Olivia Colman set to be honoured with the prestigious BFI Fellowship

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Olivia Colman is set to be honoured with the prestigious BFI Fellowship at the BFI Chairman’s dinner in March.

The British actress, 45, who has been setting award season alight with her numerous Leading Actress nominations for The Favourite, has revealed that she is 'absolutely bowled over' by the prestigious recognition from the British Film Institute.

Continuing of the honour, which 'recognises her distinctive and prodigious acting talents', Colman enthused: 'The BFI is a wonderful organisation and that I will soon be in a Fellowship with so many of my heroes is an honour that is hard to compute.' 

Clearly unable to contain her delight over the ceremony dinner, which will be held at March 6 at London’s Rosewood hotel, Olivia concluded: 'Thank you a thousand times, I really am thrilled. THANK YOU!'

Following the honour, Olivia will be joining the ranks of previous recipients Helena Bonham Carter, Cate Blanchett, Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Steve McQueen and Hugh Grant.    

BFI chair, Josh Berger, couldn't help but gush about the star: 'I am thrilled the BFI is giving its highest honour, the BFI Fellowship, to Olivia Colman, at such an exciting point in her career.

'Olivia is a brilliant comic actor and one of the industry’s finest dramatic performers. Her ability to be relatable in such a diverse range of roles generates incredible warmth and admiration from audiences.