Genevieve O'Reilly
Acting
Born: Jan 06, 1977
From: Dublin, Ireland
Credits: 30 titles
Biography
Genevieve O'Reilly is an Irish actress known for her versatility, having earned recognition for her performances across stage and screen. Most recently, Genevieve reprised her groundbreaking and legacy role of 'Mon Mothma' in the second and final season of Andor (2022), the Star Wars series on Disney+ described in 2025 by Vanity Fair as "the best television of the year so far." Her performance has been widely acclaimed: Variety praised her "excellent supporting turn," The Playlist highlighted her portrayal as "one of the finest seen from any actor on any screen," and Screen Rant called it "essentially flawless... eloquence and vulnerability." The second season has become the highest-rated live-action Star Wars series on Rotten Tomatoes to date. The first season was nominated for Outstanding Drama Series at the 2024 Emmy Awards, won a Peabody Award for Entertainment, and Genevieve was nominated for Supporting Actress - Drama at the 2023 IFTA Awards. For film, Genevieve was nominated as Best Lead Actress in Film at the AACTA Awards for her role in The Dry (2020), the adaptation of Jane Harper's multi-award-winning novel. The film opened at the top of the Australian box office on New Year's Day and achieved the fifth-highest opening …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tank Boy | Serena | 2025 | — |
| G.S.W. | Beth | 2025 | — |
| Going | Val | 2024 | — |
| Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look | Mon Mothma (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2022 | 7.4 |
| The Dry | Gretchen Schoner | 2021 | 6.8 |
| Three Families TV | Rosie Fortress | 2021 | 7.625 |
| Tolkien | Mrs. Smith | 2019 | 6.917 |
| The Kid Who Would Be King | Sophie | 2019 | 6.195 |
| The Snowman | Birte Becker | 2017 | 5.223 |
| Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | Mon Mothma | 2016 | 7.505 |
| The Legend of Tarzan | Alice Clayton | 2016 | 5.916 |
| Star Wars: Go Rogue TV | Mon Mothma (voice) | 2016 | 6.7 |
| The Secret TV | Hazel Buchanan | 2016 | 6.222 |
| Survivor | Lisa Carr | 2015 | 5.688 |
| Glitch TV | Elishia Glass | 2015 | 6.737 |
| Banished TV | Mrs. Mary Johnson | 2015 | 7.214 |
| The Honourable Woman TV | Frances Pirsig | 2014 | 7.326 |
| Crossing Lines TV | Sienna Pride | 2013 | 6.7 |
| Forget Me Not | Eve Fisher | 2011 | 5.4 |
| The Young Victoria | Lady Flora Hastings | 2009 | 7.165 |
| Law & Order: UK TV | Claudia Martin | 2009 | 7.0 |
| Diana: Last Days of a Princess | Princess Diana | 2007 | 7.1 |
| The Time of Your Life | Kate | 2007 | 10.0 |
| The State Within TV | Caroline Hanley | 2006 | 7.4 |
| Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith | Mon Mothma | 2005 | 7.463 |
| Cyber Wars | Dash MacKenzie | 2004 | 5.091 |
| New Tricks TV | Miranda Armstrong | 2004 | 7.377 |
| The Matrix Reloaded | Officer Wirtz | 2003 | 7.072 |
| The Matrix Revolutions | Officer Wirtz | 2003 | 6.75 |
| BeastMaster TV | Nagha | 1999 | 6.409 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1977 |
| From | Dublin, Ireland |