
Kathryn O'Reilly
As an artist, over the past couple of decades I have been working both sides of the stage and screen in various roles; as an Actress, Producer, Writer, Director and Assistant Director - and have dedicated myself to improving and developing the crafts I pursue in helping to facilitate story telling.
EDUCATION / TRAINING / WORKSHOPS include;
ACTING
LAMDA (London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art) 3years BA in Drama
Academy Drama School, Whitechapel (2yrs)
East15 Drama School Devised Theatre summer course
RADA at the Old Vic Skill development through Shakespeare summer course
Anna Scher
Ken Campbell (Improv Workshops)
NYT (National Youth Theatre)
PRODUCING
StageOne New Producers workshop
WRITING
MA (Distinction) Scriptwriting University of Essex
Royal Court Young Writers Programme
NFTS (National Film & Television School) Scriptwriting for Film & TV
Apples & Snakes poet in development
DIRECTING
NFTS (National Film & Television School) Directors Series Short courses
PRODUCTION
BRIT (British Record Industry Trust) Performing Arts & Technology School
Video, Film & Television Production

Agent: Katie Threlfall Associates
020 8879 0493
As an Actress my screen work includes debbie tucker green's BAFTA winning TV Film Random, Academy Award Nominated director Lenny Abrahamson's feature The Little Stranger, guest lead in Call The Midwife directed by Darcia Martin, BIFA award winning feature Zebra Crossing directed by Sam Holland.
On stage I won Best Performance Award at Birmingham Fringe Festival playing Michelle in Skin of the Game directed by Clemmie Reynolds at Blue Orange Theatre, was Offie nominated for Best Female Performance in a Play in Poisoned Polluted at Old Red Lion Theatre. I am the longest standing actress to have played Liz Morden - originally played by Linda Bassett in 1988 - in the 25th year anniversary production and a tour the following year with Out of Joint in Timberlake Wertenbaker's Olivia Award Winning play Our Country's Good.
I have worked internationally playing at Guthrie Theatre Minneapolis, Royal Alexandra Theatre Toronto, and Koninklijke Schaumburg The Hague, and in the UK I've played at 61 theatres nationally including Hampstead Theatre, Arts Theatre, Sheffield Crucible, Bolton Octagon, Manchester Royal Exchange, Liverpool Everyman, Trafalgar Studios, Brighton Theatre Royal, Arcola, and St James Theatre.

As a Playwright I have 2 plays published by Nick Hern Books - Screwed and Poisoned Polluted,
and have had various rehearsed and staged readings of my work read by actors including - Carey Mulligan, Phil Davis, Celia Imrie, Jonny Harris, Jamie Foreman, Gary Beadle.


Producer | Director | Screenwriter
Directing & Writing Enquiries contact:
The Agency 020 7727 1346
Producer Enquiries kathryn1oreilly@yahoo.co.uk
As a Filmmaker I have produced a short-doc for Netflix Youtube Channel currently in post-production, and been on the producing teams of 9 short films, one of which I directed called Silence currently on the festival circuit and was nominated for best female director at IndieX Film Festival.
020 7729 7477

As a First Assistant Director I work in Television, Film, Music Videos and Commercials - I have worked on 3 first series television shows (6 and 8 episodes), Art house films such as Once again...(Statues Never Die) Produced by Angie Daniel, Directed by Sir Isaac Julian which premiered at Tate Britain as part of What Freedom Is To Me.
I have firsted over 60 short films including;
Headhunter Directed by Spike Curtis, Plastic Surgery Directed by Guy Trevellyan both in post-production.
Person of Interest for Halycons Heart Films and Channel 4 Films directed by multi BAFTA award winner Aisha Rafaele and producer Joseph Bullman, Lumbu Produced by Kurban Kassam and Directed by Billy Dosanjh playing on BBC iplayer, multi award winning Ceres starring Juliet Steveson and Hannah Morrish, multi award winning Fifty-Four Days Directed bt Phoebe Torrance Produced by Ella Greenwood starring Celia Imrie and Cat White, Largo starring Tamsin Grieg currently on the festival circuit, and multi award winning short What We Wished We Could Be Produced by Sophie Stacey and Directed by Luke Shelley.
I have firsted 9 music videos including for The Blockheads featuring Andy Serkis and Toyah Wilcox.