Olivia Colman

LIVIA COLMAN IS CONTINUING HER STREAK OF INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCES with two big ones this December. First is the HBO miniseries (Mondays in December), based on the true story of Susan and Christopher Edwards, the mild-mannered British couple charged with the murder of Susan’s parents (Netflix, December 31). “Some directors are just gifted and amazing, but it is particularly lovely being directed by someone who has also been an actor.” Colman plays Leda, a professor who consciously decides to disrupt another family’s vacation by taking a beloved doll from the little girl whose mother Nina (Dakota Johnson) and family are visibly toying with Leda. “Leda’s sort of having an awakening of many things, looking back and forgiving herself about how she was like as a younger mum.”