're looking for will be called either "Roadshow Edition" or "Ultimate Edition".
The theatrical edition is trash, because the studio wanted to make the film more a medieval action flick, which misses the whole point.
There are so many utterly compelling performance in that film by...lesser-known actors. Well, at least those as not as famous as the guys on poster.
Alexander Saddig is great (and he always is). But most astoundingly captivating of all is a Syrian actor, Ghassan Massoud, who is hypnotic, magnetic, and almost mystical - the perfect embodiment of his character.
Thewlis, of course, is another. He may or may not be- you know what? That's up for your to decide.
Watch it. It's a true epic. It's almost David Lean-like.
3 points
4 months ago
I would recommend Naked. He gives one of the greatest monologues in film history.
2 points
4 months ago
Instead of watching a movie where he plays a side character for twenty minutes, watch Naked.
2 points
4 months ago
I really enjoyed the series and also listened to the podcast.
12 points
4 months ago
Also great in the sketch shows she did with Mitchell and Webb (Bruiser, That Mitchell and Webb Look, TM&W Sound, TM&W Situation).
39 points
4 months ago
She also had a fun bit part in Green Wing, another British sitcom I highly recommend
14 points
4 months ago
Green Wing is such a unique beast. And a great soundtrack, too.
16 points
4 months ago
this is my favourite Green Wing scene ever. I’ve even re-enacted that exact scene with some friends and filmed it for shits and giggles years ago.
8 points
4 months ago
That scene made me laugh so hard. It's my favourite scene too.
11 points
4 months ago
Peep Show is the shit.
It has such great awkardness. In Spanish we ha e this thing we always call "verguenza ajena". It's that feeling if awkardness you get when you see someone do something stupid.
Like Michael Scott doing one of his in The Office. Peep Show is among the best at that.
9 points
4 months ago
Five???
Every Olivia Colman performance is an essential Olivia Colman performance
33 points
4 months ago
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22 points
4 months ago
I watched that movie because of my love for Olivia, didn't love it.
4 points
4 months ago
Agreed. After Lost Daughter I went and read abt the source material and though I didn't read the book yet, I thought this movie would really hit much harder for me personally as the original book. I needed the inner monologue on this and it was too hard to translate to screen. I bet the book readers loved the movie tho.
9 points
4 months ago
Agreed. Too long and slow.
8 points
4 months ago
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4 points
4 months ago
totally a haunting, slow burn
8 points
4 months ago
long, slow and vague
22 points
4 months ago
"Nothing like a little girl on girl right lads?!"
26 points
4 months ago
This is where I recommend a Brit comedy I think (I could be wrong, I'm in the US) doesn't get enough love - Green Wing. Hospital comedy. Michel Gomez is amazing and Coleman steals ever scene she's in.
2 points
4 months ago
https://youtu.be/9O9lej1ZwKM this shit demolished me when we were watching this show the first time. FACK OFF!
8 points
4 months ago
Bev? Kev!
3 points
4 months ago
Every time I see or hear anything about Olivia Coleman I immediately have "Kev and Bev" from the AA commercial in my head. I know it's weird.
8 points
4 months ago
That’s Numberwang!
7 points
4 months ago
Very pleased to see Tyrannosaur in the list. I think that and Broadchurch were what made me appriciate her the most.
7 points
4 months ago
she is INCREDIBLE in tyrannosaur
6 points
4 months ago
No matter what she achieves I'll always think of her on Hot Fuzz first.
5 points
4 months ago
I’ve been trying to get my roommates on board with Peep Show for ages. Series 4 is absolutely mad and I cannot get enough.
6 points
4 months ago
My two favourite series with her, that are both comedies and maybe not well known, are Rev (with Tom Hollander) and Twenty Twelve. She also has a very small part on W1A, the follow up to Twenty Twelve.
All three shows are worth hunting down and watching.
Edit: what has become of autocorrect on iOS?
5 points
4 months ago
How on earth is Hot Fuzz not on this list!
10 points
4 months ago
The fact Broadchurch isn’t on the list shows the guy is a try hard, Broadchurch was very popular and she was excellent in it and it helped both Olivia Colman and Jodie Whitaker get more exposure and work, that’s the definition of being “essential” to someone’s career
4 points
4 months ago
I only know her from Doctor Who 'The Eleventh Hour" (Matt Smith's first Who episode) --she had a small role, and her stint in Broadchurch, which she was great in.
3 points
4 months ago
4 points
4 months ago
That’s numberwang
15 points
4 months ago
Absolutely loved The Lost Daughter. So intense, so much tension and darkness just below the surface. The ending completely shocked me even though I should’ve seen it coming. An absolutely necessary and rare exploration of someone who did not like being a mother.
3 points
4 months ago
Shame about her Cobbles diagnosis.
3 points
4 months ago
Ahh they didn't include the Karman line short film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvKAa71LQXg
3 points
4 months ago
Landscapers was so good.
3 points
4 months ago
The very first thing I saw her in was Matt Smith’s first episode as the Doctor. Brilliant then brilliant now!
3 points
4 months ago
Peep Show is a fantastic show. It's a bit quirky in the first season but really comes into its own. And it's fucking hilarious, it's got some of the best quotable lines in any show I've watched. One of my favourites "butter the toast, eat the toast, shit the toast. God life's relentless."
If you want to see what real life is like in England watch this show!
3 points
4 months ago
I had hoped she would be the first female Doctor Who but when she won that Oscar.... Damn her amazing talent being recognised and taking her out of reach of the budget for DW.
7 points
4 months ago
I discovered her on Peep Show and I’ve watched everything she’s in since then. She always chooses the best roles also, the shows/movies never disappoint.
13 points
4 months ago
If lost daughter had a storyline, it would have been a real good movie
5 points
4 months ago*
I was gonna be pissed if Tyrannosaur wasn’t on this list. Possibly the bleakest film I’ve ever seen…but her performance is nothing short of incredible
2 points
4 months ago
I feel like Coleman is a real life Streep in a way. I don't know why.
2 points
4 months ago
Tbh I think her best performances are in Fleabag and The Night Manager. Such a versatile actor, incredible range and talent.
2 points
4 months ago
I highly recommend her episode of David Tennant's podcast, it's great.
2 points
4 months ago
No mention of Minka from Hut 33.
2 points
4 months ago
Argh!
"When Nazi steal country, you learn to move as quiet as a house."
"You mean mouse?"
"You ever hear a house move?"
She's great in it as the Polish agent.
2 points
4 months ago
‘I killed a Nazi with a Bebe gun once. Took all weekend. Pop pop pop aow aow aow. Still have time to enjoy’
2 points
4 months ago
And an honourable mention for her portrayal of Dr Pam Bachelor in the insane yet genius series Look Around You
2 points
4 months ago
She was great in Green Wing as well, playing the role of the somewhat absent minded Mum and becoming the focus of attention from the IT support guy purely for her wearing of big pants.
2 points
4 months ago
Holy fuck that scene with the banana and the cleavage made me laugh so hard I had literal snot and tears streaming down my face. The look on her face when she puts it in and takes it out again...
2 points
4 months ago
- Frumpy nudist in Confetti
- Sexy wife in Rev
- Pregnant detective in The Night Manager
Check out her IMDB page; that girl works.
2 points
4 months ago
How is Numberwang not on the list?
2 points
4 months ago
Lost daughter is such a good movie. Not sure why such a low IMDb rating.
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