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name: "Ingrid Oliver"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ingrid-oliver"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "25 February 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 71
updated: "2026-09-16T21:17:06.152651+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Ingrid Oliver

Actor. Born 25 February 1977 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 25 February 1977, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2003–present

## Biography

Ingrid Oliver is a British actress and comedian. She trained at New College, Oxford, and began performing with comedy partner Lorna Watson in 2005. The duo, known as Watson & Oliver, had their own BBC Two sketch show for two series in 2012 and 2013.

She is known for playing Petronella Osgood in the BBC series *Doctor Who* (2013–2015) and its 50th anniversary special. Her other screen credits include *Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging* (2008), *The Hustle* (2019), *Last Christmas* (2019), *Sweetpea* (2024) and *The Thursday Murder Club* (2025). In 2026 she appeared as Yvonne Previdi in the series *Run Away*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Run Away* (2026), Fi1m 68, as Yvonne Previdi — [page](https://film.one/tv/run-away.md)
- *The Thursday Murder Club* (2025), Fi1m 57, as Joanna — [page](https://film.one/film/the-thursday-murder-club.md)
- *Peep Show* (2003), Fi1m 88, as Natalie — [page](https://film.one/tv/peep-show.md)

## Also known for

- *Doctor Who* (2005), Osgood
- *The Hustle* (2019), Brigitte Desjardins
- *Last Christmas* (2019), Police Woman Crowley
- *The Magicians* (2015), Dragon (voice)
- *Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging* (2008), Miss Stamp
- *Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor* (2013), Petronella Osgood
- *Sweetpea* (2024), DI St John
- *Father Brown* (2013), Gaynor Garfield

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