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Olivia Thirlby

Olivia Thirlby

Highest Rated: 94% Juno (2007)

Lowest Rated: 9% Just Before I Go (2014)

Birthday: Oct 6, 1986

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

In her graduating class of 57 at the Quaker-run Friends Seminary in New York City, Olivia Thirlby was one of just a handful of students who didn't go to college. Instead, she landed her first acting role in "United 93" (2006); made her TV debut on "Kidnapped" (NBC, 2006-07); and portrayed Ellen Page's wisecracking best friend in the Academy Award-winning "Juno" (2007). Her high school days continued in "The Wackness" (2008), where she portrayed Sir Ben Kingsley's open-minded stepdaughter. Thirlby, who received classical training in both New York and London, appeared on the cult HBO series "Bored to Death" (2009-2011) and later branched out into voice acting with director David Gordon Green's animated series "Good Vibes" (MTV, 2011) before landing back-to-back lead roles in "Nobody Walks" (2012) and "Dredd" (2012). A firm believer in being true to yourself (she came out as bisexual in 2011), Olivia Thirlby brings that same honesty and intensity to every performance.

Highest rated movies

94% Juno
89% Red Knot
84% The Stanford Prison Experiment
80% Chappaquiddick
80% Dredd
78% Solitary Man
74% Lousy Carter
71% The Wackness

Photos

Olivia Thirlby JUNO, Kaaren de Zilva, Ellen Page, Olivia Thirlby, Allison Janney, 2007. TM & ©Fox Searchlight. All rights reserved BEING FLYNN, Olivia Thirlby, 2012. ph: David Lee/©Focus Features BETWEEN US, from left: Olivia Thirlby, Ben Feldman, 2016. ph: Aaron Epstein THE DARKEST HOUR, l-r: Emile Hirsch, Max Minghella, Olivia Thirlby, Rachael Taylor, Joel Kinnaman, 2011, ph: Rico Torres/©Summit Entertainment THE WACKNESS, Josh Peck, Olivia Thirlby, 2008. ©Sony Pictures Classics SOLITARY MAN, from left: Jesse Eisenberg, Olivia Thirlby, 2009. ph: Phillip V. Caruso/©Anchor Bay JUST BEFORE I GO, from left: Seann William Scott, Olivia Thirlby, 2014. ©Anchor Bay NOBODY WALKS, Olivia Thirlby, 2012, ph: Nicholas Trikonis/©Magnolia Pictures NOBODY WALKS, l-r: John Krasinski, Olivia Thirlby, 2012, ph: Nicholas Trikonis/©Strand Releasing NOBODY WALKS, Olivia Thirlby, 2012, ph: Nicholas Trikonis/©Magnolia Pictures DREDD 3D, (aka DREDD), from left: Olivia Thirlby, Karl Urban, 2012. ph: Joe Alblas/©Lionsgate NOBODY WALKS, Olivia Thirlby, 2012, ph: Nicholas Trikonis/©Magnolia Pictures NOBODY WALKS, l-r: John Krasinski, Olivia Thirlby, 2012, ph: Nicholas Trikonis/©Strand Releasing NOBODY WALKS, Olivia Thirlby, 2012, ph: Nicholas Trikonis/©Magnolia Pictures NOBODY WALKS, Olivia Thirlby, 2012, ph: Nicholas Trikonis/©Magnolia Pictures NOBODY WALKS, l-r: John Krasinski, Olivia Thirlby, 2012, ph: Nicholas Trikonis/©Strand Releasing NOBODY WALKS, Olivia Thirlby, 2012, ph: Nicholas Trikonis/©Magnolia Pictures THE DARKEST HOUR, Max Minghella (left, purple shirt), Emile Hirsch (open white shirt), Joel Kinnaman (center, tallest), Olivia Thirlby (center), Rachael Taylor (blonde, right of center), 2011. Ph: Rico Torres/©Summit Entertainment THE DARKEST HOUR, from left: Max Minghella, Rachael Taylor, Olivia Thirlby, Emile Hirsch, 2011. Ph: Rico Torres/©Summit Entertainment
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
74% 81% Lousy Carter Candela (Character) $11.2K 2023
70% 63% Above the Shadows Holly (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet 45% The White Orchid Claire (Character) - 2018
14% 60% Damascus Cover Kim (Character) - 2017
80% 68% Chappaquiddick Rachel Schiff (Character) $17.4M 2017
50% 33% Between Us Dianne (Character) - 2016
31% 58% Welcome to Happiness Trudy (Character) - 2015
84% 75% The Stanford Prison Experiment Christina Zimbardo (Character) $643.6K 2015
29% 63% The Wedding Ringer Alison Palmer (Character) $64.5M 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet You Above All Unknown (Character) - 2015
89% 45% Red Knot Chloe Harrison (Character) - 2014
9% 63% Just Before I Go Greta (Character) $8.1K 2014
70% 70% 5 to 7 Jane (Character) $116.4K 2014
41% 23% Nobody Walks Martine (Character) - 2012
80% 72% Dredd Cassandra Anderson (Character) $13.3M 2012
51% 41% Being Flynn Denise (Character) $526.3K 2012
11% 25% The Darkest Hour Natalie (Character) $21.4M 2011
47% 51% No Strings Attached Katie (Character) $70.6M 2011
78% 50% Solitary Man Cheston's Girlfriend (Character) $4.4M 2009
60% 58% Breaking Upwards Erika (Character) $76.4K 2009
32% 42% The Answer Man Anne (Character) $25.6K 2009
17% 31% What Goes Up Tess (Character) - 2009
50% 33% Uncertainty Sophie Montero (Character) $36.2K 2008
71% 72% The Wackness Stephanie (Character) $2.1M 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Wackness Stephanie (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 73% The Secret Samantha Marris (Character) - 2007
70% 50% Love Comes Lately Sylvia (Character) $77.5K 2007
67% 67% Snow Angels Lila Raybern (Character) $402.8K 2007
94% 88% Juno Leah (Character) $143.5M 2007

TV

Credit
77% 62% Y: The Last Man Hero Brown (Character) 2021
No Score Yet 78% The L Word: Generation Q Rebecca (Character) 2019-2021
86% 71% Goliath Lucy Kittridge (Character) 2016
70% No Score Yet Good Vibes Jeena (Voice) 2011
79% 81% Bored to Death Unknown (Character) 2009
67% No Score Yet Kidnapped Unknown (Guest Star) 2006