She's currently one of Britain's most celebrated actresses, who this year has been nominated for a SAG Award, BAFTA and Oscar for her performance in The Favourite.
But Olivia Colman, 44, has revealed that her career almost stalled in its early stages, thanks to her starring role in AA's Kev and Bev adverts.
However, the success of the 2004 ads proved problematic for the star, who told The Mirror: 'AA! That has become the bane of my life. I thought they were going to run that for about a week but they ran it for what felt like four times a day for a year.'
Stalled: Olivia Colman, 44, has revealed that her career almost stalled in its early stages, thanks to her starring role in AA's Kev and Bev adverts. Pictured in October 2018
The ad campaign saw her playing two versions of Bev, one in a luxury vehicle after taking out a car loan with AA and the other faring less well after choosing to forgo the option.
As she became tied to the character, Olivia found that casting directors were reluctant to give her roles in their projects for fear she has been typecast as Bev.
She added: 'They ran it for a year having just given me a buy-out, It was really annoying. I lost some jobs.'
Luxury: The 2004 ad campaign saw her playing two versions of Bev, one in a luxury vehicle after taking out a car loan and another faring less well
In a recent interview with the Daily Mail, the star revealed she was once so broke she lived in a friend’s attic and had to rummage under the sofa cushions in search of coins to buy a single potato for dinner.
She said: ‘There were years of no work. It was a hard time. I actually really loved my cleaning jobs. I loved the job satisfaction. I’d really go to town. I’d wipe skirting boards, the top of lights. I never looked in drawers.’
Speaking of her early days with now husband Ed Sinclair, she said: ‘We had what we call our Angela’s Ashes day when we first moved to London from Bristol (in 1998). I had £1 left in my overdraft and cash machines don’t dispense pounds.
‘Ed didn’t have any money either, so we managed to find enough pennies from the sofa to buy one potato to share.’
Conversation: The two Bevs and Kevs would speak to each other through their car windows
They lived in the attic of friends who had a place in Epping, Essex, for two months.
In 1999 they bought a two-bedroom flat in London’s East Dulwich, using a £30,000 inheritance from Ed to help them meet the £90,000 asking price. They sold it two years later for £150,000.
The couple took out a credit card in 2001 and ended up £3,000 in debt — a relatively small amount but Olivia found it traumatic as neither was earning regularly.
However, she was determined to pursue an acting career. ‘My mum said, “You’ll probably give it a year.” And I said, “No, I’ll give it ten”.’
Her career began to take off in 2003 when she was cast in Channel 4’s Peep Show, with old friends David Mitchell and Robert Webb.
Favourite: She's currently one of Britain's most celebrated actresses, who this year has been nominated for a SAG Award, BAFTA and Oscar for her performance in The Favourite
There followed the Kev and Bev AA adverts and another sitcom, Green Wing.
On the potential of landing among Hollywood's elite should she scoop an Oscar this awards season, she said: ‘If I’m really honest, I’ve always dreamed of holding an Oscar...but I’m really trying to sort of keep everything in check, keep calm.
‘This is silly. What are the chances? I don’t want to get excited. I don’t want to face that disappointment. I just want to be on an even keel.
‘I’m a mum, a wife, I’m a mate. I’m other things. You can see how people get sort of swept into it and I want to stay sane.’
All around success: She has also enjoyed TV success as D.S. Ellie Miller in Broadchurch. Pictured with co-star David Tennant as D.I. Alec Hardy
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But Olivia Colman, 44, has revealed that her career almost stalled in its early stages, thanks to her starring role in...
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