Orla Brady (born 28 March 1961) is an Irish actress.

She appeared in the short-lived American television series Family Law. Otherwise, she has appeared in Irish and British movies and TV programmes, including Mistresses and the BBC's A Love Divided as Sheila Cloney.

A Love Divided was about a real-life mixed-religion couple (Sean and Sheila Cloney) in 1950s Ireland, and a clerically supported economic boycott by the majority community against the small Protestant community in Fethard-on-Sea County Wexford Ireland after a Protestant mother moves away with her children in a family dispute about where to educate their daughters. The community were encouraged to regard the situation as a 'kidnapping' of the children to deny them a 'proper' upbringing.

When asked her personal opinion of the matter, Brady agreed the Ne Temere were to blame and it had helped to seriously decrease the size of the Protestant community in southern Ireland. She currently resides in Los Angeles

She has also starred in Nip/Tuck, a US TV drama about plastic surgeons as Dr. Jordan, a female plastic surgeon who, unusually for the series, declined sex with Dr. Christian Troy.

Irish-born Orla Brady studied acting at the Ecole Phillippe Gaulier in Paris. Upon returning to Dublin, she won the role of Adela in the House of Bernarda Alba at the Gate Theatre. Since then, she has been working on both sides of the Atlantic with a career mix of television, film, and stage to her credit. Ms. Brady was married in 2002 and when she isn't filming or off on safari, she likes horseback riding, reading, and has a great love of animals.