Oscar-winning actress Olivia Colman who plays Queen Elizabeth II in 'The Crown', was honoured by the monarch for her services to British drama
Colman won this year's best actress Academy Award for her role as Queen Anne in"The Favourite" and will next portray Queen Elizabeth in season three of"The Crown".Oscar-winning actress Olivia Colman, who will play Queen Elizabeth II in "The Crown", was honoured by the monarch on Saturday for her services to British drama.
"I'm totally thrilled, delighted and humbled to be in the company of these incredible people, most of whom have been nowhere near as visible as I have, but should be -- and hopefully now will be," she said. Author Lee Child, whose action hero Jack Reacher has been played on screen by Tom Cruise, received the CBE, as did fellow novelist Joanna Trollope.
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