Liah O'Prey

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Liah O'Prey
Born (1999-12-15) 15 December 1999 (age 24)
Barcelona, Spain
OccupationActress
Years active2011–present

Liah O'Prey (born 15 December 1999) is a Spanish-born Irish-French [1] actress. She began her career as a child actress and speaks English, French, Spanish and Catalan.

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Early life

O'Prey was born in Barcelona to an Irish father and a Corsican mother from Pietralba. [2] After completing high school, she enrolled at a drama school Paris. [1]

Career

At the age of 11, O'Prey made her feature film debut in Juan Carlos Medina's 2012 multilingual horror Painless as Inès. [3] She played Anna in the 2014 Irish-South African science fiction film Young Ones . [4] In 2015, O'Prey appeared in two French television films: My Son as Héloïse and Eyes Open as Clara. The following year, she starred as Laetitia in West Coast. She played a younger version of Dolores Fonzi's character in Black Snow (2017).

O'Prey played Mary Livingston in the 2018 historical drama Mary Queen of Scots and Virginie in the 2020 Netflix film Madame Claude . [5] [6] She then landed the recurring roles of Tatiana in the French series Mortel and Beatrice, an Irish exchange student, [1] [7] in Damien Chazelle's miniseries The Eddy , both on Netflix.

In 2021, O'Prey starred as Julia the Elder in the Sky Atlantic and Italia historical series Domina and made a guest appearance as the titular character in the Capitaine Marleau episode "Claire obscure". [8] [9] In September 2021, it was announced O'Prey had joined the main cast of the upcoming BBC and Canal+ series Marie Antoinette . [10]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011The Murder of Otilia Ruiz (Spanish : La muerte de Otilia Ruiz)Young OtiliaShort film
2012 Painless (French : Insensibles)Teen Inès
2014 Young Ones Anna
2016West CoastLaetitia
2017 Black Snow (Spanish : Nieve negra)Young Sabrina
2018 Mary Queen of Scots Mary Livingston
2019La jauríaTania [11] [12]
2020 Madame Claude Virginie
2022 A Man of Action Anne
TBAAwakened DreamsAspara

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015My Son (French : Un fils)HéloïseTelevision film
2015Eyes Open (French : Les Yeux ouverts)ClaraTelevision film
2019–2021 Mortel Tatiana5 episodes
2020 The Eddy BeatriceMiniseries
2021–present Domina Julia Main role
2021 Capitaine Marleau Claire DuretEpisode: "Claire obscure"
2022Et la montagne fleuriraEstelleMiniseries; 5 episodes
2022 Marie Antoinette Yolande 9 episodes

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