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3 | Olivia Jo Thirlby (born October 6, 1986) is an American actress from New York City best known for her roles as Leah in ''{{Film/Juno}}'' and as Judge Cassandra Anderson in ''Film/{{Dredd}}''. |
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5 | Thirlby came out as bisexual in 2011. She got married to Jacques Pienaar, a sound engineer whom [[RomanceOnTheSet she met on the set of]] ''Dredd'', in 2014; Pienaar reportedly filed for a divorce in 2021. |
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7 | !Roles |
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9 | * ''{{Film/United 93}}'' (2006) as Nicole Carol Miller |
10 | * ''{{Film/Juno}}'' (2007) as Leah |
11 | * ''Film/{{The Secret|2007}}'' (2007) as Samantha Marris |
12 | * ''Film/TheWackness'' (2008) as Stephanie Squires |
13 | * ''Film/{{No Strings Attached|2011}}'' (2011) as Katie Kurtzman |
14 | * ''Film/TheDarkestHour'' (2011) as Natalie |
15 | * ''Margaret'' (2011) as Monia Sloane |
16 | * ''Film/{{Dredd}}'' (2012) as Judge Anderson |
17 | * ''The Stanford Prison Experiment'' (2015) as Christina Maslach |
18 | * ''Film/TheWeddingRinger'' (2015) as Alison Palmer |
19 | * ''Film/AboveTheShadows'' (2019) as Holly |
20 | * ''Film/TheWhiteOrchid'' (2019) as Claire |
21 | * ''Series/TheLWord: Generation Q'' (2019-20) as Rebecca Dowery |
22 | * ''[[Series/YTheLastMan2021 Y: The Last Man]]'' (2021) as Hero Brown |
23 | * ''Film/{{Oppenheimer}}'' (2023) as Lilli Hornig |
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25 | !Tropes in her work include: |
26 | * BigOlEyebrows: She has very prominent dark eyebrows. These make her characters' faces more noticeable, in contrast with her pale skin, thin face and small eyes. |
27 | * DawsonCasting: She started out playing a lot of teenage characters, while around 20 or 21. |
28 | * DyeingForYourArt: She dyed her hair a metallic blonde to play her character in ''Film/{{Dredd}}'', Judge Anderson, though it had to be continually re-dyed during filming as her roots kept showing. Other roles had more minor examples, where it's made slightly lighter with highlighting. |
29 | * HollywoodHypeMachine: She was billed as one of Hollywood's "New Wave" by ''Vanity Fair'' in 2008, but has had a pretty modest career since then. |
30 | * NiceGirl: A large number of her characters are sweet, kind women. |
31 | * PlayingAgainstType: Her role in ''Film/{{Dredd}}'' as Judge Anderson was quite unlike any before or since, as she's an {{action girl}} with an arc of growing tougher over the film. Virtually all of her other roles are decidedly non-action oriented, with most characters being much gentler (though Anderson is still a {{wide eyed idealist}} starting out). |
32 | * QueerCharacterQueerActor: |
33 | ** In ''Film/TheWhiteOrchid'' she plays a detective who appears to be a lesbian. |
34 | ** On ''Series/TheLWord: Generation Q'' she played a bisexual woman like herself. |
35 | * RavenHairIvorySkin: The looks of all her characters, given that she has them naturally (except in ''Film/{{Dredd}}'', when it's dyed a very artificial blonde). In almost every case, they're depicted as beautiful (not hard, again, as she's already good-looking). |
36 | * RomanceOnTheSet: |
37 | ** As stated above, she had met her (now ex) husband on the set of ''Dredd''. |
38 | ** In Creator/ElliotPage's words, he and Thirlby "had sex all the time" when filming ''Juno''. |
39 | * WhenSheSmiles: Due to her having a very charming grin which shows all her teeth, the characters she plays in darker roles look very lit up if they smile. |
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