Orla O'Rourke

Biography

Orla O'Rourke is an actress from Zambia, born there to Irish parents, and she moved to Ireland when she was five. She started drama school at thirteen and gave her first professional theater performance at sixteen in Adult Child/ Dead Child. After school she traveled and took minor acting jobs, then earned a degree in film and broadcasting. While studying she landed her first regular role, Sinead Kelly, in the award-winning series The Clinic. She went on to ITV's Malice Aforethought, directed by David Blair, and to The Front Line, her first Irish feature, directed by David Gleeson. Later came the British medical drama Casualty and Daniel Barber's Harry Brown, with Charlie Creed-Miles, Emily Mortimer and Michael Caine. Other credits were Case Histories for BBC 1, with Jason Isaacs, and Strike Back II for HBO and Sky, with Liam Cunningham. She has described versatility as essential for an actor.

Movie Career

Films: 6
Career span: 9 years2011 to 2020

Genres

Comedy50%, 3 films
Drama33%, 2 films
Horror33%, 2 films
Action17%, 1 film
Crime17%, 1 film

First and latest

Orla O'Rourke movies on Netflix

Roald Dahl's The Witches2020IMDb rating 5.4as Saoirse
The Postcard Killings2020IMDb rating 5.8as Nancy
Redcon-12018IMDb rating 3.8as Miranda
Calvary2014IMDb rating 7.4as Veronica Brennan
Down Dog2014IMDb rating 5.1as Rachel / Harriet / Flora
The Cabin2011IMDb rating 5.4as Heather

Best known for

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

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Calvary2014 Comedy, Drama, Mysteryas Veronica Brennan
IMDb rating 7.469K votes
Roald Dahl's The Witches2020 Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horroras Saoirse
IMDb rating 5.453K votes
The Postcard Killings2020as Nancy
IMDb rating 5.819K votes
Redcon-12018as Miranda
IMDb rating 3.83.9K votes
Down Dog2014as Rachel / Harriet / Flora
IMDb rating 5.1151 votes
The Cabin2011as Heather
IMDb rating 5.4408 votes

Worked with

Orla O'Rourke shares two films with Naomi Battrick, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Naomi Battrick

Stanley Tucci

M. Emmet Walsh

Octavia Spencer

Brendan Gleeson

Chris RockJohn Michael McDonaghDirector, 1 film

Robert ZemeckisDirector, 1 film Danis TanovicDirector, 1 film

Films together

Naomi Battrick2 films together, 2014 to 2020
Naomi Battrick's page
- The Postcard Killings2020IMDb rating 5.8O'Rourke as NancyBattrick as Marina Haysmith / Sylvia Randolph
- Down Dog2014IMDb rating 5.1O'Rourke as Rachel / Harriet / FloraBattrick as Ella
Stanley Tucci1 film together, 2020
Stanley Tucci's page
- Roald Dahl's The Witches2020IMDb rating 5.4O'Rourke as SaoirseTucci as Mr. Stringer
M. Emmet Walsh1 film together, 2014
M. Emmet Walsh's page
- Calvary2014IMDb rating 7.4O'Rourke as Veronica BrennanWalsh as The Writer
Octavia Spencer1 film together, 2020
Octavia Spencer's page
- Roald Dahl's The Witches2020IMDb rating 5.4O'Rourke as SaoirseSpencer as Grandma
Brendan Gleeson1 film together, 2014
Brendan Gleeson's page
- Calvary2014IMDb rating 7.4O'Rourke as Veronica BrennanGleeson as Father James
Chris Rock1 film together, 2020
Chris Rock's page
- Roald Dahl's The Witches2020IMDb rating 5.4O'Rourke as SaoirseRock as Older Herovoice
John Michael McDonaghDirector, 1 film, 2014
All films by John Michael McDonagh
- Calvary2014IMDb rating 7.4O'Rourke as Veronica Brennan
Robert ZemeckisDirector, 1 film, 2020
All films by Robert Zemeckis
- Roald Dahl's The Witches2020IMDb rating 5.4O'Rourke as Saoirse
Danis TanovicDirector, 1 film, 2020
All films by Danis Tanovic
- The Postcard Killings2020IMDb rating 5.8O'Rourke as Nancy

Online

Official profiles and reference pages.

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