Orlagh Cassidy


Orlagh Cassidy is an American actress. She attended the acting conservatory at the State University of New York at Purchase. She made her Broadway debut in Present Laughter with Frank Langella and recently portrayed Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi in the play The Adult in the Room, a Broadway Factor NYC world premiere written by Bill McMahon and directed by Heather Arnson and Conor Bagley which premiered at the Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago.

Life and career

Cassidy was born in Washington, D.C. She appeared Off-Broadway in Bright Ideas at MCC; on Broadway in Our Country's Good and "Present Laughter"; regionally in Richard III" with Richard Thomas, Mark Lamos directing; and in The Misanthrope at Philadelphia Drama Guild, among other productions. She received a nomination for the 2007 Drama Desk Outstanding Actress in a Play for the Off Broadway production of "The Field" at The Irish Rep.
Cassidy later played D.A. Doris Wolfe on Guiding Light and appeared in many commercials for Cingular Wireless/AT&T - She was the mom who was confronting her daughters' as well as her own mother's constant texting.

Filmography

; Television
; Film