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.

Known For

Doctor Who

as Osgood

The Hustle

as Brigitte Desjardins

Last Christmas

as Police Woman Crowley

The Magicians

as Dragon (voice)

Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging

as Miss Stamp

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

as Petronella Osgood

Peep Show

as Natalie

Father Brown

as Gaynor Garfield

The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret

as Vanessa Blojabditz / Yancy McPickles

Plebs

as Camilla