My Take
Olivia Thirlby is one of those actors who genuinely deserved more Hollywood real estate than she got. Her turn as Leah in Juno is one of the great best-friend performances of the 2000s — sharp, funny, and completely lived-in, without a single false note. Then she went and held her own opposite Karl Urban in Dredd, playing Judge Anderson with a quiet authority that made you wish they'd made five sequels. What I love about her is that she's never been a careerist in the obvious sense — she's done theater, she's taken smaller projects, she's refused to be boxed in. The Oppenheimer credit in 2023 was a nice reminder that smart directors still know where to find her. A criminally underrated New Yorker with real range.
Overview
Olivia Jo Thirlby (born October 6, 1986) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Leah in the comedy-drama film Juno (2007), as Natalie in The Darkest Hour (2011) and as Judge Cassandra Anderson in Dredd (2012). In 2023, Thirlby portrayed Lilli Hornig in Christopher Nolan's biographical film Oppenheimer.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Olivia Thirlby
- Name (Japanese)
- オリヴィア・サールビー
- Reading
- おりゔぃあ・さーるびー
- Born
- October 6, 1986 (age 39)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Tiger
- Origin
- New York City, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / stage actor / television actor / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.