Alison Oliver

Alison Oliver (born June 3, 1997, in Cork, Ireland) is an Irish screen actor whose rise has been marked by sharply observed performances across television, film, and stage. She first drew wide attention through high-profile TV work, including the BBC Three/Hulu miniseries Conversations with Friends (2022), and later expanded her international profile with the HBO series Task (2025). In 2023, Variety highlighted her as an actor to watch.

Oliver’s feature breakthrough arrived with Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn, where she played Venetia Catton. The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival and went on to earn major awards attention, including Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations—placing Oliver at the center of one of the decade’s most talked-about releases.

She continued building momentum with a supporting turn as Debbie Mathews in Justin Kurzel’s The Order, which debuted at the Venice International Film Festival. Her growing collaboration with Fennell also led to her casting as Isabella Linton in the filmmaker’s upcoming adaptation of Wuthering Heights.

Beyond these headline projects, Oliver’s credits include Sound & Colour (as Hannah), National Theatre Live: The Other Place (as Issy), Christy (as Chloe), and the international title Five and a Half Love Stories in an Apartment in Vilnius, Lithuania (as Avril), underscoring her range across formats and genres.