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.

Filmography

• Run Away — Yvonne Previdi
• Bookish — Liesl Pohl
• 2025The Thursday Murder Club — Joanna
• Rivals — Clara Forgan
• Sweetpea — DI St John
• Beyond Paradise — Cassie Parker
• The Watch — Dr Cruces
• 2019Last Christmas — Police Woman Crowley
• 2019The Hustle — Brigitte Desjardins
• 2018You, Me and Him — Lily
• 201596 Ways to Say I Love You — Cammy
• The Magicians — Dragon (voice)
• 2014Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven — Osgood
• 2013Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor — Petronella Osgood
• Father Brown — Gaynor Garfield
• Plebs — Camilla
• Watson & Oliver
• Twenty Twelve — AP The Today Programme
• The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret — Vanessa Blojabditz / Yancy McPickles
• The Persuasionists — Harriet
• Plus One — Rebecca Black
• 2008Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging — Miss Stamp
• The Fixer
• The Wrong Door — Various
• Comedy Showcase — Rebecca Black
• Lead Balloon
• Vital Signs — Mum
• Doctor Who — Osgood
• 2005Footprints in the Snow — Back-Up Organiser
• Peep Show — Natalie
• Gameface — Clare
• The Story of Ken — Director

Appearances as themselves (7)

• Richard Osman's House of Games — Self - Contestant
• Doctor Who Extra — Self
• The Great Comic Relief Bake Off — Self - Contestant
• 2012Tales of Television Centre — Self
• Celebrity Antiques Road Trip — Self - Participant
• 2011Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes — Self
• Let's Dance for Sport Relief — Self - Contestant