O’Reilly: Well, there’s something in having to stand up in front of our whole crew. And that is also the gift from our writers, and from Tony (Gilroy) for me to be able to give a whole speech.

“Andor” star Genevieve O'Reilly and creator break down Mon Mothma's epic Senate speech, diverging from canon "It was such a huge thing to me to give that whole speech," O'Reilly tells EW.

Andor star Genevieve O’Reilly has been playing Rebel leader Mon Mothma in the Star Wars galaxy for nearly 20 years, but she never really got the chance to become acquainted with the character ...

In the ninth episode of “ Andor ” Season 2, the senator from Chandrila, played by Genevieve O’Reilly, publicly denounces the Empire in a speech from her pod in the Imperial Senate.

Andor star Genevieve O’Reilly finally has the answer to a question she’s been asking herself since she started playing Mon Mothma as of 2005’s Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith.

So when Genevieve O'Reilly (who loves Star Wars fans and their theories) stopped by EW ’s Dagobah Dispatch podcast, she was asked if this is basically what her character has been up to since ...

O'Reilly adds, "And then for Leida to turn the way she did, it just broke my heart. It’s deeply brutal but it was a moment for Mon to gather herself. We saw that. We saw the pain.

Genevieve O'Reilly has appeared onstage in Sydney Theatre's The Way of the World, Gate Theatre's The Weir, Richard II at the Old Vic, in '13' at the Royal National Theatre, The Doctors Dilemma and ...

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In the ninth episode of “ Andor ” Season 2, the senator from Chandrila, played by Genevieve O’Reilly, publicly denounces the Empire in a speech from her pod in the Imperial Senate.