Olivia Thirlby

Olivia Thirlby was seen in Being Flynn, opposite Robert De Niro, Julianne Moore and Paul Dano about a young man in his twenties, working at various homeless shelters in Boston, where he often intersects with his brilliant but troubled father. Directed by Paul Weitz, the film was released by Focus Features on March 2nd, 2012.

In 2006, Thirlby gained national attention by appearing in Paul Greengrass' award-winning film United 93, a real-time account of the events of one of the September 11th hijacked planes that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Thirlby made her feature film debut in The Secret, produced by Luc Besson and directed by Vincent Perez, in which she starred opposite David Duchovny and Lili Taylor. The film was distributed and released in France in 2007.

Thirlby's other film credits include Jason Reitman's Oscar nominated film Juno opposite Ellen Page, Jason Bateman and Jennifer Garner; Jonathan Levine's Sundance award winning film The Wackness opposite Sir Ben Kingsley and Josh Peck; David Gordon Green's Snow Angels opposite Sam Rockwell and Kate Beckinsale; No Strings Attached opposite Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher; What Goes Up with Molly Shannon, Amanda Peet, and Steve Coogan; The Answer Man, opposite Jeff Daniels, Kat Dennings, Lou Taylor Pucci and Lauren Graham; Kenneth Lonnergan's Margaret with Anna Paquin, Matthew Broderick, Mark Ruffalo, Allison Janney and Matt Damon; Uncertainty opposite Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Lynn Collins; New York, I Love You opposite Anton Yelchin in the segment directed by Brett Ratner; Daryl Wein's Breaking Upwards; Brian Koppelman and David Levien's Solitary Man alongside Michael Douglas and Jesse Eisenberg; and the short film Eve written and directed by Natalie Portman.

Her television credits included a recurring role opposite Jason Schwartzman on the series “Bored to Death.”

Thirlby made her off-Broadway debut in the Atlantic Theater Company production of “Farragut North,” written by Beau Willimon and directed by Doug Hughes, starring alongside John Gallagher, Jr. and Chris Noth. She later reprised this role in the West Coast premiere of the production at the Geffen Playhouse.

Prior to that, Thirlby had extensive credits in classical Shakespeare, as she studied at both the American Globe Theatre and at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London.

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