Olivia Colman looks almost unrecognisable with glamorous long hair transformation


The Crown star - who portrayed Queen Elizabeth II in 2019-2020, has transformed her iconic cropped locks for complete new tresses


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Olivia Colman is one of the most beloved actresses of her generation, and had a surprise in store during her latest .

The , 52, stepped out in Switzerland for the premiere of her latest film, Wicker, at the Zurich Film Festival, in which she stars alongside . 

Olivia looked gorgeous with her new locks© Getty Images for ZFF
Olivia looked gorgeous with her new locks

For the occasion, Olivia swapped her iconic cropped curls for cascading silver locks which flowed well past her shoulders and were styled swept to one side.

Olivia paired her striking new do' with a monochrome look courtesy of Celine, featuring a loose white tunic-style top with a small bow detail, which she paired with matching white trousers and heels.

Talking about the raunchy new film, which sees her play a medieval fisherwoman who develops a romantic relationship with a man made of wicker, played by Alexander, Olivia said: "I've never read anything like it before. It’s in my top three scripts that I’ve loved and I’ve done."

Olivia stars in the film alongside Alexander Skarsgård© Getty Images for ZFF
Olivia stars in the film alongside Alexander Skarsgård

"It's beautiful, funny and original. And yes, the only way you can sell it is by having a picture of Alex as a very sexy basket."

Olivia later added: "None of the women [in the film] have their own names, except for the fisherwoman, and she’s shunned and ostracised for being sort of ugly and smelly, and unmarriable. But she shows them."

Olivia opens up about cosmetic procedures

As well as a killer hair transformation, Olivia has been incredibly candid in the past about her .

In 2024, Vernon Kay asked he in an interview: "Does it hurt?" to which she replied: "Yeah, it’s needles in your face."

Olivia famously rocks ultra-short curls © FilmMagic
Olivia famously rocks ultra-short curls

In a 2015 interview with The Times, the Broadchurch actress also described how she would use it between movie and television work.

"I have done Botox, and I loved it. I’ve done it when I know there is a big gap [between acting roles]" she said.

Olivia Colman arrives at the 91st Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood and Highland on February 24, 2019 in Hollywood, California. © Getty Images
Olivia has also joked about her love of botox

As for how her husband, Ed Sinclair, reacted to the treatment, Olivia revealed: "

"I didn’t tell my husband, and then for about six months he kept saying, 'Hello Pretty, ' and then I told him, and he found it hilarious."

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