Morgana O'Reilly

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.

Ten Thousand Days (2012)

Darby Duncan is convinced he will die on his ten thousandth day. But when he meets Arabella at the funeral of his cousin, things don’t go quite to plan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Duignan
CAST:  Morgana O'Reilly  •  Benedict Wall

Darby Duncan is convinced he will die on his ten thousandth day. But when he meets Arabella at the funeral of his cousin, things don’t go quite to plan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Duignan
CAST:  Morgana O'Reilly  •  Benedict Wall

Housebound (2014)

When Kylie Bucknell is sentenced to home detention, she's forced to come to terms with her unsociable behaviour, her blabbering mother and a hostile spirit who seems less than happy about the new living arrangement.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gerard Johnstone
CAST:  Morgana O'Reilly  •  Rima Te Wiata  •  Glen-Paul Waru  •  Cameron Rhodes

When Kylie Bucknell is sentenced to home detention, she's forced to come to terms with her unsociable behaviour, her blabbering mother and a hostile spirit who seems less than happy about the new living arrangement.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gerard Johnstone
CAST:  Morgana O'Reilly  •  Rima Te Wiata  •  Glen-Paul Waru  •  Cameron Rhodes

Homebound (2013)

A successful young man must return to his childhood small town in Texas to help his father. His father, who's ill, wants him to take over the family business, a dilapidated bar. Secretly the young man wants to burn down the bar because he blames it for the death of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fanny Veliz
CAST:  Fanny Veliz  •  Enrique Castillo  •  Cameron Rhodes  •  Rima Te Wiata

A successful young man must return to his childhood small town in Texas to help his father. His father, who's ill, wants him to take over the family business, a dilapidated bar. Secretly the young man wants to burn down the bar because he blames it for the death of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fanny Veliz
CAST:  Fanny Veliz  •  Enrique Castillo  •  Cameron Rhodes  •  Rima Te Wiata

Safe House (2012)

Safe House is the story of a struggle for survival in an unfamiliar and threatening world, based on the true life experience of a woman in the early days of the witness protection programme in New Zealand. TV Movie  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Laing
CAST:  Morgana O'Reilly  •  Serena Cotton  •  Peter Elliott  •  Paul Gittins

Safe House is the story of a struggle for survival in an unfamiliar and threatening world, based on the true life experience of a woman in the early days of the witness protection programme in New Zealand. TV Movie  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Laing
CAST:  Morgana O'Reilly  •  Serena Cotton  •  Peter Elliott  •  Paul Gittins

Below (2019)

In a near-future, darknet grifter Dougie is recruited to work security at a refugee detention centre. There, he is drawn into an underground operation blackmailing detainees to fight for profit. When tragedy strikes courageous fighter Azad, Dougie locates his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maziar Lahooti
CAST:  Anthony LaPaglia  •  Ryan Corr  •  Morgana O'Reilly  •  Zenia Starr

In a near-future, darknet grifter Dougie is recruited to work security at a refugee detention centre. There, he is drawn into an underground operation blackmailing detainees to fight for profit. When tragedy strikes courageous fighter Azad, Dougie locates his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maziar Lahooti
CAST:  Anthony LaPaglia  •  Ryan Corr  •  Morgana O'Reilly  •  Zenia Starr

Billy (2011)

The personal story of New Zealand's most beloved entertainer Billy T James. Reveals the man behind the chuckle.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Burger
CAST:  Tainui Tukiwaho  •  Morgana O'Reilly  •  Kelson Henderson  •  Celia Nicholson

The personal story of New Zealand's most beloved entertainer Billy T James. Reveals the man behind the chuckle.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Burger
CAST:  Tainui Tukiwaho  •  Morgana O'Reilly  •  Kelson Henderson  •  Celia Nicholson

Nude Tuesday (2022)

When middle-aged suburban couple, Laura and Bruno are gifted a remote couples’ retreat for their anniversary, they decide to give their failing marriage one last shot before calling it quits. Arriving in an idyllic sanctuary nestled in the mountains, Laura and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Armağan Ballantyne
CAST:  Jackie van Beek  •  Damon Herriman  •  Jemaine Clement  •  Ian Zaro

When middle-aged suburban couple, Laura and Bruno are gifted a remote couples’ retreat for their anniversary, they decide to give their failing marriage one last shot before calling it quits. Arriving in an idyllic sanctuary nestled in the mountains, Laura and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Armağan Ballantyne
CAST:  Jackie van Beek  •  Damon Herriman  •  Jemaine Clement  •  Ian Zaro