Olivia Colman, 52, says she feels nonbinary and describes herself as a ‘gay man’ to her husband

Olivia Colman says she’s always felt “kind of non-binary,” as the actress talked about her identity in a new interview.

Olivia, 52, known for her roles in The Crown, The Favorite and Heartstopper and who has been married to husband Ed Sinclair for 25 years, said in her honest chat that she had ‘never felt more feminine’.

She explained: ‘My whole life I’ve had arguments with people where I’ve always felt non-binary.

‘I have never felt hugely feminine in my female being. I have always identified myself as a gay man to my husband.

‘And he said ‘yes I understand.’ That’s why I feel at home and comfortable.’

he added Them: ‘I don’t really spend a lot of time with people who are heterosexual.’

Olivia, 52, known for her roles in The Crown, The Favorite and Heartstopper, said she has ‘never felt more feminine’ in her honest chat.

Olivia Colman has been married to Ed Sinclair since 2001.

Non-binary is a term used to describe a person’s gender identity that falls outside the traditional binary of male and female.

Olivia’s comments come as she plays a mother who takes her non-binary child to visit her gay father abroad in new gay film Jimpa.

The mother of three actress, who won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2019, stars with John Lithgow in the new movie.

Olivia previously admitted that her Oscar had only been on display in her home for a year before being hidden in a cupboard.

Appearing on the Graham Norton Show in December 2022, host Graham asked her: ‘Where is your Oscar Olivia? Where do you keep it?’

A shy Olivia explained: ‘It’s in the cupboard,’ while Graham asked: ‘Does the cupboard have a glass front?’

But the star replied: ‘No, it feels a bit pretentious to take it out. So I put it in the closet so I could say “Hello!” I can say.’

He continued: ‘He must be out. It went off the air for the first year, but I think you should just keep going from now on, forget what happened and keep working.’

Olivia’s comments come as she plays a mother who takes her non-binary child to visit her gay father abroad in new gay film Jimpa.

The mother of three actress, who won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2019, stars with John Lithgow in the new film.

But last August, Olivia revealed she had to move the little golden figure to her bookshelf after discovering the cupboard where she kept it was damp.

Speaking on the SmartLess podcast, the Godfather star admitted that it was the mechanic who saved the trophy.

He recalled: ‘I don’t have anything to display at home… I find it a bit ostentatious. It was in a closet in our living room, but we noticed the closet was a little damp.

‘We live in a very old house – the front is 1600 – so it’s nice but a little damp. And our dear Darren, a carpenter, handyman and painter, opened the closet and said: “Are you kidding? It’s damp in here, you know?”

‘So she got me to take it out and now I keep it on a bookshelf but behind a book so I know it’s there and I can say ‘Hi’ to it.’