Orlagh Cassidy (born August 17, 1968) 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.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" (Lady Anne) 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 (aka the My
BFF JILL spot.).
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.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" (Lady Anne) 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 (aka the My
BFF JILL spot.).
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