Olivia Thirlby

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Olivia Thirlby

Born	October 6, 1986 (1986-10-06) (age 21) New York, New York
Years active	2003–present

Olivia Thirlby (born October 6, 1986) is an American screen actress best known for her role as Leah in the 2007 film Juno. She has expressed an interest in pursuing a career in professional theatre.

Born and raised in New York City, Thirlby attended Friends Seminary trained at the American Globe Theatre, as well as the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. She completed a stage combat course with the British Academy of Stage and Screen Combat (BASSC).^{[citation needed]}

In 2003, while still at high school, she was offered a role in The Secret. In 2006, she made her film debut in United 93 and her television debut in Kidnapped.

She appears in a number of forthcoming films including Margaret and Safety Glass in 2008 and The Dream of the Romans in 2009.

Thirlby is attached to star in Jack and Diane (opposite Ellen Page, with whom she co-starred in Juno),^[1] Parts Per Billion, Legion^[2] and Breaking Upwards which will reunite her with Darryl Wein who directed her in Unlocked.

She plans to attend college once she has made a sufficient start to her acting career.