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Orla Brady

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Orla Brady (born 28 March 1961) is an Irish theatre, television, and film actress born in Dublin. Named in 2020 by The Irish Times as one of Ireland's greatest actors, she has received seven IFTA Award (Irish Film & Television Academy) nominations, a Saturn Award nomination, the Abbey Theatre Award, and Best Actress from the Monte Carlo International Film Festival. Brady's diverse television credits include Into the Badlands (2016-2019), Mistresses (2008-2010), Star Trek: Picard (2022), Bosch: Legacy (2025), Fringe (2008-2013), Banished (2015), Doctor Who (2013), American Odyssey (2015), American Horror Story (2018), and VisionQuest (2026). On film, Brady's credits include her Award-winning performance in A Love Divided (1999), The Luzhin Defence (2000), Silent Grace (2001), The Foreigner (2017), Rose Plays Julie (2019), and opposite Anthony Hopkins in Freud's Last Session (2023). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Orla Brady is the 8,512th most popular actor (down from 8,306th in 2024), the 376th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 356th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular Irish Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Orla Brady ranks 8,509 out of 13,578. Before her are Chae Rim, Lee Hyun-woo, and Mark Stevens. After her are Sultan Rahi, Vinzenz Kiefer, Gloria Talbott, Taís Araújo, Jasika Nicole, Imogen Poots, Jamuna, Craig Robinson, and Natalia Streignard.

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Among people born in 1961, Orla Brady ranks 652. Before her are Beatriz Argimón, Peter Doohan, Keith Gordon, Fahrudin Omerović, Violeta Bermúdez, and Warrel Dane. After her are Jorge Da Silva, Andrey Perlov, Frank Dikötter, Leif Garrett, Oksen Mirzoyan, and André Hoffmann.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Orla Brady ranks 376 out of 549. Before her are Edward Barrett (1877), Seán Mac Diarmada (1883), James Mason (1849), Anne Enright (1962), Leo Varadkar (1979), and Lenny Abrahamson (1966). After her are Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848), Colin O'Donoghue (1981), T. P. McKenna (1929), Sharon Corr (1970), Robert Sheehan (1988), and Henry Grattan (1746).

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Among ACTORS In Ireland

Among actors born in Ireland, Orla Brady ranks 53. Before her are George Brent (1904), Katie McGrath (1983), Patricia Collinge (1892), Dave Allen (1936), Barry Keoghan (1992), and Brían F. O'Byrne (1967). After her are Colin O'Donoghue (1981), T. P. McKenna (1929), Robert Sheehan (1988), Kerry Condon (1983), Genevieve O'Reilly (1977), and Aidan Turner (1983).

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