Olivia Colman’s Husband Ed Sinclair

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Ed Sinclair is the proud and handsome husband of actress, Olivia Colman who recently snatched the Critics’ Choice Award for best actress in a comedy.



Ed’s wife was born January 30, 1974; the English performer auditioned for the Cambridge University’s Footlights Dramatic Club while attending Homerton College in Cambridge and her career began.

She gained attention for her supporting role as Sophie Chapman in the comedy series Peep Show. Other TV roles for Coleman includ Green Wing, Beautiful People, Rev.; and Twenty Twelve.

She’s also appeared in films such as Tyrannosaur, The Iron Lady, Hyde Park on Hudson and Locke. She can also be seen playing intelligence operative, Angela Burr, in the British TV mini-series The Night Manager, Queen Elizabeth II in the Netflix series, The Crown and Queen Anne in The Favourite.

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But in addition to being one of Britain’s most successful actors, Olivia Colman is also a wife and mother in real life. She and husband Ed Sinclair have been married since 2001 and are the proud parents of three children together.

Ed Sinclair is a writer and actor himself. He stumble upon writing after he became disillusioned as a law student. The couple met while attending Cambridge University – during a production of Alan Ayckbourn’s Table Manners at Footlights.

Ed who was born brought up in Fiji, New Zealand and England –studied acting at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. According to a profile on Curtis Brown, the screenwriter also completed a short course in Producing Low Budget Features at the National Film and Television School.

In addition to acting and writing, Ed Sinclair has also worked as an adult literacy teacher and is also a former owner of a private-room karaoke venue.

During interviews, Olivia has spoken about how lucky she feels at the fact she and Ed Sinclair met in their early 20’s and had ‘nothing then’ she’s also said it was love at first sight for her.

They have been married for nearly 20-years and have since welcomed two sons Hall and Finn, and a daughter. According to The Sun, the couple’s daughter was born in 2015.