Orla Brady

Career timeline

1. 1961 · Born

   Born in Dublin, Ireland

2. 1979 · Screen debut

   Minder (TV)

3. 2010 · Breakthrough

   Strike Back (TV)

4. 2026 · Latest release

   VisionQuest (TV)

Career in numbers

1 1970s

3 1980s

18 1990s

22 2000s

17 2010s

10 2020s

• Drama60
• Crime19
• Mystery12
• Sci-Fi & Fantasy9
• Comedy8
• Thriller8

Highest-rated title VisionQuest 2026 8.3 Most popular title American Horror Story 2011 8.1

1. 2026 VisionQuest as F.R.I.D.A.Y. 8.3 TV
2. 2026 The Geography of Violence as Farmers Wife Movie
3. 2024 St Pancras Sunrise as Susan Movie
4. 2023 Freud's Last Session as Janie Moore 6.6 Movie
5. 2022 Bosch: Legacy as Siobhan Murphy 8.0 TV
6. 2022 The Other Me as Marina 5.4 Movie
7. 2021 Black Medicine as Bernadette Movie
8. 2021 Rose Plays Julie as Ellen 5.8 Movie
9. 2020 The South Westerlies as Kate Ryan TV
10. 2020 Star Trek: Picard as Tallinn 7.2 TV
11. 2019 A Girl from Mogadishu as Emer Costello Movie
12. 2018 Collateral as Phoebe Dyson 6.4 TV
13. 2017 The Foreigner as Mary Hennessy 7.0 Movie
14. 2017 Siobhan Movie
15. 2015 Into the Badlands as Lydia 7.6 TV
16. 2015 American Odyssey as Sofia Tsaldari 7.1 TV
17. 2015 The Price of Desire as Eileen Gray Movie
18. 2015 Banished as Anne Meredith 7.2 TV
19. 2013 Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor as Tasha Lem 8.1 Movie
20. 2013 Wayland's Song as Grace Movie
21. 2013 Jo as Dormont 6.3 TV
22. 2012 Sinbad as Taryn 5.6 TV
23. 2012 Eternal Law as Mrs. Sheringham TV
24. 2011 Death in Paradise as Maggie Harper 7.4 TV
25. 2011 American Horror Story as Dr. Karen Hopple 8.1 TV
26. 2010 The Deep as Catherine 6.0 TV
27. 2010 Strike Back as Katie Dartmouth 7.4 TV
28. 2008 Wallander as Ella Lindfeldt 7.4 TV
29. 2008 Fringe as Elizabeth Bishop 8.1 TV
30. 2008 Mistresses as Siobhan Dhillon 5.7 TV
31. 2007 How About You... as Kate Harris 6.3 Movie
32. 2007 32A as Jean Brennan Movie
33. 2007 Protect and Serve as Dr. Lorna Herrera Movie
34. 2006 Shark as Claire Stark 6.7 TV
35. 2006 Last Night as Lucy Movie
36. 2006 Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise as Lilly Summers 6.9 Movie
37. 2005 Empire as Atia 6.5 TV
38. 2005 Revelations as Nora Webber 5.9 TV
39. 2004 Lawless as DC Liz Bird TV
40. 2004 Hustle as Meredith Gates 7.8 TV
41. 2004 Proof as Maureen Boland TV
42. 2003 The Debt as Angela Jahnsen TV
43. 2003 The Debt as Angela Jahnsen Movie
44. 2003 Nip/Tuck as Dr. Monica Jordan 7.2 TV
45. 2003 Servants as Flora Ryan TV
46. 2002 Fogbound as Ann Movie
47. 2002 What Miro Saw Movie
48. 2001 Silent Grace as Eileen Movie
49. 2000 The Luzhin Defence as Anna 6.4 Movie
50. 1999 The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns as Kathleen Fitzpatrick 7.0 TV
51. 1999 Family Law as Naoise O'Neill TV
52. 1999 Pure Wickedness as Jenny Meadows TV
53. 1999 A Love Divided as Sheila Kelly Cloney Movie
54. 1998 Wuthering Heights as Cathy 6.7 Movie
55. 1998 Animated World Faiths as Mary Magdelene (voice) TV
56. 1997 Noah's Ark as Clare Somers TV
57. 1997 The Heart Surgeon as Marcella Duggan TV
58. 1997 The Heart Surgeon as Marcella Duggan Movie
59. 1995 Out of the Blue as DS Rebecca Bennett TV
60. 1995 Dangerfield as Diane Foster TV
61. 1994 Words Upon the Window Pane as Vanessa Movie
62. 1994 Pie in the Sky as Kit Kelly de Goris TV
63. 1994 The Rector's Wife as Sister Josephine TV
64. 1992 Absolutely Fabulous as Nurse Mary 7.6 TV
65. 1991 I Dreamt I Woke Up Movie
66. 1991 So You Think You've Got Troubles as Mrs Conway TV
67. 1991 New Voices as Ruby TV
68. 1989 Agatha Christie's Poirot as Countess Rossakoff 8.2 TV
69. 1986 Casualty as Wendy 6.2 TV
70. 1984 The Bill as Amy 6.9 TV
71. 1979 Minder as Bank Teller 7.2 TV

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