Olivia Ross

Acting

Olivia Ross

Born 1992-04-28 · Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Olivia Ross was born in Paris and is a British-French actress. She studied acting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. She began her theater career at Shakespeare's Globe Theater. Previously, she starred in the French film TOUT EST PARDONNÉ directed by Mia Hansen-Løve. Several supporting roles in French film productions followed, including JE L'AIMAIS (2009) and THE FATHER OF MY CHILDREN (2009), as well as EDEN - LOST IN MUSIC (2014) directed by Mia Hansen-Løve and PERSONAL SHOPPER (2016) directed by Olivier Assayas. In 2015, Ross played the role of Mathilde Perrucci in the miniseries North Bend and the following year she starred as Mademoiselle Bourienne in the miniseries War and Peace. She took the lead role in the drama SOUFFLER PLUS FORT QUE LA MER (2016) directed by Marine Place. She then played Nadia in the award-winning series "Killing Eve". In the first season of the television series "Knightfall" (2017 - 2019), she played the female lead of Queen Joan of France. Recently, she finished filming the Canal+ original series production "Les Sentinelles". Olivia Ross will appear in the new film WHITE BIRD by Marc Forster, which will be released in the fall of 2023.

Acting credits

The Old Guard poster
7.1

Four undying warriors who've secretly protected humanity for centuries become targeted for their mysterious powers just as they discover a new immortal.

The Old Guard

2020

White Bird poster
7.8

After being expelled from Beecher Prep for his treatment of a classmate with a facial deformity, Julian has struggled to fit in at his new school. To transform his life, Julian's grandmother finally reveals her own story of courage of her youth in Nazi-occupied France, where a classmate shelters her from mortal danger.

White Bird

2023

Personal Shopper poster
5.9

Maureen, mid-20s, is a personal shopper for a media celebrity. The job pays for her stay in Paris, a city she refuses to leave until she makes contact with her twin brother who previously died there. Her life becomes more complicated when a mysterious person contacts her via text message.

Personal Shopper

2016

Non-Fiction poster
5.4

Alain, a successful Parisian publisher struggling to adapt to the digital revolution, has major doubts about the new manuscript of Léonard, one of his long-time authors — another work of auto-fiction recycling his love affair with a minor celebrity. Selena, Alain’s wife, a famous stage actress, is of the opposite opinion.

Non-Fiction

2018

Carlos poster
7.0

The story of Venezuelan revolutionary, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, who founded a worldwide terrorist organization and raided the OPEC headquarters in 1975 before being caught by the French police.

Carlos

2010

Eden poster
5.8

Paul, a teenager in the underground scene of early-nineties Paris, forms a DJ collective with his friends and together they plunge into the nightlife of sex, drugs, and endless music.

Eden

2014

Chubby Funny poster
6.2

Oscar thinks he's special. He isn't. He thinks it's everyone else's fault. It's not. Moving to London, he gives himself a year to break into showbiz, but ends up waylaid by the same old problems: friendships, flings, and finding ultimate fulfillment. Say what you like, but it's tough being Chubby Funny.

Chubby Funny

2017

All Is Forgiven poster
6.5

A father and daughter are reunited some 11 years after the father's drug addiction tore the family apart.

All Is Forgiven

2007

Someone I Loved poster
6.1

One night, Pierre decides to reveal his painful secret to his daughter-in-law, who's just been abandoned by her husband. Pierre's secret is about his secret love to Mathilde, the woman he left to instead follow an easier path in life.

Someone I Loved

2009

Lady Nazca poster
7.3

With the second World War looming and having lost everything before, Maria Reiche flees Germany and ends up in Peru. There, she tries to fit in an inhibited society for the sake of her lover Amy. But she only starts to find her true calling in life when she takes a trip to the desert of Nazca and stumbles upon mysterious Lines, drawn in the soil. Against all odds, against everyone, Maria ties her destiny to the Nazca lines, and takes on the mission to find their meaning. A journey that will throw her into tremendous trouble and danger - but also give her a sense of peace, at last, as she finally finds where she belongs, sweeping the desert.

Lady Nazca

2025

The Universal Theory poster
5.9

Johannes, a doctor of physics, travels with his doctoral supervisor to a scientific congress in the Alps. A series of mysterious incidents occur on site. He meets Karin, a mysterious jazz pianist who seems to know more about him than she can know. Suddenly, mysterious deaths begin to pile up and Johannes tries to uncover the secret under the mountain.

The Universal Theory

2023

Henry V - Live at Shakespeare's Globe poster
7.0

Shakespeare’s masterpiece of the turbulence of war and the arts of peace tells the romantic story of Henry’s campaign to recapture the English possessions in France. But the ambitions of this charismatic king are challenged by a host of vivid characters caught up in the real horrors of war. Henry V, which opened the new Globe with the words ‘O for a muse of fire’, celebrates the power of language to summon into life courts, pubs, ships and battlefields within the ‘wooden O’ - and beyond.

Henry V - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

2012

The Undertaker poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Undertaker

2014

Father of My Children poster
6.7

Grégoire Canvel has everything a man could want. A wife he loves, three delightful children, and a stimulating job. He's a film producer. Discovering talented filmmakers and developing films that fit his conception of the cinema-free and true to life-is precisely his reason for living. Yet his prestigious production company, Moon Films, is on its last legs.

Father of My Children

2009

A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe poster
9.0

On a Midsummer’s night, four young lovers find themselves wrapped in the dream-like arms of an enchanted forest where sprites lurk and fairies rule.

A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

2014

Claire Andrieux poster
6.3

A single forty-something, with a well-regulated life, sees a heavy secret poisoning her budding relationship with a man she fell in love with.

Claire Andrieux

2020

Water poster
NR

Water follows Anna and Joey as they attempt an intervention on younger brother Adam. And whilst the sibling rivalry swells Adam spews radical conspiracy before becoming symbiotic with an unknown entity.

Water

2024

The Disappearance of My Mother poster
5.4

Aging fashion model Benedetta Barzini strives to escape the world of images and disappear for good, but her son’s determination to make a final film about her sparks an unexpected collaboration and confrontation with the camera’s gaze.

The Disappearance of My Mother

2019

White Lie poster
NR

A young writer has his book stolen by his mentor.

White Lie

2013

Souffler plus fort que la mer poster
6.8

Julie and her parents, Loïc and Louison, make their living fishing on a small island off the coast of Brittany. In order to escape their debts, they are forced to part with their boat in exchange for a scrappage bonus. The family struggles to cope with this new life without a boat, and Julie takes refuge in her passion for the saxophone to overcome the strange feeling of being overwhelmed that gradually takes hold of her...

Souffler plus fort que la mer

2017

Hiraeth poster
4.0

Hiraeth is a heart-breaking film that explores one woman's grief at the edge of the solar system. Amber Jones, a British astronaut on the first manned mission to Europa. She's a controversial choice with a checkered background.

Hiraeth

2021