Genevieve O'Reilly

Genevieve O'Reilly(born January 6, 1977) is an Irish actress who has worked in both the United Kingdom and Australia. O'Reilly was cast as theunderstudyin directorGale Edwards' production ofThe White Devila week after graduating from drama school. She went on to appear in Edwards'Sydney Theatre Companyproduction ofThe Way of the World.Other theatre credits includeThe WeirbyConor McPherson, at theGate Theatre, Dublin, andRichard IIat theOld Vic.Recent parts at theRoyal National Theatrehave been in new play,Mike Bartlett's 13 and as Helena, wife toAndrew Scott's emperor Julian in the 2011 production ofIbsen's epicEmperor and Galilean. O'Reilly is due to perform inGeorge Bernard Shaw'sThe Doctor's Dilemmafrom July 2012. O'Reilly has appeared in several productions filmed in Australia, including bothThe Matrixsequels. She also played the youngMon MothmainStar Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, and starred as Leanne Curtis in the medical dramaAll Saints. Since moving to the UK, O'Reilly has starred in the political mini-seriesThe State Within, playedPrincess Dianain the 2007 televisiondocudramaDiana: Last Days of a Princess, and taken the lead role inThe Time of Your Life. She playedCIAliaison officer Sarah Caulfield in the eighth series ofBBCdramaSpooks.O'Reilly also played the character of Michelle Beadley in the remake ofThe Day of the Triffidsthat aired on BBC One in December 2009. In 2011 she appeared in theBBC/ShowtimecomedyEpisodesplaying Jamie Lapidus, the blind wife of a TV executive, Merc Lapidus. She reprised the role in the second and third series, broadcast in 2012 and 2014. O'Reilly's film credits includeRight Here Right Now(2004),The Young Victoria(2009) and the 2004 science fiction filmAvatar, playing the lead role of Dash MacKenzie. In June 2013, O'Reilly appeared in the pilot episode of the international crime drama "Crossing Lines" cast as Detective and Interrogation Specialist Sienna Pride,attached to the ICC team from Britain's Scotland Yard. In the final minutes of this pilot episode, her character was stabbed and killed with a knife used by an American State Department employee, Gerald Wilhoit (Eddie Jemison) who enjoyed Diplomatic Immunity, while the ICC team was chasing him (and searching for their abducted police colleague) in the Tiergarten Park in Berlin, Germany.