Ahna O'Reilly
Birthday: 1984-09-21 | Place of Birth: Palo Alto, California, USAAhna 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).
Known For
Acting
Role
as Sara
as Jennifer
as Ma
as Nora
as Tammy Gordon
as Carla
as Jess
as Robin
as Sarah
as Mary Anne Peterson
as Caddy Compson
as Dusty
as Charlotte
as Zoe
as Dewey Dell
as Katie
as Olivia
as Caitlin
as Elizabeth Leefolt
as Lily
as Lana
as Christeee
as Girl Jumping on Bed
