Meet White Lotus and The Consultant star Brittany O’Grady, who’s been acting since she was 4: still under 30, she’s had a career most can only dream about, and she’s only getting started
Hailing from Virginia, O’Grady started out taking dance lessons and singing in the church choir; these days she’s better known as Simone in Fox show Star, and Paula in The White Lotus
Brittany O’Grady grew up being told to get a thicker skin. Once, after being scolded during a rehearsal, a mix of embarrassment and an empty stomach even made her faint. But now, the sensitivity she was once told to suppress is exactly what keeps getting her roles.
At just 28, O’Grady has already starred in hit shows across major platforms: Apple TV+’s Little Voice, Fox’s Star, HBO’s The White Lotus, and Amazon Prime’s The Consultant.
That’s no coincidence: Brittany O’Grady is the kind of actor directors dream about.
She grew up performing
Born in Arlington, Virginia, O’Grady doesn’t remember a time when she wasn’t performing. Raised by a father who worked in higher education financial aid and a mother who was a communications professional, she grew up taking dance classes, piano lessons and singing in the church choir, per The Washington Post.
By the time she was four, she had already booked her first commercial job. Before she could even spell Shakespeare, she played Caliban in The Tempest. By 13, she was performing in professional stage productions of The Witches of Eastwick and A Christmas Carol.
While her parents had fostered her love of performing, it wasn’t until she started taking classes with The Idiosyncratic company that she realised it was a lifelong passion.
Founded by Georgian immigrants Paata and Irina Tsikurishvili, the dance and movement-based theatre troupe challenged her physically and engaged her creatively in ways she had never experienced before.