Ahna O'Reilly

Acting

Ahna O'Reilly

Born 1984-09-21 · Palo Alto, California, USA

Ahna O'Reilly is an American actress known for starring in the 2011 award winning film The Help as Elizabeth Leefolt and for playing Chris-Ann Brennan in the 2013 film, Jobs.

Acting credits

The Help poster
8.2

Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's struggles with money and her desperate need for jobs; and Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan is a young white woman who has recently moved back home after graduating college to find out her childhood maid has mysteriously disappeared. These three stories intertwine to explain how life in Jackson, Mississippi revolves around "the help"; yet they are always kept at a certain distance because of racial lines.

The Help

2011

Where the Crawdads Sing poster
7.5

Abandoned by her family, Kya raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. When her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is instantly branded by the local townspeople and law enforcement as the prime suspect for his murder.

Where the Crawdads Sing

2022

Forgetting Sarah Marshall poster
6.5

When actress Sarah Marshall dumps aspiring musician Peter Bretter for rock star Aldous Snow, Peter's world comes crashing down. His best friend Brian suggests that Peter should get away from everything and to fly off to Hawaii to escape all his problems. After arriving in Hawaii and meeting the beautiful receptionist Rachel Jansen, Peter is shocked to see not only Aldous in Hawaii, but also Sarah.

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

2008

Bombshell poster
6.8

Bombshell is a revealing look inside the most powerful and controversial media empire of all time; and the explosive story of the women who brought down the infamous man who created it.

Bombshell

2019

In Dubious Battle poster
5.8

In the California apple country, 900 migratory workers rise 'in dubious battle' against the landowners. The group takes on a life of its own—stronger than its individual members, and more frightening. Led by the doomed Jim Nolan, the strike is founded on his tragic idealism—'courage, never submit, or yield'.

In Dubious Battle

2016

Our Friend poster
7.2

After learning that his terminally ill wife has six months to live, a man welcomes the support of his best friend who moves into their home to help out.

Our Friend

2019

Fruitvale Station poster
7.4

Oakland, California. Young Afro-American Oscar Grant crosses paths with family members, friends, enemies and strangers before facing his fate on the platform at Fruitvale Station, in the early morning hours of New Year's Day 2009.

Fruitvale Station

2013

All I See Is You poster
5.2

After a successful experimental surgery restores her eyesight, a young woman sees her marriage spiral in a disturbing direction.

All I See Is You

2017

Jobs poster
6.1

The story of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.

Jobs

2013

Get On Up poster
6.8

A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.

Get On Up

2014

Marshall poster
7.2

Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, battles through one of his career-defining cases.

Marshall

2017

She's Funny That Way poster
5.9

On the set of a playwright's new project, a love triangle forms between his wife, her ex-lover, and the call girl-turned-actress cast in the production.

She's Funny That Way

2015

Elvis & Nixon poster
6.0

In 1970, a few days before Christmas, Elvis Presley showed up on the White House lawn seeking to be deputized into the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs by the President himself.

Elvis & Nixon

2016

Call Me Crazy: A Five Film poster
7.0

A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness.

Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

2013

Lucky Them poster
6.0

More interested in partying and flirting with young musicians than work, veteran rock journalist Ellie Klug has one last chance to prove her value to her magazine’s editor: a no-stone-unturned search to discover what really happened to long lost rock god, Matt Smith, who also happens to be her ex-boyfriend. Teaming up with an eccentric amateur documentary filmmaker, Ellie hits the road in search of answers.

Lucky Them

2013

Succubus: Hell-Bent poster
4.3

A beautiful demon leaves death in her wake while stalking a wealthy womanizer in contemporary Los Angeles.

Succubus: Hell-Bent

2007

CBGB poster
6.4

A look at New York's dynamic punk rock scene through the lens of the ground-breaking Lower East Side club started by eccentric Hilly Kristal in 1973 which launched thousands of bands.

CBGB

2013

As I Lay Dying poster
5.2

Strife and disaster befall a poor Mississippi family during a two-day trip by horse and wagon to bury their deceased matriarch.

As I Lay Dying

2013

The Sound and the Fury poster
5.0

A look at the trials and tribulations of The Compson siblings, living in the deep south during the early part of the 20th century.

The Sound and the Fury

2015

Dinocroc poster
4.0

After an African dinosaur ancestor of the crocodile is found, Dr. Campbell uses its DNA to create prototypes at Paula Kennedy's Gereco lab.

Dinocroc

2004

Big Bear poster
4.9

Joe reluctantly has his bachelor party even though his fiancé just dumped him for some Dude.

Big Bear

2017

I Am Michael poster
5.5

The controversial true story of a gay activist who rejects his homosexuality and becomes a Christian pastor.

I Am Michael

2015

Sleepwalker poster
4.7

A young woman seeks help from a sleep clinic for her insomnia, but soon deals with her entire life being turned upside down.

Sleepwalker

2017

Spivak poster
5.2

A self-loathing, failed Eastside novelist living in the ‘hipster’ neighborhood of Echo Park in Los Angeles is shocked to find himself falling in love with everything he hates, including a simple All-American blonde girl from the Westside.

Spivak

2018