Orla Brady

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). Brady trained at École Philippe Gaulier in Paris before an extensive stage career in Dublin and London, starring at the Royal National Theatre, the Abbey Theatre, the Gate Theatre, and on the West End. In 2019, She won the Abbey Theatre Award for her performance in On Broken Wings.