Genevieve O'Reilly

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Acting

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39

Gender

Female

Birthday

1977-01-06 (47 years old)

Place of Birth

Dublin, Ireland

Genevieve O'Reilly

Biography

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.

Known For

The Matrix Reloaded
7.0%

The Matrix Reloaded

May 15, 2003

The Matrix Revolutions
6.7%

The Matrix Revolutions

Nov 5, 2003

The Legend of Tarzan
5.9%

The Legend of Tarzan

Jun 29, 2016

The Snowman
5.2%

The Snowman

Oct 12, 2017

Tolkien
7.0%

Tolkien

May 3, 2019

Star Wars: Andor
8.2%

Star Wars: Andor

Sep 21, 2022

Survivor
5.7%

Survivor

May 21, 2015

The Young Victoria
7.2%

The Young Victoria

Mar 4, 2009

Star Wars Rebels
7.7%

Star Wars Rebels

Oct 13, 2014

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Acting

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Ahsoka as Mon Mothma
2022
Star Wars: Andor as Mon Mothma
2022
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look as Mon Mothma (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
Three Families as Rose
2021
The Dry as Gretchen Schoner
2019
Tolkien as Mrs. Smith
2019
The Kid Who Would Be King as Sophie
2017
The Snowman as Birte Becker
2017
Tin Star as Angela Worth
2016
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story as Mon Mothma
2016
Star Wars: Go Rogue as Mon Mothma (voice)
2016
The Legend of Tarzan as Alice Clayton
2016
The Secret as Hazel Buchanan
2015
Glitch as Elishia Glass
2015
Survivor as Lisa Carr
2015
Banished as Mrs. Mary Johnson
2014
Star Wars Rebels as Mon Mothma (voice)
2014
The Honourable Woman as Frances Pirsig
2013
Crossing Lines as Sienna Pride
2013
Endeavour as Annette Richardson
2012
The Last Weekend as Daisy
2011
Forget Me Not as Eve Fisher
2011
Episodes as Jamie Lapidus
2009
The Young Victoria as Lady Flora Hastings
2009
Law & Order: UK as Claudia Martin
2007
Diana: Last Days of a Princess as Princess Diana
2007
The Time of Your Life as Kate
2007
The Time of Your Life as Kate
2006
The State Within as Caroline Hanley
2005
The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant
2005
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith as Mon Mothma
2004
Cyber Wars as Dash MacKenzie
2004
New Tricks as Miranda Armstrong
2003
The Matrix Revolutions as Officer Wirtz
2003
The Matrix Reloaded as Officer Wirtz
2002
Young Lions as Kimberly Oswald
2001
Waking the Dead as Julie Rees
1999
BeastMaster as Nagha
1997
Midsomer Murders as Nina Morgan
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