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Genevieve O'Reilly

Genevieve O'Reilly

Known For Acting
Birthday Jan 06, 1977 (48)
Birthplace Dublin, Ireland
Popularity 0.9 (history)
Updated May 15, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 Theat ... re 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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Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

2022

as Mon Mothma (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Dry

The Dry

2021

as Gretchen Schoner

The Kid Who Would Be King

The Kid Who Would Be King

2019

as Sophie

Tolkien

Tolkien

2019

as Mrs. Smith

The Snowman

The Snowman

2017

as Birte Becker

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

2016

as Mon Mothma

The Legend of Tarzan

The Legend of Tarzan

2016

as Alice Clayton

Survivor

Survivor

2015

as Lisa Carr

Forget Me Not

Forget Me Not

2011

as Eve Fisher

The Young Victoria

The Young Victoria

2009

as Lady Flora Hastings

Diana: Last Days of a Princess

Diana: Last Days of a Princess

2007

as Princess Diana

The Time of Your Life

The Time of Your Life

2007

as Kate

Cyber Wars

Cyber Wars

2004

as Dash MacKenzie

The Matrix Revolutions

The Matrix Revolutions

2003

as Officer Wirtz

The Matrix Reloaded

The Matrix Reloaded

2003

as Officer Wirtz

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Tin Star

as Angela Worth

Episodes: 25

First Aired: Sep 07, 2017

Episodes

as Jamie Lapidus

Episodes: 14

First Aired: Jan 09, 2011

Glitch

as Elishia Glass

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Jul 09, 2015

Star Wars: Andor

as Mon Mothma

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Sep 21, 2022

The Honourable Woman

as Frances Pirsig

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Jul 03, 2014

Banished

as Mrs. Mary Johnson

Episodes: 7

First Aired: Mar 05, 2015

Spooks

as Sarah Caulfield

Episodes: 7

First Aired: May 13, 2002

The State Within

as Caroline Hanley

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Nov 02, 2006

The Time of Your Life

as Kate

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Jun 18, 2007

Star Wars Rebels

as Mon Mothma (voice)

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Oct 13, 2014

Star Wars: Go Rogue

as Mon Mothma (voice)

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Aug 30, 2016

The Secret

as Hazel Buchanan

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Apr 29, 2016

Ahsoka

as Mon Mothma

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Aug 22, 2023

The Last Weekend

as Daisy

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Aug 19, 2012

Three Families

as Rose

Episodes: 2

First Aired: May 10, 2021

Crossing Lines

as Sienna Pride

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Aug 22, 2013

Waking the Dead

as Julie Rees

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jun 18, 2001

Law & Order: UK

as Claudia Martin

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 23, 2009

BeastMaster

as Nagha

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 09, 1999

New Tricks

as Miranda Armstrong

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 2004

Endeavour

as Annette Richardson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 14, 2013

Midsomer Murders

as Nina Morgan

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 23, 1997

Young Lions

as Kimberly Oswald

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 17, 2002

The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 30, 2005

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