Ahna O'Reilly
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 21, 1984 (age 42)
- Birthplace
- Palo Alto, California, USA
Biography
Ahna O'Reilly (born Andrea Mariele Brewster O'Reilly, 21 September 1984, Palo Alto, California) is an American actress active since 2003. She graduated from Menlo School and attended the University of Southern California for one year before dropping out to pursue acting. Her breakthrough came in 2011 with the role of Elizabeth Leefolt in The Help, which earned the cast a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. She has also been recognized on stage, starring opposite Steven Pasquale in The Robber Bridegroom at Roundabout Theater Company, directed by Alex Timbers (a Lortel Award nominee for Outstanding Revival). She has received the 2014 ISTP Rising Star Award and is a philanthropist supporting Art of Elysium, UNICEF Next Generation, and Planned Parenthood. She is married to Dave Andron (m. 2020). Her filmography includes Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008), Fruitvale Station (2013), Jobs (2013, as Chris-Ann Brennan), As I Lay Dying (2013), CBGB (2013, as Mary Harron), Get On Up (2014), She's Funny That Way (2015), All I See Is You (2017), Marshall (2017), Bombshell (2019, as Julie Roginsky), Our Friend (2019), and Where the Crawdads Sing (2022, as Ma). On television she has appeared in CSI: NY (2008), The Vampire Diaries (2011), How I Met Your Mother (2014), Kingdom (2017), The Morning Show (2019), Justified: City Primeval (2023), and Bodkin (2024, as Amber).
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Filmography
Bangs in my chest
Movie
Starborn
Movie · as Sara
Bodkin
TV · as Amber · 2 eps
Justified: City Primeval
TV · as Officer Gerret · 1 ep
Match
Movie · as Jennifer
Where the Crawdads Sing
Movie · as Ma
Gaslit
TV · as Gail Magruder · 1 ep
Our Friend
Movie · as Gale
Bombshell
Movie · as Julie Roginsky
The Morning Show
TV · as Ashley Brown · 2 eps
Deb
Movie · as Nora
Spivak
Movie · as Tammy Gordon
Curated
Movie · as Nancy
Reverie
TV · as Rachel Kauffman · 1 ep
Sleepwalker
Movie · as Sarah
All I See Is You
Movie · as Carla
Big Bear
Movie · as Jess
Totem
Movie · as Robin
Marshall
Movie · as Mrs. Richmond
Elvis & Nixon
Movie · as Mary Anne Peterson
In Dubious Battle
Movie · as Edith "Edie" Malone
Bull
TV · as Erin Flemming · 1 ep
The Sound and the Fury
Movie · as Caddy Compson
No Way Jose
Movie · as Dusty
I Am Michael
Movie · as Actress
She's Funny That Way
Movie · as Elizabeth
The Big Ask
Movie · as Zoe
Get On Up
Movie · as Reporter
Kingdom
TV · 1 ep
CBGB
Movie · as Mary Harron
As I Lay Dying
Movie · as Dewey Dell
Jobs
Movie · as Chris-Ann Brennan
Fruitvale Station
Movie · as Katie
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
Movie · as Bethany
Lucky Them
Movie · as Charlotte
Miss Dial
Movie · as Concerned Pet Owner
The Time Being
Movie · as Olivia
The Help
Movie · as Elizabeth Leefolt
0s & 1s
Movie · as Caitlin
From the Head
Movie · as Lily
House Under Siege
Movie · as Lana
The Harsh Life of Veronica Lambert
Movie
Herpes Boy
Movie · as Christeee
The Vampire Diaries
TV · as Jessica Cohen · 1 ep
Just Add Water
Movie · as Tammy
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Movie · as Leslie
Good Time Max
Movie · as Girl Jumping on Bed
Succubus: Hell-Bent
Movie · as Bikini Babe
How I Met Your Mother
TV · as Kelly · 1 ep
A Lousy 10 Grand
Movie · as Lisa
Dinocroc
Movie · as Beach-Goer