Biography
Actress Olivia Thirlby accepted one of her earliest on-camera roles when she signed to work for director
Paul Greengrass on his acclaimed docudrama
United 93 -- and thereby delivered a haunting onscreen evocation of the late Nicole Carol Miller, 21-year-old college student and victim of one of the September 11th hijackings. Thirlby subsequently tackled supporting roles in such productions as
David Gordon Green's explosive small-town drama
Snow Angels (2007) and
Jason Reitman's seriocomedy
Juno (2007), then teamed up with
Lili Taylor and
X-Files stalwart
David Duchovny for
Vincent Perez's supernatural thriller
The Secret (2007). ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide