Orla Brady

Orla Brady

CountryIreland Ireland
GenderFemale
BirthdayMar 28, 1961
BiographyOrla Brady (born 28 March 1961) is an Irish theatre, television, and film actress born in Dublin. Named in 2020 by The Irish Times as one of Ireland's greatest actors, she has received seven IFTA Award (Irish Film & Television Academy) nominations, a Saturn Award nomination, the Abbey Theatre Award, and Best Actress from the Monte Carlo International Film Festival.

Brady's diverse television credits include Into the Badlands (2016-2019), Mistresses (2008-2010), Star Trek: Picard (2022), Bosch: Legacy (2025), Fringe (2008-2013), Banished (2015), Doctor Who (2013), American Odyssey (2015), American Horror Story (2018), and VisionQuest (2026). On film, Brady's credits include her Award-winning performance in A Love Divided (1999), The Luzhin Defence (2000), Silent Grace (2001), The Foreigner (2017), Rose Plays Julie (2019), and opposite Anthony Hopkins in Freud's Last Session (2023).

Brady trained at École Philippe Gaulier in Paris before an extensive stage career in Dublin and London, starring at the Royal National Theatre, the Abbey Theatre, the Gate Theatre, and on the West End. In 2019, She won the Abbey Theatre Award for her performance in On Broken Wings.

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Known For

Banished
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as Anne Meredith
Empire
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as Atia
Eternal Law
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Eternal Law

as Mrs. Sheringham
Family Law
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as Naoise O'Neill
Into the Badlands
Ended

Into the Badlands

as Lydia
Jesse Stone
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Jesse Stone

as Dr. Lilly Summers
Jo
Ended

Jo

as Dormont
Mistresses
Ended

Mistresses

as Siobhan
Noah's Ark
Ended

Noah's Ark

as Clare Somers
Out of the Blue
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as D.S. Rebecca "Becky" Bennett
Proof
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as Maureen Boland
Servants
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Servants

as Flora Ryan
Sinbad
Ended

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as Taryn
Star Trek: Picard
Ended

Star Trek: Picard

as Laris
Strike Back
Ended

Strike Back

as Katie Dartmouth
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
Ended

The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns

as Kathleen Fitzpatrick
The South Westerlies
Ended

The South Westerlies

as Kate Ryan

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