Continuing with "The Crown", we move onto the next actor to take on the mantle, Academy-Award winner, and all-round National Sweetheart, Olivia Colman. Colman portrays the Queen in the next stage of her life, moving away from Foy's approach to the character, to a slightly colder, more mature iteration.
Colman's era on "The Crown" covered a time in the Queen's life in which her identity as a mother was just as crucial as her identity as a monarch. In particular, her relationship with Charles, and subsequently Diana, was a central theme in the fourth season of the show. The empathy shown to other characters in the monarchy meant that the Queen herself is more easily criticised, but Colman strikes the balance in portraying Elizabeth as flawed without it seeming disrespectful.
Colman continued the critical acclaim attached to the role, taking home an Emmy for the most recent season of the series, after receiving a nomination the year before.