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Ingrid Oliver (born 25 February 1977) is a British actress and comedian, and one half of the comic double act Watson & Oliver. She is known for playing Petronella Osgood, a supporting character in the BBC television series Doctor Who.

Ingrid Oliver
Oliver at Super Retrocon, April 2017
Born	(1977-02-25) 25 February 1977 (age 45) London, England
Occupation	Actress, comedian, writer
Years active	2005–present
Parent	Jo Gideon (mother)

Career

Oliver and her comedy partner Lorna Watson met at Tiffin Girls' School in Kingston upon Thames.[1] In September 2005, Watson and Oliver performed their first show together at the Canal Cafe Theatre in London. Since then they have taken sell-out shows to Edinburgh Festival Fringe, in both 2006 and 2007.[2]

Oliver has performed in various radio and television programmes, including Doc Martin starring Martin Clunes, The Penny Dreadfuls' radio series The Penny Dreadfuls Present... The Brothers Faversham[3] and the radio series Another Case of Milton Jones. She played the part of Natalie in Peep Show on Channel 4.

She appears in the film Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging as Miss Stamp, and in early 2009 could be seen in Channel 4's sitcom Plus One.[4]

In 2010, Oliver played Mimi Throckmorton in Material Girl on BBC One, alongside Lenora Crichlow and Dervla Kirwan.[5] In 2012, she appeared on Let's Dance For Sport Relief with comedy partner Lorna Watson, dancing Boléro, famously used by Torvill and Dean. The following year, she appeared in the first episode of The Great Comic Relief Bake Off and was named as 'Star Baker'. The same year, she appeared in the 50th anniversary special of Doctor Who, "The Day of the Doctor", as Petronella Osgood. She reprised the role in the episodes "Death in Heaven",[6] "The Zygon Invasion", "The Zygon Inversion", UNIT, an audio drama spinoff series produced by Big Finish Productions, and Doctor Who: Redacted, a BBC radio drama spin-off series.

Personal life

Oliver was born to a German father and English mother. Her grandfather, Eric Gideon, was a D-Day veteran who died in 2017, shortly after receiving the Legion d'Honneur for his service to France during the war. Her mother is Conservative MP Jo Gideon, who became the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stoke-on-Trent Central in 2019, Oliver has British and German nationality.[7]

As of 2021^[update], she was in a relationship with Richard Osman and they became engaged in May 2022 and plan to marry in December 2022.[8][9] They met when she was a contestant on TV celebrity quiz show Richard Osman's House of Games.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging	Mrs. Stamp
2014	96 Ways to Say I Love You	Cammy	Short film
2017	You, Me and Him	Lily
2018	The Story of Ken	None	Short film; director and writer
2019	The Hustle	Brigitte Desjardins
	Last Christmas	Police Woman Crowley
2020	Night Growler	Newsreader (voice)	Short film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Footprints in the Snow	Back-Up Organiser	TV film
	Doc Martin	Radio Technician	Episode: "Aromatherapy"
2006	Vital Signs	Mother #2	Episode #1.2
	Now the Weather	Unknown	Unaired pilot
2007	Biffovision	Mrs. Peggy	TV film
	Watson & Oliver: The Movie	Various Characters	TV film; also writer
	Comedy Showcase	Rebecca Black	Episode: "Plus One"
2008	The Gym	Miriam	1 episode
	Peep Show	Natalie	Episode: "Jeremy's Mummy"
	Tonightly	Ingrid	Episode #1.1
	The Wrong Door	Various Characters	6 episodes; also writer
2009	Plus One	Rebecca Black	5 episodes
	The Fixer	Sadie	Episode #2.4
2010	The Persuationists	Harriet	Episode: "The Australianess"
	Material Girl	Mimi Throckmorton	6 episodes
2011	Twenty Twelve	Assistant producer of The Today Programme	Episode #1.6
	Lead Balloon	Jenny	Episode: "Pig"
2012–2016	The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margret	Yancy McPickles / Vanessa Blojabditz	4 episodes
2012–2013	Watson & Oliver	Various Characters	12 episodes; also writer
2013–2015	Doctor Who	Petronella Osgood	4 episodes
2014	GameFace	Clare	Pilot
2016	Plebs	Camilla	Episode: "Justin Junior"
2017	The Magicians	Hudson River Dragon (voice)	Episode: "The Rattening"
2019	Silent Witness	DI Briggs	2 episodes
	Defending the Guilty	Fiona	3 episodes
2021	The Watch	Doctor Cruces	4 episodes

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Notes
Unknown	Goethe's Faust	Gretchen	St. John's College Theatre
Unknown	King Lear	Cordelia	Tabard Theatre
Unknown	Heartbreak House	Hesione Hushabye
Unknown	Anatol	Annie
2003	Revolving Door	Kelly	Theatro Technis
	Butterflies Are Free	Florence Baker	Vienna's English Theatre
	Loveplay	Various Characters	Finborough Theatre
2004	Eskimo Sisters	Mo	Camden People's Theatre
2006	The Shelter	Angela Trumpet	Lawrence Batley Theatre
2015	Harvey	Myrtle Mae Simmons	Birmingham Repertory Theatre
2017	Ingrid Oliver: Speech!	Various Characters	Edinburgh Festival Fringe	One-woman show

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2013	Company of Heroes 2	Unknown
2018	Doctor Who Infinity: The Dalek Invasion of Time[10]	Petronella Osgood (voice)
2019	Doctor Who Infinity: The Horror of Flat Holm
2021	Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins[11]	Petronella Osgood

Radio

Year	Title	Role	Production	Notes
2007–2012	The Castle	Lady Charlotte	BBC Radio 4 (series 1–3)	24 episodes
			BBC Radio 4 Extra (series 4)
2008	The Brothers Faversham	Alexandra Faversham	BBC Radio 7	4 episodes
	More Brothers Faversham			4 episodes
2009	Cavity	Kirsty	BBC Radio 4
2013	ElvenQuest	Penthiselea		6 episodes
2014	The Architects	Sarah		4 episodes
	Men About The House	Eve Feevis		Pilot
2015	A Trespasser's Guide to The Classics	Emma		Episode: "The Rat-Catchers of Yonville"
2021	The Attendant	Denise / Evil Denise		Episode: "Sci-Fi"
2019–2022	Party's Over	Christine Tobin		12 episodes

References

External links

• Ingrid Oliver on Twitter
• Ingrid Oliver at IMDb 

На других языках

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[ru] Оливер, Ингрид

Ингрид Оливер (англ. Ingrid Oliver; род. 25 февраля 1977, Германия) — британско-немецкая актриса и юмористка, стендап-комик.

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