“Juno” actress Olivia Thirlby is back in the news after her former co-star Elliot Page told a very personal anecdote in her explosive book.
The “The Umbrella Academy” star claimed that she and Thirlby had a passionate love affair on set, and that the couple had “constant” sex while filming the 2007 independent film.
Here’s everything you need to know about Thirlby’s whereabouts now, 16 years after the Oscar-winning movie was released.
What movies and TV shows has Olivia Thirlby appeared in?
Thirlby rose to fame as Leah, Page’s character’s quirky best friend in the 2007 teen movie “Juno.”
Subsequently, she acted in movies such as “Nobody Walks”, “Dredd”, “Above the Shadows”, “The Darkest Hour”, “The Wedding Ringer” and more.
He has also appeared in various TV shows such as “Goliath”, “Bored to Death”, “Y: The Last Man” and “L Word: Generation Q”.
Why is Olivia Thirlby in the news?
Thirlby’s name trended in 2020 after Page’s 2023 memoir, Pageboy, who came out as transgender, revealed that they had a passionate love affair on the set of “Juno” and had “constant” sex during filming.
“The moment I saw Olivia Thirlby, I was stunned,” the “Inception” star wrote.
Page added that even though they’re the same age, Thirlby looks “much older, talented, and centered.”
“Sexually open, far from where I was at the time. But the chemistry was obvious, it drew me in.”
Page later detailed their alleged sexual encounters, writing that they would do it “in a hotel room, in our trailers at work, once in a small, private room at a restaurant.”
“We thought we were being subtle. Being close with Olivia helped dissipate my embarrassment. I didn’t see a glint in her eyes and I wanted that—I wanted to feel miserable about who I am,” she wrote.
Is Olivia Thirlby bisexual?
Thirlby revealed that he is bisexual in a 2011 interview with Brooklyn Magazine.
“Nobody should have to hide their sexual orientation,” he told the outlet at the time.
“Loving people is a necessary part of being human, and loving people secretly is very difficult. Forcing people to do this is a terrible thing.”
The “Darkest Hour” actress has an Instagram but hasn’t shared anything since September 2022.
His last post was to promote his short film “Artist in a Field” with Sam Falconi.
“We were inspired and inspired by our months in the woods of the Hudson Valley, and this wildly special community of people came together to lend their tremendous talents and hearts to expression,” he wrote in the post. “I’m so excited to share that this doll named ‘Artist In A Field’ will be playing at @official_topangafilmfestival.”
There is room Twitter accountbut he hasn’t tweeted since 2016.
Is Olivia Thirlby married?
Thirlby met Jacques Pienaar on the set of the 2012 movie “Dredd.”
The couple started dating soon after and finally tied the knot on December 28, 2014.
Working in the sound department of shows like “Love, Victor”, “Good Girls” and “Dice”, Pienaar paid tribute to his wife on their second anniversary.
“Thank you for the most wonderful two years of marriage and thank you for being my best friend. Life is really wonderful with you and I am looking forward to this life with you.
Thirlby also addressed her husband on their second wedding anniversary.
“This handsome idiot’s two-year mawww, my best friend, my adventure buddy, my older brother, my whirlpools, my favorite boyfriend, my everything. Thanks for keeping me weird, dad. I love you so much🌲🕊” he wrote at the time.
Where is Olivia Thirlby now?
Thirlby currently resides in New York City, where he was born and raised, according to IMDb.
He joined the star-studded cast of Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” in April 2022.
Most recently, the actress returning to the big screen in 2019’s “Above the Shadows” will star alongside Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Rami Malek, Benny Safdie, Josh Hartnett, Jack Quaid and more.
Cillian Murphy will play Robert Oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist whose contribution to the Manhattan Project led to the creation of the atomic bomb.
The film is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book “American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer” by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin.