Alison Oliver
Alison Oliver | |
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| Born | 3 June 1997[1] Ballintemple, Cork, Ireland |
| Alma mater | The Lir Academy, Trinity College Dublin (BA) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2022–present |
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Alison Oliver (born 3 June 1997[1]) is an Irish actress. She is known for her debut role as Frances in the BBC Three and Hulu miniseries Conversations with Friends (2022),[2][3] and she was named in Variety's "10 actors to watch" in 2023.[4]
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Alison Oliver was born in Ballintemple, Cork before moving to Blackrock when she was young. Her mother is a social worker and her father worked in the motor trade. She attended Scoil Mhuire, a private school in Cork, and took drama, singing and dancing lessons at The Performer's Academy and the Cork School of Dance. She applied to Trinity College Dublin's drama school The Lir Academy, but was invited to take a year-long foundation course in Acting and Theatre first. She auditioned again after completing the course,[2][5] going on to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in acting in 2020.[6]
Career
[edit | edit source]Oliver landed her debut television role as Frances Flynn in Conversations with Friends, a miniseries adaptation of Sally Rooney's 2017 debut novel of the same name developed by Element Pictures for BBC Three and Hulu. She received the news that she had been cast in Conversations with Friends the morning after graduating from drama school.[7] In 2023, she appeared in the BBC One drama miniseries Best Interests.[8]
She made her London stage debut in Women, Beware the Devil at the Almeida Theatre in February 2023,[9] and in April 2023 starred in Dancing at Lughnasa at the National Theatre.
Oliver made her feature film debut in Saltburn, written and directed by Emerald Fennell.[10] The film premiered at the 50th Telluride Film Festival and went on to be nominated for two Golden Globes and five BAFTA Film Awards. In 2024, she played a supporting role in Justin Kurzel's film The Order, which premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival. In November 2024, it was announced that she had been cast as Isabella Linton in Emerald Fennell's next film, Wuthering Heights, an adaptation of the novel of the same name.[11]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Oliver is a vegetarian.[12] In 2022, she was in a relationship with Irish actor Éanna Hardwicke.[13] As of 2025, she is dating English actor Josh O'Connor.[14][15] Since 2022, Oliver has mostly resided in London[12][15] but has made return trips to her native Cork.[13]
In September 2025, Oliver signed an open pledge with Film Workers for Palestine pledging not to work with Israeli film institutions "that are implicated in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people."[16]
Acting credits
[edit | edit source]Film
[edit | edit source]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2023 | Five and a Half Love Stories in a Vilnius Apartment | Avril | |
| Saltburn | Venetia Catton | ||
| 2024 | The Order | Debbie Mathews | |
| 2025 | Christy | Chloe | |
| 2026 | Wuthering Heights | Isabella Linton | Post-production |
Television
[edit | edit source]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Conversations with Friends | Frances Flynn | Main role |
| 2023 | Best Interests | Katie | Main role |
| 2025 | Task | Trooper Lizzie Stover | 6 episodes[17] |
Theatre
[edit | edit source]| Year | Title | Role | Director | Playwright | Theatre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Women, Beware the Devil | Agnes | Rupert Goold | Lulu Raczka | Almeida Theatre, London |
| 2023 | Dancing at Lughnasa | Chris | Josie Rourke | Brian Friel | National Theatre, London |
| 2023 | Portia Coughlan | Portia Coughlan | Carrie Cracknell | Marina Carr | Almeida Theatre, London |
| 2024 | The Other Place | Issy | Alexander Zeldin | Alexander Zeldin | Lyttelton Theatre, London |
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External links
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