Orlagh Cassidy

Orlagh Cassidy is an American actress. Career Cassidy made her Broadway debut in Present Laughter with Frank Langella in 1996. She portrayed Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, in the play The Adult in the Room, a Broadway Factor NYC world premiere written by Bill McMahon and directed by Heather Arnson and Conor t Bagley, which premiered at the Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago. She appeared off-Broadway in Bright Ideas at MCC; on Broadway in Our Country's Good and "Present Laughter"; regionally in Richard III" (Lady Anne) with Richard Thomas, Mark Lamos directing; and in The Misanthrope at Philadelphia Drama Guild, among other productions. Cassidy later played Doris Wolfe on Guiding Light (1999–2000, 2001, 2002, 2004–2009).