A struggling condition actress when she was eject in the Kevin Costner epic The Postman (1997), British actress Olivia Williams survived the mistiness's meltdown with her standing relatively sound. The daughter of lawyers, Williams earned a almost imperceptibly a rather in English at Cambridge University in front of studying acting through despite two years with the Bristol Ogygian Vic Theatre School. Her training led to several juncture roles, as nicely as to work with the Noblewoman ... Shakespeare Company in both Stratford-upon-Avon and London.

A four-month circuit of Richard III featuring Ian McKellen brought Williams to the United States, and, following a supporting responsibility in the made-in the service of-TV adaptation of Emma (1997), she again base herself stateside to work on The Postman. Fortunately as a service to Williams, she rebounded from The Postman with her capacity as Miss Grumpy, the fought-over love predisposed of a precocious 15-year-precious and an angry millionaire in the acclaimed comedy Rushmore (1998). She could be seen the next year starring conflicting Bruce Willis in the enormously leading mystic thriller The Sixth Divine.