Morgana O'Reilly (born 19 August 1985) is a New Zealand film, television and theatre actress. She has appeared in several theatre productions and created the one-woman play The Height of the Eiffel Tower, which she performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2014. O'Reilly played Lynn Matthews in the biographical television film Billy and starred as Kylie Bucknell in the horror-comedy Housebound. She has made appearances in Nothing Trivial, Sunny Skies, This is Littleton. O'Reilly played Naomi Canning in Neighbours from 2013 until 2015. She made a guest appearance in 2020. She stars in sitcom Mean Mums and joined the cast of Wentworth as Narelle Stang in 2019.
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Biography from TMDB.
- August 19, 1985 (41)
- New Zealand
- Actor
- 11 on MovieCove · 28 credits in all
What are Morgana O'Reilly's films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Survival.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 2 · Earnest 2
A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 0 · Dark 1
A split, not a type: Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 1
Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 1
Steady 0 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
A split, not a type: Casual 2 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 1
A split, not a type: Easy watch 3 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 1
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 3 of 4 analyzed roles.
- Heroas Carole in Safe House (2012)
- Heroas Kylie Bucknell in Housebound (2014)
- Allyas Zo in Bookworm (2024)
- Heroas Joni Gray in Playing Gracie Darling (2025)
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet4
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Morgana O'Reilly's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Morgana O'Reilly's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
28 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page.
Bust Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Stories About My Body (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Small Town Scandal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Playing Gracie Darling(2025)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows
Notes from A Fish(2025)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Bookworm(2024)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Friends Like Her (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Summer Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Nude Tuesday(2022)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Kid Sister (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
The White Lotus(2021)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all showsTalkback (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
The Sounds(2020)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows
Inside (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Below (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
My Life Is Murder(2019)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
Mean Mums (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Wanted (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Housebound(2014)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
This is Littleton (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Sunny Skies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Ten Thousand Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Safe House(2012)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Billy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all filmsKnickers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Neighbours(1985)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all showsScales (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 86th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 28 titles, 27 of them dated from 1985 to 2026; peak year 2014.
Biggest box office
Bookworm (2024)
Highest rated
Housebound (2014)
Most popular right now
Playing Gracie Darling (2025)
Film career
Peak 2014 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2014Screen debut· Housebound
- 2014First top-billed film· Housebound
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
Nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2026, Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Morgana O'Reilly's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 46th percentile, the median of all 6; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 50th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th5
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 11 titles are Mixed.
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the acting 75/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 38. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Morgana O'Reilly's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Morgana O'Reilly work with?
People who share at least 2 of Morgana O'Reilly's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kathryn Burnett shares the most, 2.
Writers
- Kathryn BurnettShared titles: The Sounds (2020), Safe House (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Kathryn Burnett
Actors
- Millen BairdShared titles: Bookworm (2024), Housebound (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Millen Baird
- Peter ElliottShared titles: The Sounds (2020), Safe House (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Peter Elliott
- Ryan LamppShared titles: Housebound (2014), Safe House (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Ryan Lampp
Composers
- Karl Sölve StevenShared titles: Bookworm (2024), The Sounds (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Karl Sölve Steven
Producers
- Ant TimpsonShared titles: Bookworm (2024), Housebound (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Ant Timpson
- Emma SladeShared titles: Bookworm (2024), Nude Tuesday (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Emma Slade
- Roxi BullShared titles: Bookworm (2024), Nude Tuesday (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Roxi Bull
Mixed roles
- Celia PacquolaShared titles: Playing Gracie Darling (2025), Nude Tuesday (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Celia Pacquola
