Orlagh Cassidy

Orlagh Cassidy (born August 17, 1968) is an American actress.

Early years

Cassidy was born on August 17, 1968, in Washington, D. C.^[1]

Career

Cassidy made her Broadway debut in Our Country's Good (1991). Her other Broadway credits include Garden District (1995), Present Laughter (1996), and God of Carnage (2009).^[1] She portrayed Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, in the play The Adult in the Room, a world premiere play directed by Heather Arnson and Conor t Bagley, which premiered in Chicago.^[2]

She appeared off-Broadway in Bright Ideas at MCC; on Broadway in Our Country's Good and "Present Laughter"; regionally in Richard III" (Lady Anne) with Richard Thomas, Mark Lamos directing; and in The Misanthrope at Philadelphia Drama Guild, among other productions.

Cassidy played Sloane Walker on Another World and Doris Wolfe on Guiding Light^[3] (1999–2000, 2001, 2002, 2004–2009).

She narrated the 2013 TV series Desperate Measures.

Cassidy read the audiobook An Incomplete Revenge, published by Macmillian Audio in 2008.^[4]

Accolades

Cassidy received a nomination for the 2007 Drama Desk Outstanding Actress in a Play for the Off-Broadway production of The Field.^[5]

Filmography

Television

• Ghostwriter (1992) ("Over a Barrel"; 1992–1993)
• Another World as Sloane Wallace (1992–1993)
• Murder One ("Chapter Twenty-One") (1996 episode); "Chapter Twenty-Two" (1996 episode)
• Trinity ("In Loco Parentis") (1998 episode)
• Guiding Light as Doris Wolfe (1999–2000, 2001, 2002, 2004–2009)
• Sex and the City ("Defining Moments") (2001 episode)
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ("Wrath') (2001 episode)
• Law & Order ("Star Crossed") (2003 episode)
• Unforgettable ("The Island") as Shelly Miller (2014 episode)
• Blue Bloods as Anne Carter (2012) (Season 2, Episode 19:"Some Kind of Hero")
• Desperate Measures (2013), narrator
• Homeland as Rachel (2017) (Season 6, Episode 7: "Imminent Risk")^[6]
• Madam Secretary as Regina Boroumand (2017) (Season 4, Episode 18: "The Friendship Game")

Film

• Passing Stones (2001)
• Confection (2003)
• The Pornographer: A Love Story (2004)
• The Great New Wonderful (2005)
• St Vincent as speech therapist (2014)
• Shirley as Caroline (2020)
• The Pale Blue Eye as Mrs. Fry (2022)