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Genevieve O'Reilly

Genevieve O'Reilly (born January 6, 1977) is an Irish actress who has worked in both the United Kingdom and Australia. O'Reilly was cast as the understudy in director Gale Edwards' production of The White Devil a week after graduating from drama school. She went on to appear in Edwards' Sydney Theatre Company production of The Way of the World.Other theatre credits include The Weir by Conor McPherson, at the Gate Theatre, Dublin, and Richard II at the Old Vic.Recent parts at the Royal National Theatre have been in new play, Mike Bartlett's 13 and as Helena, wife to Andrew Scott's emperor Julian in the 2011 production of Ibsen's epic Emperor and Galilean. O'Reilly is due to perform in George Bernard Shaw's The Doctor's Dilemma from July 2012. O'Reilly has appeared in several productions filmed in Australia, including both The Matrix sequels. She also played the young Mon Mothma in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, and starred as Leanne Curtis in the medical drama All Saints. Since moving to the UK, O'Reilly has starred in the political mini-series The State Within, played Princess Diana in the 2007 television docudrama Diana: Last Days of a Princess, and taken the lead role in The Time of Your Life. She played CIA liaison officer Sarah Caulfield in the eighth series of BBC drama Spooks. O'Reilly also played the character of Michelle Beadley in the remake of The Day of the Triffids that aired on BBC One in December 2009. In 2011 she appeared in the BBC/Showtime comedy Episodes playing Jamie Lapidus, the blind wife of a TV executive, Merc Lapidus. She reprised the role in the second and third series, broadcast in 2012 and 2014. O'Reilly's film credits include Right Here Right Now (2004), The Young Victoria (2009) and the 2004 science fiction filmAvatar, playing the lead role of Dash MacKenzie. In June 2013, O'Reilly appeared in the pilot episode of the international crime drama "Crossing Lines" cast as Detective and Interrogation Specialist Sienna Pride, attached to the ICC team from Britain's Scotland Yard. In the final minutes of this pilot episode, her character was stabbed and killed with a knife used by an American State Department employee, Gerald Wilhoit (Eddie Jemison) who enjoyed Diplomatic Immunity, while the ICC team was chasing him (and searching for their abducted police colleague) in the Tiergarten Park in Berlin, Germany.


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Born:
Jan 1, 1977 In Dublin, Ireland
Movie/TV Credits:
34
First Appeared:
In the series BeastMaster 1999-10-09
Latest Project:
Series Star Wars: Andor 2022-09-21
Known For
Poster of The Dry
Poster of The Last Weekend
Poster of Forget Me Not
Poster of Diana: Last Days of a Princess
Filmography
Series Star Wars: Andor Mon Mothma 2022-09-21
Movie Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look Mon Mothma (archive footage) (uncredited) 2022-09-08
Movie The Dry Gretchen Schoner 2021-01-01
Series Three Families Rose 2021-05-10
Movie The Kid Who Would Be King Sophie 2019-01-16
Movie Tolkien Mrs. Smith 2019-05-03
Movie The Snowman Birte Becker 2017-08-24
Series Tin Star Angela Worth 2017-09-07
Movie The Legend of Tarzan Alice Clayton 2016-06-29
Series The Secret Hazel Buchanan 2016-04-29
Series Star Wars: Go Rogue Mon Mothma (voice) 2016-08-30
Movie Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Mon Mothma 2016-12-14
Series Banished Mrs. Mary Johnson 2015-03-05
Series Glitch Elishia Glass 2015-07-09
Movie Survivor Lisa Carr 2015-05-21
Series The Honourable Woman Frances Pirsig 2014-07-03
Series Endeavour Annette Richardson 2013-04-14
Series The Last Weekend Daisy 2012-08-19
Series Episodes Jamie Lapidus 2011-01-09
Movie Forget Me Not Eve Fisher 2011-05-06
Series Law & Order: UK Claudia Martin 2009-02-23
Series The Day of the Triffids Michelle Beadley 2009-12-28
Movie The Young Victoria Lady Flora Hastings 2009-03-04
Movie The Time of Your Life Kate 2007-06-18
Series The Time of Your Life Kate 2007-06-18
Movie Diana: Last Days of a Princess Princess Diana 2007-07-30
Series The State Within Caroline Hanley 2006-11-02
Movie Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Mon Mothma 2005-05-17
Series The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant 2005-10-30
Movie Cyber Wars Dash MacKenzie 2004-09-15
Movie The Matrix Revolutions Officer Wirtz 2003-11-05
Movie The Matrix Reloaded Officer Wirtz 2003-05-15
Series Waking the Dead Unknown 2001-06-18
Series BeastMaster Nagha 1999-10-09