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In 1977, on the sixth of January, Genevieve O'Reilly was born in Dublin, Ireland. That origin would eventually carry her across continents and into two distinct performance traditions — the intimacy of the stage and the technical demands of film.

O'Reilly trained at the National Institute of Dramatic Art, the Australian conservatory that shaped her formal approach to acting. Her career developed across both film and theatre, with her work spanning screen productions and stage performances in roughly equal measure. As an Irish citizen with training rooted in Australia, she built a practice that moved between countries and formats, accumulating credits in each.

Her work as a film actor and a stage actor places her among those performers who have not confined themselves to a single medium. The Library of Congress Name Authority File records her under the authorized label O'Reilly, Genevieve, 1977-, a designation that reflects the breadth of her documented professional presence.

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Quotes by Genevieve O'Reilly

I love going away with friends - it gets a bit raucous and fun.
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I love going away with friends - it gets a bit raucous and fun.
It's not difficult to be attracted to Rupert Penry-Jones.
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It's not difficult to be attracted to Rupert Penry-Jones.
I think there are lots of reasons to take projects. Being scared about one is always good.
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I think there are lots of reasons to take projects. Being scared about one is always good.
All of my dad's family, his brothers and sisters, my nana and grandad and all of the cousins emigrated to Australia within two years of each other. Irish families are close at the best of times, but when you move to the other side of the world, we were like a big posse over there.
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All of my dad's family, his brothers and sisters, my nana and grandad and all of the cousins emigrated to Australia within two years of each other. Irish families are close at the best of times, but when you move to the other side of the world, we were like a big posse over there.
Me and my husband make decisions together, and we think of the children always, as a lot of jobs take you away as an actor, and it's a bit of a gypsy lifestyle.
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Me and my husband make decisions together, and we think of the children always, as a lot of jobs take you away as an actor, and it's a bit of a gypsy lifestyle.
What's that comment about every actor being a waiter who is out of a job? I did a lot of waitressing, and I loved it because I love getting to know people from different places.
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What's that comment about every actor being a waiter who is out of a job? I did a lot of waitressing, and I loved it because I love getting to know people from different places.
I'm not sure I'm a good cook. But I like cooking, and it's a real family thing - an expression of love being together.
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I'm not sure I'm a good cook. But I like cooking, and it's a real family thing - an expression of love being together.
We used to speak Irish - Gaelic Irish - around the dinner table, but over the years, we lost that.
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We used to speak Irish - Gaelic Irish - around the dinner table, but over the years, we lost that.
I think there's a responsibility to any character that you play that was a living persona.
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I think there's a responsibility to any character that you play that was a living persona.
I'm a working actor, and that's what I always wanted.
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I'm a working actor, and that's what I always wanted.
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