Orla Brady

Acting

Orla Brady

Born March 28, 1961 · Dublin, Ireland (age 65)

Orla Brady (born 28 March 1961) is an Irish theatre, television, and film actress born in Dublin.  Brady has since appeared in many feature films and major television series, and was named in the 2020 list of Ireland's best film actors, published by The Irish Times. Description above from the Wikipedia article Orla Brady, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The ForeignerThe Foreigner · 2017
The Foreigner
7.02017
MovieActionThriller
Quan is a humble London businessman whose long-buried past erupts in a revenge-fueled vendetta when the only person left for him to love – his teenage daughter – dies in an Irish Republican Army car bombing. His relentless search to find the terrorists leads to a cat-and-mouse conflict with a British government official whose own past may hold the clues to the identities of the elusive killers.
Freud's Last SessionFreud's Last Session · 2023
Freud's Last Session
6.62023
MovieDrama
On the eve of the Second World War, two of the greatest minds of the twentieth century, C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud converge for their own personal battle over the existence of God. The film interweaves the lives of Freud and Lewis, past, present, and through fantasy, bursting from the confines of Freud’s study on a dynamic journey.
Jesse Stone: Death in ParadiseJesse Stone: Death in Paradise · 2006
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
6.92006
MovieDramaCrime
When Jesse Stone looks into the murder of a teen-age girl whose body is found floating in a local lake, it brings him up against the Boston mob and into the affluent world of a bestselling writer who exploits troubled teens.
Doctor Who: The Time of the DoctorDoctor Who: The Time of the Doctor · 2013
Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor
8.12013
MovieDramaScience Fiction
Orbiting a quiet backwater planet, the massed forces of the universe's deadliest species gather, drawn to a mysterious message that echoes out to the stars. And amongst them, the Doctor. Rescuing Clara from a family Christmas dinner, the Time Lord and his best friend must learn what this enigmatic signal means for his own fate and that of the universe.
The Luzhin DefenceThe Luzhin Defence · 2000
The Luzhin Defence
6.32000
MovieRomanceDrama
Based upon the novel by Vladimir Nabokov, a chess grandmaster travels to Italy in the 1920s to play in a tournament and falls in love.
The Other MeThe Other Me · 2022
The Other Me
5.42022
MovieDramaMystery
The life of a young architect is thrown into turmoil when he's diagnosed with a rare eye disease. As his condition worsens, he questions his life and career choices, and his relationship to his frustrated wife becomes more strained.
SiobhanSiobhan · 2017
Siobhan
2017
Movie
A short film about love and loss. Do eternal bonds exist beyond the grave or has grief driven a man mad?
How About You...How About You... · 2007
How About You...
6.32007
MovieComedyDrama
A young woman, struggling with the direction of her life, spends Christmas watching over a retirement home filled with demanding residents.

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Silent GraceSilent Grace · 2001
Silent Grace
6.72001
MovieDrama
In 1976 the British Government put an end to the special category status of prisoners from the Provisional Irish Republican Army, no longer treating them as prisoners of war, but as common criminals. Mairéad Farrell – on whose life much of the film seems to be loosely based – was the first woman Republican to be refused political status in 1976. By 1980, when the film is set, Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister and doggedly resolute: “There can be no question of political status for someone who is serving a sentence for crime. Crime is crime is crime.” Silent Grace seeks to capture the struggle for the restoration of political status that was at the heart of prison protests in Northern Ireland – not just by the more celebrated male prisoners – but by a smaller number of women prisoners, led by Farrell, at the Armagh Women’s Prison.

Eileen

DangerfieldDangerfield · 1995
Dangerfield
7.01995
SeriesCrimeDrama
Dangerfield is a British drama series about a small town doctor / police surgeon, which ran for 6 series, between 1995 and 1999. Originally Nigel Le Vaillant played the central role, but this character later left the series, the focus switching to his replacement, played by Nigel Havers. The BBC decided to end the series in November 1999 when Nigel Havers announced his decision to quit. The BBC felt viewers would not find the series credible if the main character was changed for a second time. The show like a number of other BBC dramas of the 1980s and 1990s also featured a number of borderline fantasy episodes. These included "Tricks", "Angel" and "Haunted". The TV trailers for Dangerfield were heavily parodied by The Fast Show in which the character was called Monkfish and would appear as a tough uncompromising Doctor, Policeman, vet and even as an interior designer with titles mixed in with other BBC shows of the time.

Diane Foster