Ahna O'Reilly (born September 21, 1984) is an American actress. She is best known for her role in the film ''
The Help'' (2011).
Early life and career
O'Reilly graduated from
Menlo School in 2003 and attended the
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in ...
for one year before dropping out.
After graduating, O'Reilly began her acting career in 2003 in the film, ''Bill the Intern''. She has appeared in several other movies like ''
Dinocroc'', ''
Nancy Drew'', ''
Just Add Water'' and ''
Forgetting Sarah Marshall''. She also acted in television series like ''
CSI: NY'', ''
Unhitched'', ''
The Vampire Diaries'' and ''
Prime Suspect''.
In 2011, she appeared in the movie ''
The Help'' based on
Kathryn Stockett's best-selling novel
of the same name, a period piece set in Jackson, Mississippi, in the 1960s. The film opened to positive reviews and became a box-office success with a worldwide gross of $211,608,112. It also won several ensemble awards including
National Board of Review Award,
Screen Actors Guild Award and
Satellite Award. O'Reilly co-starred in the 2013 film ''
Jobs'', alongside
Ashton Kutcher and
Josh Gad, about the life of technology pioneer
Steve Jobs.
In 2016, she appeared in the
Roundabout Theatre Company off-Broadway
An off-Broadway theatre is any professional theatre venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, inclusive. These theatres are smaller than Broadway theatres, but larger than off-off-Broadway theatres, which seat fewer tha ...
production of ''
The Robber Bridegroom''. A
cast recording featuring O'Reilly in her role as Rosamund was released on September 9, 2016.
In 2017, O’Reilly starred as Sarah Foster in the film ''
Sleepwalker''.
Personal life
She dated actor
James Franco for a time before the two broke up in 2011. In December 2021 O'Reilly announced via Instagram that she married writer and producer Dave Andron a year earlier, in secret.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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American film actresses
Living people
American television actresses
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award winners
21st-century American actresses
1984 births
Downtown Los Angeles Film Festival award winners