Olivia Poulet

Olivia Poulet is an English actress. After studying drama at Manchester University, she has had roles on stage and in television and film. Her most recent productions include Day of the Flowers, Sherlock, Dappers, The Thick of It

The Thick of It

The Thick of It is a British comedy television series that satirises the inner workings of modern British government. It was first broadcast on BBC Four in 2005, and has so far completed fourteen half-hour episodes and two special hour-long episodes to coincide with Christmas and Gordon Brown's...

, Reggie Perrin and Outnumbered

Outnumbered

Outnumbered is a British sitcom. Airing on BBC One since 2007, it stars Hugh Dennis and Claire Skinner as a father and mother outnumbered by their three children...

. She recently appeared in the feature film In the Loop

In the Loop (film)

In the Loop is a 2009 British satirical black comedy film directed by Armando Iannucci. It is based on the BBC Television series The Thick of It satirising Anglo-American politics in the 21st century and the Invasion of Iraq...

. She also played Camilla Parker-Bowles in the 2005 drama Whatever Love Means. She had a relationship with actor Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch is an English film, television, and theatre actor. His most acclaimed roles include Stephen Hawking in the BBC drama Hawking ; William Pitt in the historical film Amazing Grace ; the protagonist Stephen Ezard in the miniseries thriller The Last Enemy ; Paul...

 for over twelve years until March 2011.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2001	The Bill The Bill The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...	Amanda	TV series (1 episode: "A Week of Nights: Part 1")
2002	Killing Me Softly Killing Me Softly (film) Killing Me Softly is an erotic thriller 2002 film directed by Chen Kaige and starring Heather Graham and Joseph Fiennes. Based on the novel by Nicci French , it introduces several substantial changes to the story and focuses heavily on the intense sexual relationship between the two lead...	Alice's Secretary
	Silent Witness Silent Witness Silent Witness is a BBC crime thriller series focusing on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes. First broadcast in February 1996, the series is still airing to the present day, with a fifteenth series expected to air in January 2012. The series was...	Alice Gregg	TV series (2 episodes)
2003	The Inspector Lynley Mysteries The Inspector Lynley Mysteries The Inspector Lynley Mysteries is a series of BBC television programmes about Detective Inspector Thomas "Tommy" Lynley, 8th Earl of Asherton of Scotland Yard and Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers...	Sasha	TV series (1 episode: "A Suitable Vengeance")
2005	The Rotter's Club	Ffion Foulkes	TV series
	Friends and Crocodiles Friends and Crocodiles Friends and Crocodiles is a one-off British television drama production, written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff and first broadcast on BBC One on 15 January 2006.-Overview:...	Carol	TV movie
	The Little Things You Do	Martha	short
	Love Soup Love Soup Love Soup is a British television comedy-drama produced by the BBC and first screened on BBC One in the autumn of 2005. It stars Tamsin Greig as Alice Chenery and Michael Landes as Gil Raymond . The series is written by David Renwick of One Foot in the Grave fame, and was produced by Verity Lambert...	Julie Pirelli	TV series (1 episode: "There Must Be Some Way Out of Here")
	Whatever Love Means	Camilla Parker Bowles	TV movie
2006	Heroes and Villains	Clare
2007	The Thick of It The Thick of It The Thick of It is a British comedy television series that satirises the inner workings of modern British government. It was first broadcast on BBC Four in 2005, and has so far completed fourteen half-hour episodes and two special hour-long episodes to coincide with Christmas and Gordon Brown's...	Emma Messinger	TV series (5 episodes: 2007-2009)
2008	Secret Diary of a Call Girl Secret Diary of a Call Girl Secret Diary of a Call Girl is a British television drama broadcast on ITV2 from 2007-2011 based on the blog and books by the pseudonymous "Belle de Jour," starring Billie Piper as Belle, a high-class London call girl. The series was written by Lucy Prebble, who is also known as the author of The...	Helen	TV series (1 episode: "Episode #2.3")
	My Zinc Bed	Girl	TV movie uncredited
	Outnumbered Outnumbered Outnumbered is a British sitcom. Airing on BBC One since 2007, it stars Hugh Dennis and Claire Skinner as a father and mother outnumbered by their three children...	Julie	TV series (1 episode: "Episode #2.1")
2009	In the Loop In the Loop (film) In the Loop is a 2009 British satirical black comedy film directed by Armando Iannucci. It is based on the BBC Television series The Thick of It satirising Anglo-American politics in the 21st century and the Invasion of Iraq...	Suzy	Chlotrudis Award for Best Cast Chlotrudis Award for Best Cast The Chlotrudis Award for Best Cast is an award given by the Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film to the ensemble cast that is voted as the best by participating members. The Chlotrudis Awards is an annual ceremony where the best of the previous year's independent and international film are...
	Margaret Margaret (2009 film) Margaret is a 2009 television film produced by Great Meadow Productions for the BBC. It is a fictionalisation of the life of Margaret Thatcher and her fall from the premiership in the 1990 leadership election. It was first broadcast on 26 February 2009 on BBC Two...	Carol Thatcher Carol Thatcher Carol Thatcher is a British journalist, author and media personality. She is the daughter of Margaret Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, a former British Prime Minister, and Sir Denis Thatcher, Bt....	TV movie
	Reggie Perrin	Tiia	TV series (1 episode: "Episode #2.4")
	Stalking Ben Chadz	June	short
2010	Dappers	Anna	TV series (1 episode: "Proper Job")
	Sherlock	Amanda	TV series (1 episode: "The Blind Banker The Blind Banker The Blind Banker is the second episode of the television series Sherlock and was first broadcast on BBC One and BBC HD on 1 August 2010.-Synopsis:... ")
2011	Odem Lipstikka Lipstikka is 2011 Israeli drama film directed by Jonathan Sagall. The film premiered In Competition at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated for the Golden Bear.-Cast:* Daniel Caltagirone* Clara Khoury as Lara* Natali Atiya...	Ruth
	Dragon Age II Dragon Age II Dragon Age II is a role-playing video game developed by BioWare's Edmonton studios, and published by Electronic Arts. It is the second major game in BioWare's Dragon Age franchise...	Additional Voices	video game
	Day of the Flowers	Lucy	post-production

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