Where is Olivia Thirlby now? ‘Juno’ star who had sex with Elliot Page while filming their hit comedy stays away from limelight
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: 'Juno' actress Olivia Thirlby is once again making headlines after her former co-star Elliot Page disclosed their intense on-set romance in his new memoir titled 'Pageboy'. The Oscar-nominated star, who came out as transgender in 2020, revealed that he and Thirlby had sex “all the time” while filming the 2007 indie movie.
“I was taken aback the moment I saw Olivia Thirlby,” the 'Inception' star wrote, adding that they were of the same age at that time but Thirlby seemed “so much older, capable, and centered.” “Sexually open, far removed from where I was at the time. But the chemistry was palpable, it pulled me in,” he noted. Page then claimed that Thirlby was the one who made the first move by admitting that she was "really attracted" to him, which resulted in the two "sucking faces". "It was on. I had an all-encompassing desire for her, she made me want in a way that was new, hopeful," he continued.
What happened to Olivia Thirlby after ‘Juno’?
After having an auspicious start in 2006, Thirlby appeared in a string of feature films before landing her breakout role in ‘Juno’, which shot her to fame. In the 2007 teen flick, she portrayed the role of Leah, the quirky best friend of Page’s character, who stood by her after she got pregnant while in high school. The dramedy turned out to be a massive commercial success, earning around $232 million against a paltry $6–7 million budget.
With ‘Juno’, Thirlby made a name for herself but her career never took off in a big way. After the 2007 movie, she generally kept acting in indie and minor films, most of which received poor-to-middling reviews. Later, Thirlby went on appear in HBO’s ‘Bored To Death’, starring Jason Schwartzman, Ted Danson, and Zack Galifianakis. She also earned a supporting role in the acclaimed arthouse film ‘Margaret’, which starred Anna Paquin, Mark Ruffalo, and Matt Damon.
Additionally, in 2011, she had an appearance in Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman's smash love movie ‘No Strings Attached’. However, her roles appeared to shrink after that point. Since 2019, Thirbly hasn’t appeared in any feature film, according to Daily Mail.
Where is Olivia Thirlby now?
Thirlby currently resides in New York City, where she was born and raised, according to IMDb. She has a peaceful life with her husband Jacques Pienaar, whom she first met on the set of her 2012 film 'Dredd'. Soon after, they started dating and eventually tied the knot on December 28, 2014. The 'Darkest Hour' actress has successfully managed to keep her personal life away from the limelight, with minimal social media presence. Thirlby has an Instagram account but she has not posted anything since September 2022, according to Page Six.
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Thirlby is currently gearing up for a comeback with Christopher Nolan's highly anticipated film ‘Oppenheimer’. She is set to star alongside Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh, Robert Downey Jr, Matt Damon, Rami Malek, Benny Safdie, Josh Hartnett, Jack Quaid, and more. In the long-awaited drama, Cillian Murphy will portray the role of Robert Oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist whose contribution to the Manhattan Project led to the creation of the atomic bomb. The Pulitzer Prize winner book 'American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J Robert Oppenheimer' by Kai Bird and Martin J Sherwin served as the inspiration for the film.
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