Orlagh Cassidy

Biography

Orlagh Cassidy is an Irish-American stage, screen and voice actor and an audiobook reader. Born in Washington, D.C., she started acting as a teenager at the Folger Theatre there and studied at SUNY Purchase, where a 1989 Princess Grace Award helped fund training in Britain. She first appeared on Broadway in 1991 in Timberlake Wertenbaker's Our Country's Good, and returned in Garden District, Present Laughter and God of Carnage. Her performance as Maimie Flanagan in a 2006 staging of The Field at the Irish Repertory Theatre brought her a Drama Desk nomination for outstanding actress in a play. On television, her best-known part was Doris Wolfe on the CBS soap opera Guiding Light. Her films include The Sisterhood of Night (2014), Shirley (2020) and After Yang (2021). She has recorded over 160 audiobooks, won 25 Earphones Awards and received two Audie nominations.

58years old

Turns 59 on August 17in 280 days

Born August 17, 1968Washington, D.C.
Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22

Movie Career

Films: 7
Career span: 15 years2009 to 2024

Genres

Drama71%, 5 films
Mystery29%, 2 films
Thriller29%, 2 films
Comedy14%, 1 film
Crime14%, 1 film

First and latest

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First role
Cassidy started acting professionally when she was fourteen. At the Folger Theatre in Washington, D.C., she took on the prologue of Troilus and Cressida.
First role
Cassidy's Broadway debut came in 1991 in Timberlake Wertenbaker's Our Country's Good, where she understudied Cherry Jones, Amelia Campbell, and J. Smith-Cameron.
Behind the camera
Cassidy wrote and performed in her first professional play, the one-woman show It's in The Play, at The Cell Theatre in 2023, and it won Origin's Femme First Award.

Orlagh Cassidy movies on Netflix

Oh, Canada2024IMDb rating 5.6as Sarah Fife
The Pale Blue Eye2022IMDb rating 6.6as Mrs. Fry
After Yang2021IMDb rating 6.6as Lillian
Shirley2020IMDb rating 6.1as Caroline
Beach House2018IMDb rating 5.0as Catherine
Still Alice2014IMDb rating 7.5as Primary Care Doctor
Motherhood2009IMDb rating 4.6as Scarsdale Mom

Best known for

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

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Still Alice2014 Dramaas Primary Care Doctor
IMDb rating 7.5152K votes
After Yang2021 Drama, Sci-Fias Lillian
IMDb rating 6.627K votes
Shirley2020as Caroline
IMDb rating 6.114K votes
The Pale Blue Eye2022as Mrs. Fry
IMDb rating 6.6144K votes
Beach House2018as Catherine
IMDb rating 5.01.8K votes
Oh, Canada2024as Sarah Fife
IMDb rating 5.63.2K votes
Motherhood2009as Scarsdale Mom
IMDb rating 4.64.9K votes

Worked with

Orlagh Cassidy shares two films with Uma Thurman, 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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Uma Thurman

Alec Baldwin

Robert Duvall

Julianne Moore

Timothy Spall

Toby JonesRichard GlatzerDirector, 1 film

Wash WestmorelandDirector, 1 film

Scott CooperDirector, 1 film

Films together

Uma Thurman2 films together, 2009 to 2024
Uma Thurman's page
- Oh, Canada2024IMDb rating 5.6Cassidy as Sarah FifeThurman as Emma / Gloria
- Motherhood2009IMDb rating 4.6Cassidy as Scarsdale MomThurman as Eliza
Alec Baldwin1 film together, 2014
Alec Baldwin's page
- Still Alice2014IMDb rating 7.5Cassidy as Primary Care DoctorBaldwin as Dr. John Howland
Robert Duvall1 film together, 2022
Robert Duvall's page
- The Pale Blue Eye2022IMDb rating 6.6Cassidy as Mrs. FryDuvall as Jean-Pepe
Julianne Moore1 film together, 2014
Julianne Moore's page
- Still Alice2014IMDb rating 7.5Cassidy as Primary Care DoctorMoore as Alice Howland
Timothy Spall1 film together, 2022
Timothy Spall's page
- The Pale Blue Eye2022IMDb rating 6.6Cassidy as Mrs. FrySpall as Superintendent Thayer
Toby Jones1 film together, 2022
Toby Jones's page
- The Pale Blue Eye2022IMDb rating 6.6Cassidy as Mrs. FryJones as Dr. Daniel Marquis
Richard GlatzerDirector, 1 film, 2014
All films by Richard Glatzer
- Still Alice2014IMDb rating 7.5Cassidy as Primary Care Doctor
Wash WestmorelandDirector, 1 film, 2014
All films by Wash Westmoreland
- Still Alice2014IMDb rating 7.5Cassidy as Primary Care Doctor
Scott CooperDirector, 1 film, 2022
All films by Scott Cooper
- The Pale Blue Eye2022IMDb rating 6.6Cassidy as Mrs. Fry

Online

Official profiles and reference pages.

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