Personal details
Born:
- Birthday: 1987-03-30
- Born Place: Dublin, Ireland
Also Known As:
Olwen Kelly, اولن کاترین کلی
Olwen Catherine Kelly
Olwen Catherine Kelly is an Irish model and actress, born on March 30, 1987, in Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland. She is best known for her unforgettable and highly challenging role as the unidentified female corpse, the titular Jane Doe, in the 2016 supernatural horror film The Autopsy of Jane Doe. Her performance was crucial to the film's success, as she spent extensive periods on a cold marble slab, maintaining absolute stillness and utilizing her knowledge of yoga and breath control to convincingly portray a deceased person, often for 8 to 10 hours a day. Director André Øvredal chose to use her for the role instead of a prosthetic body to ensure maximum realism. Beyond this key performance, Kelly has also appeared in other films, including the revenge thriller Darkness on the Edge of Town (2014), the crime drama Winter Ridge (2018), and The Grand Duke of Corsica (2021).
