Olivia Thirlby

Olivia Thirlby is an actress born on 6 October 1986 in New York City. Working mainly in acting, she has 46 screen credits across film and television. Among her earlier roles are Nicole Carol Miller in United 93 (2006) and Leah in Juno (2007), followed by parts in No Strings Attached (2011), The Darkest Hour (2011) and Dredd (2012), in which she played Cassandra Anderson.

Her later work includes 5 to 7 (2014), The Wedding Ringer (2015) and The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015), where she portrayed Dr. Christina Maslach. On television, she played Lucy Kittridge in Goliath (2016). In 2023 she appeared as Lilli Hornig in Oppenheimer and as Yaara Bank-Plotkin in Dumb Money. Her upcoming project, Ghost Soldier, is scheduled for 4 November 2026.

New & upcoming work

• Ghost Soldier · 4 Nov 2026

Frequent co-stars

• Lili Taylor · 2 films together: Being Flynn, The Secret
• Paul Dano · 2 films together: Dumb Money, Being Flynn
• Jim Gaffigan · 2 films together: Chappaquiddick, Above the Shadows
• Natalie Portman · 2 films together: No Strings Attached, New York, I Love You
• Jocelyn DeBoer · 2 films together: 5 to 7, Lousy Carter

Career at a glance

First credit: United 93 (2006) · Credits: 46

Roles played

• Wonder Man2026 · Vivian
• Lousy Carter2024 · Candela
• Dumb Money2023 · Yaara Bank-Plotkin
• Wild Animals2023 · Clara
• Oppenheimer2023 · Lilli Hornig
• Fire Country2022 · CJ Ryan
• Artist in a Field2022 · Jodie
• Y: The Last Man2021 · Hero Brown
• Law & Order: Organized Crime2021 · Frances Tanner
• The L Word: Generation Q2019 · Rebecca Dowery
• Above the Shadows2019 · Holly
• Chappaquiddick2018 · Rachel Schiff
• The White Orchid2018 · Claire
• Damascus Cover2017 · Kim
• Goliath2016 · Lucy Kittridge
• Welcome to Happiness2016 · Trudy
• Between Us2016 · Dianne
• The Stanford Prison Experiment2015 · Dr. Christina Maslach
• Just Before I Go2015 · Greta
• The Wedding Ringer2015 · Alison Palmer

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