Oscar-Winner Olivia Colman Receives the Stockholm Achievement Award 2026

Academy Award-winning British actress Olivia Colman will receive the Stockholm Achievement Award 2026. She will attend the Stockholm International Film Festival for the Nordic premiere of Wicker, alongside her co-stars Alexander Skarsgård and Gustav Lindh. The darkly humorous and offbeat love story also stars Peter Dinklage and Elizabeth Debicki.

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The 2026 Stockholm Achievement Award goes to one of the greatest actors of her generation. From an Oscar-winning 18th-century despot to a Golden Globe-winning monarch, her distinctly British wit remains an unmistakable hallmark. Equally, her celebrated portrayals of both mothers and daughters offer an unwavering tribute to women who defy convention. Add to this a remarkable blend of unpredictability, vulnerability and humour – qualities that come together particularly vividly in her latest film, Wicker. The 2026 Stockholm Achievement Award is presented to Olivia Colman.

In Wicker, which is featured at this year’s festival, Olivia Colman showcases the full range of her artistic talent as a lone fisherman in a small coastal village. Tired of her life as a ”spinster” and the villagers’ prejudice, she orders a husband woven from willow branches by the villages magical basket maker (Peter Dinklage). The husband is played by Alexander Skarsgård, who received the Stockholm Achievement Award 2025.

Written and directed by Alex Huston Fischer, and Eleanor Wilson, the film draws inspiration from Ursula Wills-Jones' short story The Wicker Husband. The dark folk tale has been expanded into a larger story about love, jealousy, loneliness and fear of the unknown. At its world-premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, the film attracted attention for its distinctive combination of romance, dark comedy and folklore. The star-studded ensemble also features Swedish actor Gustav Lindh and Elizabeth Debicki.

Colman has time and time again demonstrated her extraordinary range. Her performances have spanned cult favourites such as roles in Peep Show and Doctor Who to Elizabeth II in The Crown. Her portrayal of the British monarch earned Colman both an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe.

She received an Academy Award for her portrayal of Queen Anne in Yorgos Lanthimos The Favourite (2018), playing the capricious, hot-tempered and deeply unhappy monarch. A performance that combined brutality with tenderness in equal measure, it cemented her status as one of the finest actors of her generation.

Colman also received Oscar nominations for her performances in Florian Zeller’s The Father (2020) and Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Lost Daughter (2021).

This year’s festival is not the first time Olivia Colman puts her mark on the Stockholm International Film Festival. Fifteen years ago, she received a special mention from the festival jury for her unforgettable portrayal of Hannah, a devout woman trapped in an abusive marriage, in Paddy Considine’s Tyrannosaur (2011).

This year’s festival programme also features Olivia Colman in Dario Russo’s dark fantasy comedy The Fox, where she voices a cunning and silver-tongued fox. Among her co-stars is a feather-clad Sam Neill, in what marks one of the legendary Australian actor’s final roles.

On Wednesday, November 11 at 9:15 pm, Olivia Colman will receive the Bronze Horse for the Stockholm Achievement Award 2026 at Bio Skandia in Stockholm. She will participate in a Face2Face-conversation ahead of the Wicker screening. Alexander Skarsgård and Gustav Lindh will also be attending the screening.

As previously announced, acclaimed Italian-American actor John Turturro will also receive the Stockholm Achievement Award 2026. Turturro will attend the festival with his latest film The Only Living Pickpocket in New York, and will attend the festival on both November 19 and 20.

The Stockholm Achievement Award is presented to actors whose work has made a significant and lasting impact on the art of cinema. Previous recipients include Alexander Skarsgård (2025), Jesse Eisenberg (2024), Ethan Hawke (2023), Kenneth Branagh (2021), Ellen Burstyn (2015), Uma Thurman (2014) and Willem Dafoe (2012).

For further information or any other press inquiries regarding the festival, please contact:

Angela Ljungblad, press officer Stockholms filmfestival, press@stockholmfilmfestival.se

Elvis Forsberg Liem, press coordinator Stockholms filmfestival, pressekreterare@stockholmfilmfestival.se

Arvid Munkner, press assistant Stockholms filmfestival, pressassistent@stockholmfilmfestival.se