Olivia Williams
The Mid•Point with Gabby Logan
The Midpoint
4.3 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 18 April 2023
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
It’s not every day you get to chat to a Hollywood actress, but this week, Gabby does exactly that! Olivia Williams has starred in some hugely successful films, such as Sixth Sense, Rushmore and The Heart of Me. She has rubbed shoulders with some of the biggest names in the business, and yet she has managed to retain a certain level of anonymity which has enabled her to enjoy her family life. She speaks about the double-edged nature of fame when you’re an actress, the importance of not caring, and of course, what it is like to be playing The Queen Consort in The Crown. Olivia also speaks very openly about living with cancer following her diagnosis in 2018, and through sharing her own experience, she explains exactly why early detection is so important. Functional Nutrition and Weight Loss Practitioner, Pippa Campbell, also gives her thoughts on eating the right foods for your metabolic type, something she fully explores in her book Eat Right Lose Weight.
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| 0:52.5 | Hello and welcome back to Midpoint. My guest today is a British actress who started her career |
| 1:02.5 | on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company, but very quickly came to the attention of Hollywood. |
| 1:06.5 | After starring in the 1997 blockbuster The Postman, she was cast alongside Bruce Willis in sixth |
| 1:12.0 | sense, one of the highest-grossing films of all time. Olivia Williams' subsequent film credits |
| 1:17.1 | are extremely impressive, and her role in the heart of me earned her an award for best actress |
| 1:21.6 | at the British Independent Film Awards. As well as playing an array of roles on our TV |
| 1:26.4 | screens over the last two decades, Olivia has always retained her great passion for theatre |
| 1:31.4 | and consistently treads the boards of the national. Olivia is also a mother to two daughters, |
| 1:36.4 | and an ambassador for pancreatic cancer UK after being diagnosed with a rare tumor in 2018. |
| 1:42.1 | We're going to talk about all of this and a whole lot more, so let's meet Olivia. |
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