Ingrid Oliver

Acting · Born 1977-02-25 · London, England, UK

Biography

Ingrid Oliver is a British actress and comedian, and one half of the comic double act Watson & Oliver, alongside Lorna Watson, the pair having their own BBC2 sketch show for two series in 2012 and 2013. She is known for playing Petronella Osgood, a supporting character in the BBC television series Doctor Who. In 2022 she married broadcaster and author Richard Osman. Her mother is Conservative MP Jo Gideon.

Known for

• The Thursday Murder Club (2025)
• The Hustle (2019)
• Last Christmas (2019)
• You, Me and Him (2018)
• 96 Ways to Say I Love You (2015)
• Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven (2014)
• Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (2013)
• Tales of Television Centre (2012)
• Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes (2011)
• Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008)
• Footprints in the Snow (2005)
• Gameface
• Run Away (2026)
• Sweetpea (2024)
• Rivals (2024)
• Beyond Paradise (2023)
• The Watch (2021)
• Richard Osman's House of Games (2017)
• The Magicians (2015)
• Doctor Who Extra (2014)
• Plebs (2013)
• The Great Comic Relief Bake Off (2013)
• Father Brown (2013)
• Watson & Oliver (2012)