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Ingrid Oliver
Biography
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.
Top Filmography

7.6
Doctor Who
2005 // TV

6.2
The Hustle
2019 // MOVIE

7.2
Last Christmas
2019 // MOVIE

7.6
The Magicians
2015 // TV

6.6
The Thursday Murder Club
2025 // MOVIE

6.5
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
2008 // MOVIE

8.2
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
2013 // MOVIE

8.1
Peep Show
2003 // TV

7.4
Sweetpea
2024 // TV

7.6
Father Brown
2013 // TV

6.6
Run Away
2026 // TV

6.8
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
2010 // TV

7.3
Plebs
2013 // TV

5.4
The Watch
2021 // TV

8.0
Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven
2014 // MOVIE