Olivia Colman what next?

Prime Minister.

I suspect she will have the freedom to whatever projects excite her - and that gives her the freedom to do small scale things when they appeal in combination with higher profile gigs. She has always taken an eclectic series of roles and I can't see that changing. She has a long career ahead of her - and it will be varied.

I don't think much will change really. She may get more movie roles but I think they will be of the supporting variety rather than leads (don't forget that her role in The Favourite wasn't really a lead role) and she was never really a stage actor either so I doubt that will change much either. I think she loves the stuff that she does right now and will continue to do that. There may be a few projects built around her going forward but I really don't think the Oscar will change things that much.

And then there's the matter of when they give her that Damehood.

I wonder if we will ever see a revival of "The Audience" following her stint in The Crown. Would love to see her in something on stage having missed Mosquitos.

Yes, I don't think she likes stage acting. She talked about having a form of stage fright rather a lot when the two Olivias were promoting the show.

I'm going to have to watch my dvd's of 2012 now. One of her funniest performances.

Can we correct the surname spelling as it's Colman, not Coleman.

Olivia mentioned in the talks at Mosquitoes that her stage fright plus the theatre schedule of eight shows a week isn't to her liking since she has kids is why she's reluctant to do more theatre.

Yeah I think she’ll continue to pick stuff she just likes. I saw on Twitter that she did a kid’s audiobook that she didn’t really have time for by going in to record on her day off, just ‘cos she liked it so much.

The Crown won't take up anywhere near as much time as you'd expect. They have finished filming the third series and won't start again for probably about half a year. Also last year I think she was filming the Crown and something else simultaneously. As much as the Crown is about the Queen it's actually about more than just her and I would imagine that there'll be more of Charles once he's an adult so maybe not as much for her to do as you'd expect.

Whilst I agree I don’t expect much to change, I think it’s worth noting that the amount of new opportunities will take her in directions she possibly never even thought of before all of this. She has said recently that only in the last few years has she’s started getting the sort of roles she wants to do - but maybe now is the time to embrace the ones she never even thought possible?

I see her ending up a bit like Julie Walters in terms of career variety, and can see her becoming the token ‘go to woman’ when an elderly woman is required (when she gets to that time of life).

It’s so wonderful to look through her list of credits on wikipedia and see the variety of roles that upon reflection, do show a clearly level of progression. Even getting The Crown was a big deal, with it having such an international audience.

In terms of the stage though... are you even a real British actor if you haven’t given us a bit Shakespeare? Ha.

I got the impression it was a long shoot - I've been seeing leaked photos for what seems like ages and it's only just finished filming. Maybe they were doing both series together. I haven't watched the other series - the subject really isn't my cup of tea - but I'll have to give this a go for the cast.

She probably would be fab but I don't think I'd care a jot if I never saw another 'Much Ado About Nothing' after the faberoonie one with Tennant & Tate & Tom.