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Olivia Thirlby

Olivia Thirlby

23 movies on Netflix

Biography

Olivia Thirlby is an American actress who grew up in Manhattan's East Village and began acting on screen in 2006, with the film United 93 and the television series Kidnapped. She is best known for playing Leah in Juno (2007), Natalie in The Darkest Hour (2011) and Judge Cassandra Anderson in Dredd (2012), and she also appeared in The Wackness (2008) and the indie drama Nobody Walks (2012). Her stage debut came in Beau Willimon's Farragut North at the Atlantic Theater Company, and she has worked in television on Bored to Death, Goliath, The L Word: Generation Q and Y: The Last Man. Later film roles include Damascus Cover (2017), The White Orchid (2018) and Above the Shadows (2019), and in 2023 she portrayed Lilli Hornig in Oppenheimer.

40years old

Turns 41 on October 6in 358 days

  • Born New York City
  • Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
  • Also credited as Olivia J. Thirlby and Olivia Jo Thirlby

Movie Career

Films
23
Career span
16 years2007 to 2023

Genres

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  1. Early training

    Thirlby trained in stage combat at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, completing a course with the British Academy of Stage and Screen Combat.

  2. First role

    Thirlby made her stage debut in Beau Willimon's play Farragut North at the Atlantic Theater Company, an Off-Broadway production that ran in late 2008 and later transferred to the Geffen Playhouse.

Olivia Thirlby movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Dredd2012 Action, Crime, Sci-Fias Anderson

    IMDb rating 7.1315K votes

  2. Juno2007 Comedy, Drama, Romanceas Leah

    IMDb rating 7.4575K votes

  3. No Strings Attached2011as Katie

    IMDb rating 6.2257K votes

  4. The Darkest Hour2011as Natalie

    IMDb rating 4.967K votes

  5. The Wedding Ringer2015as Alison Palmer

    IMDb rating 6.686K votes

  6. Just Before I Go2014as Greta

    IMDb rating 6.421K votes

  7. The Stanford Prison Experiment2015as Dr. Christina Maslach

    IMDb rating 6.848K votes

  8. The Wackness2008as Stephanie

    IMDb rating 6.932K votes

Most often with

Clancy Brown appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Olivia Thirlby's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$620 million

16 of the 23 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 23 films: 16 worldwide figure; 5 us gross only; 2 figure not found.

  • 16Worldwide figure
  • 5US gross only
  • 2Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Juno2007as Leah
    $232M37.5% of the total
  2. 2
    $149M24.0% of the total
  3. 3
    The Wedding Ringer2015as Alison Palmer
    $80M12.9% of the total
  4. 4
    The Darkest Hour2011as Natalie
    $65M10.4% of the total
  5. 5
    Dredd2012as Anderson
    $41M6.6% of the total
  6. 6
    Dumb Money2023as Yaara Bank-Plotkin
    $21M3.3% of the total
  7. 7
    Chappaquiddick2018as Rachel Schiff
    $18M2.9% of the total
  8. 8
    New York, I Love You2008as Actress (segment "Brett Ratner")
    $10.0M1.6% of the total
The Wackness (2008), $3.2 millionThe Stanford Prison Experiment (2015), $643,557Being Flynn (2012), $540,152Snow Angels (2007), $414,404The Answer Man (2009), $26,676Nobody Walks (2012), $24,995Damascus Cover (2017), $19,532Above the Shadows (2019), $1,594

$4.8 millionfrom the other 8 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total