Ingrid Oliver

Ingrid Oliver
Oliver at Super Retrocon, April 2017
Born	(1977-02-25) 25 February 1977 London, United Kingdom
Occupation(s)	Actress, comedian, writer
Years active	2005–present

Ingrid Oliver (born 25 February 1977) is a British actress and comedian, and one half of the comic double act Watson & Oliver. She is known for playing Petronella Osgood, a supporting character in the BBC television series Doctor Who.

Career

Oliver and her comedy partner Lorna Watson met at Tiffin Girls' School in Kingston upon Thames. In September 2005, Watson and Oliver performed their first show together at the Canal Cafe Theatre in London. Since then they have taken sell-out shows to Edinburgh Festival Fringe, in both 2006 and 2007.

Oliver has performed in various radio and television programmes, including Doc Martin starring Martin Clunes, The Penny Dreadfuls' radio series The Penny Dreadfuls Present... The Brothers Faversham and the radio series Another Case of Milton Jones. She played the part of Natalie in Peep Show on Channel 4.

She appears in the film Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging as Miss Stamp, and in early 2009 could be seen in Channel 4's sitcom Plus One.

In 2010, Oliver played Mimi Throckmorton in Material Girl on BBC One, alongside Lenora Crichlow and Dervla Kirwan. In 2012, she appeared on Let's Dance For Sport Relief with comedy partner Lorna Watson, dancing Boléro, famously used by Torvill and Dean. The following year, she appeared in the first episode of The Great Comic Relief Bake Off and was named as 'Star Baker'. The same year, she appeared in the 50th anniversary special of Doctor Who, "The Day of the Doctor", as Osgood. She reprised the role in the episodes "Death in Heaven", "The Zygon Invasion" and "The Zygon Inversion".

Personal life

Her grandfather, Eric Gideon, was a D-Day veteran who died in 2017, shortly after receiving the Legion d'Honneur for his service to France during the war. Her mother is Conservative MP Jo Gideon, who became the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stoke-on-Trent Central in 2019.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Footprints in the Snow	Back-up Organiser
2005	Doc Martin	Radio Technician	Episode: "Aromatherapy"
2006	Vital Signs	Mother #2	Episode: "Episode #1.2"
2007	Biffovision	Mrs. Peggy
2007	Watson and Oliver: The Movie	Herself
2007	Comedy Showcase	Rebecca Black
2008	The Gym	Miriam	1 Episode
2008	Peep Show	Natalie	Episode: "Jeremy's Mummy"
2008	Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging	Mrs. Stamp
2008	Tonightly	Ingrid	Episode: "Episode #1.1"
2008	The Wrong Door	Various Characters	6 episodes
2009	Plus One	Rebecca Black	5 episodes
2009	The Fixer	Sadie	Episode: "Episode #2.4"
2010	The Persuationists	Harriet	Episode: "The Australianess"
2010	Material Girl	Mimi Throckmorton	6 episodes
2011	Twenty Twelve	AP The Today Program	Episode: "Episode #1.6"
2011	Lead Balloon	Jenny	Episode: "Pig"
2012, 2016	The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margret	Yancy McPickles / Vanessa Blojabditz	4 episodes
2012–2013	Watson & Oliver	Various Characters	12 episodes
2013–2015	Doctor Who	Petronella Osgood	4 episodes
2014	Game Face	Clare
2014	96 Ways to Say I Love You	Cammy
2016	Plebs	Camilla	Episode: "Justin Junior"
2016	The Magicians	Dragon (voice)	Episode: "The Rattening"
2019	Silent Witness	D.I. Briggs	2 Episodes
2019	The Hustle	Inspector Desjardins
2019	Last Christmas	Police Woman Crowley

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2018	Doctor Who Infinity	Osgood (voice)
2021	Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins	Osgood

External links

• Ingrid Oliver on Twitter
• Ingrid Oliver at IMDb