Olivia Colman: When were you happiest?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Olivia Colman said elsewhere, not written here

When my husband and I first said we loved each other, in our student flat in Cambridge.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 May 2013 source ↗

Others on this question

Bernadine Evaristo English author and academic

When I met my husband, David, in 2006, on Dating Direct.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 July 2020 source ↗

Reece Shearsmith British actor, comedian and writer

On my honeymoon in Lapland.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 August 2014 source ↗

Maggie O'Farrell Irish-British novelist

Last summer, swimming in a waterfall in Cumbria with my daughters.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 March 2023 source ↗

Joan Bakewell English journalist, television presenter and politician

My student days at Cambridge.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 October 2013 source ↗

As a child, I thought, "Once I am a grown-up, there will be no more fear, no more worries", and it turns out that's not true.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 May 2013 source ↗

Worry that I am not going to work.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 May 2013 source ↗

Summer Breeze, by the Isley Brothers.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 May 2013 source ↗

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