Liah O'Prey (born 15 December 1999) is a Spanish-born Irish-French actress. She began her career as a child actress and speaks English, French, Spanish and Catalan.

Early life

O'Prey was born in

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to an Irish father and a

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n mother from

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. After completing high school, she enrolled at a drama school Paris.

Career

At the age of 11, O'Prey made her feature film debut in

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's 2012 multilingual horror '' Painless'' as Inès. She played Anna in the 2014 Irish-South African science fiction film '' Young Ones''. In 2015, O'Prey appeared in two French television films: ''My Son'' as Héloïse and ''Eyes Open'' as Clara. The following year, she starred as Laetitia in ''West Coast''. She played a younger version of

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's character in ''Black Snow'' (2017). O'Prey played

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in the 2018 historical drama ''

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'' and Virginie in the 2020

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film ''

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''. She then landed the recurring roles of Tatiana in the French series ''

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'' and Beatrice, an Irish exchange student, in

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's miniseries ''

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'', both on

. In 2021, O'Prey starred as

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in the

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and

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historical series '' Domina'' and made a guest appearance as the titular character in the ''

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'' episode "Claire obscure". In September 2021, it was announced O'Prey had joined the main cast of the upcoming

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series ''

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''.

Filmography

Film

}) , Young Otilia , Short film , - , 2012 , '' Painless'' (french: Insensibles) , Teen Inès , , - , 2014 , '' Young Ones'' , Anna , , - , 2016 , ''West Coast'' , Laetitia , , - , 2017 , '' Black Snow'' ( es, Nieve negra) , Young Sabrina , , - , 2018 , ''

'' ,

, , - , 2019 , ''La jauría'' , Tania , , - , 2020 , ''

'' , Virginie , , - , TBA , ''Awakened Dreams'' , Aspara , , -

Television

}) , Héloïse , Television film , - , 2015 , ''Eyes Open'' (french: Les Yeux ouverts) , Clara , Television film , - , 2019–2021 , ''

'' , Tatiana , 5 episodes , - , 2020 , ''

'' , Beatrice , Miniseries , - , 2021 , '' Domina'' ,

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, Main role , - , 2021 , ''

'' , Claire Duret , Episode: "Claire obscure" , - , 2022 , ''

'' , Yolande , , -

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:OPrey, Liah Living people 1999 births Actresses from Barcelona French people of Irish descent Irish people of French descent Spanish people of French descent Spanish people of Irish descent People of Corsican descent