---
name: "Ahna O'Reilly"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ahna-oreilly"
fi1m_id: "ahna-oreilly"
imdb_id: "nm1501738"
tmdb_id: 999605
wikidata_id: "Q2827706"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 September 1984"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-03T00:40:44.316345+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ahna O'Reilly

## Identity

Ahna O'Reilly

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ahna-oreilly
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ahna-oreilly
- **IMDb ID:** nm1501738
- **TMDB ID:** 999605
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2827706
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahna_O%27Reilly, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2827706, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1501738/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/999605

Actor. Born 21 September 1984 in Palo Alto, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 September 1984, Palo Alto, California, USA
- **Active:** 2011–2019
- **Also known as:** Ahna O'Reilly and Family
- **Frequently works with:** [Octavia Spencer](https://film.one/person/octavia-spencer.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 64, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahna_O%27Reilly, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2827706, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1501738/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/999605

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*The Help*](https://film.one/film/the-help.md) (66)

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## Biography

Ahna O'Reilly is an American actress. She was born on 21 September 1984 in Palo Alto, California, graduated from Menlo School in 2003 and attended the University of Southern California for one year before leaving to pursue acting.

O'Reilly began her career in 2003 with the film *Bill the Intern*. She is best known for her role as Elizabeth Leefolt in the 2011 film *The Help*, for which the cast received several ensemble awards including a Screen Actors Guild Award. Other film credits include *Forgetting Sarah Marshall* (2008), *Fruitvale Station* (2013) and *Jobs* (2013). She has also appeared in television series such as *The Vampire Diaries* and *The Morning Show*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Bombshell* (2019), Fi1m 63, as Julie Roginsky — [page](https://film.one/film/bombshell.md)
- *The Help* (2011), Fi1m 66, as Elizabeth Leefolt — [page](https://film.one/film/the-help.md)

## Complete filmography (51)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Starborn* (2024), as Sara
- *Bodkin* (2024), series, as Amber
- *Justified: City Primeval* (2023), series, as Officer Gerret
- *Match* (2022), as Jennifer
- *Where the Crawdads Sing* (2022), as Ma
- *Gaslit* (2022), series, as Gail Magruder
- *Bombshell* (2019), as Julie Roginsky — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/bombshell.md)
- *The Morning Show* (2019), series, as Ashley Brown
- *Our Friend* (2019), as Gale
- *Curated* (2018), as Nancy
- *Reverie* (2018), series, as Rachel Kauffman
- *Spivak* (2018), as Tammy Gordon
- *Deb* (2018), as Nora
- *Totem* (2017), as Robin
- *Marshall* (2017), as Mrs. Richmond
- *Sleepwalker* (2017), as Sarah
- *Big Bear* (2017), as Jess
- *All I See Is You* (2017), as Carla
- *In Dubious Battle* (2016), as Edith "Edie" Malone
- *Bull* (2016), series, as Erin Flemming
- *Elvis & Nixon* (2016), as Mary Anne Peterson
- *The Sound and the Fury* (2015), as Caddy Compson
- *No Way Jose* (2015), as Dusty
- *She's Funny That Way* (2015), as Elizabeth
- *I Am Michael* (2015), as Actress
- *Kingdom* (2014), series, Actor
- *Get On Up* (2014), as Reporter
- *The Big Ask* (2014), as Zoe
- *CBGB* (2013), as Mary Harron
- *As I Lay Dying* (2013), as Dewey Dell
- *Lucky Them* (2013), as Charlotte
- *Jobs* (2013), as Chris-Ann Brennan
- *Fruitvale Station* (2013), as Katie
- *Call Me Crazy: A Five Film* (2013), as Bethany
- *Miss Dial* (2013), as Concerned Pet Owner
- *The Time Being* (2012), as Olivia
- *The Help* (2011), as Elizabeth Leefolt — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/the-help.md)
- *From the Head* (2011), as Lily
- *0s & 1s* (2011), as Caitlin
- *House Under Siege* (2010), as Lana
- *Herpes Boy* (2009), as Christeee
- *The Vampire Diaries* (2009), series, as Jessica Cohen — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-vampire-diaries.md)
- *The Harsh Life of Veronica Lambert* (2009), Actor
- *Good Time Max* (2008), as Girl Jumping on Bed
- *Forgetting Sarah Marshall* (2008), as Leslie
- *Just Add Water* (2008), as Tammy
- *Succubus: Hell-Bent* (2007), as Bikini Babe
- *How I Met Your Mother* (2005), series, as Kelly — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/how-i-met-your-mother.md)
- *A Lousy 10 Grand* (2004), as Lisa
- *Dinocroc* (2004), as Beach-Goer
- *Bangs in my chest*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Ahna O'Reilly](https://film.one/media/person/104340/gallery-8507794c2be5.jpg) Ahna O'Reilly — Natalie Maynor, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Ahna_O%27Reilly_at_Circa_in_Jackson%2C_October_2012.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Ahna O'Reilly and Tim Blake Nelson attending a party held at Circa in Jackson on October 4, 2012.](https://film.one/media/person/104340/gallery-df16047ae6ce.jpg) Ahna O'Reilly and Tim Blake Nelson attending a party held at Circa in Jackson on October 4, 2012. — Natalie Maynor, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Ahna_O%27Relly_and_Tim_Blake_Nelson.jpg/1280px-Ahna_O%27Relly_and_Tim_Blake_Nelson.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ahna O' Reilly (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/104340/gallery-8df2d0a3a640.jpg) Ahna O' Reilly (2016) — Andrew Walker, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Ahna_O%27_Reilly_%2829411306180%29.jpg/1280px-Ahna_O%27_Reilly_%2829411306180%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ahna O'Reilly](https://film.one/media/person/104340/gallery-a2819e4448ee.jpg) Ahna O'Reilly — Image via TMDB
- ![Ahna O'Reilly](https://film.one/media/person/104340/gallery-cbddc2d5e16e.jpg) Ahna O'Reilly — Image via TMDB
- ![Ahna O'Reilly](https://film.one/media/person/104340/gallery-056d8c32c6cb.jpg) Ahna O'Reilly — Image via TMDB

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