Olivia Jo Thirlby is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Leah in the comedy-drama film Juno (2007), as Natalie in The Darkest Hour (2011) and as Judge Cassandra Anderson in Dredd (2012).
Thirlby at the 2012 Fantastic Fest promoting Dredd
Juno is a 2007 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman and written by Diablo Cody. Elliot Page stars as the title character, an independent-minded teenager confronting her unplanned pregnancy and the subsequent events that put pressures of adult life onto her. Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Allison Janney and J. K. Simmons also star. Filming spanned from early February to March 2007 in Vancouver, British Columbia. It premiered on September 8 at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival, receiving a standing ovation.
Diablo Cody wrote the film based on many of her own high school experiences.
Jason Reitman pictured Elliot Page as Juno when he first read the script.
Eric Hamber Secondary School stood in for the fictional Dancing Elk High School.
Kimya Dawson provided both solo songs and songs from two of her former bands.