Olivia Jo Thirlby was born on 6 October 1986, in New York City, USA, andis an actress probably best known for being part of the comedy-drama film “Juno” as Leah. She was also part of the 2011 film “The Darkest Hour” playing Natalie. All of her efforts have helped put her net worth to where it is today.
How rich is Olivia Thirlby? As of mid-2017, sources inform us of a net worth that is at $2 million, mostly earned through a successful career as an actress. She portrayed Judge Cassandra Anderson in “Dredd” and is considered by Vanity Fair as a member of “Hollywood’s New Wave”. As she continues her career, it is expected that her wealth will also continue to increase.
Olivia Thirlby Net Worth $2 million
Olivia was raised in Manhattan’s East Village and was educated at Friends Seminary. After matriculating, she attended French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts and Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts. She also took classes briefly at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and the American Globe Theatre.
Thirlby started her acting career in in 2006, making her film debut in “United 93”. She also made her television debut in the same year in “Kidnapped”. The following year, she was cast in “Juno” as Leah alongside Ellen Page – the film would increase her net worth significantly. The duo were set to be the title characters of “Jack & Diane” which was about two young women who fall in love and unlock lycanthropy in Thirlby’s character, however, both dropped out before production. Olivia then went on to appear in the Sundance Audience Award-winning film entitled “The Wackness”, playing the marijuana-smoking popular girl Stephanie in the 1990s period piece. Josh Peck also appears in the film as a drug dealer. She was then cast in the stoner comedy “Pineapple Express” but was replaced by Amber Heard after rehearsals. Her next project would be the animated television pilot “Good Vibes”.
Olivia made her stage debut at the Atlantic Theater Company in a production of “Farragut North”. The off-Broadway production ran for almost a month before transferring to the Geffen Playhouse in 2009. In the same year, she made an appearance in the series “Bored to Death”, and also did voice work for video promotions for the novel “Thirteen Reasons Why”. In 2011, she was cast in the film “Margaret”, and would then star in the science fiction film “The Darkest Hour” before being given a lead role in the drama comedy “The Other Side”.
A few of her latest projects include the film following from the series of “Judge Dredd” in 2012, and she also starred in the indie film “Nobody Walks” with co-stars John Krasinski and Rosemarie DeWitt. In 2016, she appeared in the series “Goliath” as young attorney Lucy Kittridge, so all of these opportunities continued to build her net worth.
For her personal life, it is known that Olivia came out publicly as bisexual in 2011 during an interview with Brooklyn Magazine. She is also a participant in iO Tillett Wright’s Self-Evident Truths Project.
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