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Ingrid Oliver

Ingrid Oliver

Born: 1977-02-25 • London, England, UK

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.

Filmography
The Thursday Murder Club poster
The Thursday Murder Club
2025 • Joanna
Last Christmas poster
Last Christmas
2019 • Police Woman Crowley
The Hustle poster
The Hustle
2019 • Brigitte Desjardins
You, Me and Him poster
You, Me and Him
2018 • Lily
96 Ways to Say I Love You poster
96 Ways to Say I Love You
2015 • Cammy
Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven poster
Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven
2014 • Osgood
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor poster
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
2013 • Petronella Osgood
Tales of Television Centre poster
Tales of Television Centre
2012 • Self
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes poster
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
2011 • Self
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging poster
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
2008 • Miss Stamp
Footprints in the Snow poster
Footprints in the Snow
2005 • Back-Up Organiser