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Talulah Riley
Talulah Riley
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Occupation	Actress
Years active	2004 - present
Partner	Elon Musk (2008-present)

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Talulah Riley (born 26 September 1985) is a British actress whose films include Pride and Prejudice, St Trinian's, Pirate Radio (UK: The Boat That Rocked) and St. Trinian's II: The Legend of Fritton's Gold. St Trinian's, which starred Riley as the female lead, is the second highest grossing independent British movie of all time after Four Weddings and a Funeral.

Riley's next movie is Inception with Leonardo DiCaprio, written and directed by Chris Nolan. She is widely regarded as a rising star among the next generation of British actresses and is featured on the March 2010 cover of Esquire^[1]^[2]^[3].

Her television credits include episodes of Poirot, Marple, the E4 series Nearly Famous and Doctor Who (2008's "Silence in the Library" and "Forest of the Dead").

Riley made her stage debut with Kevin Spacey in The Philadelphia Story at the Old Vic in 2005. Her performance in a 2006 revival of Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke was described as "delightful".^[4]

Personal life

Talulah Riley-Milburn was born in Hertfordshire, the only child of Una Riley, founder of a security systems company and a PR company^[5], and Doug Milburn, formerly head of the British National Crime Squad. Her father now works as a screen writer and has written episodes of Silent Witness, Prime Suspect and The Bill. She attended Cheltenham Ladies College, Berkhamsted Collegiate School and graduated from Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls. While acting in London, Riley studied mathematics, physics and economics at the Open University.

She is engaged to South African-born entrepreneur Elon Musk; they are planning to marry in 2010^[6]. Riley lives in Santa Monica, California at the home she shares with Musk.

She is currently a student at the California Institute of Technology, studying physics. ^[7]

Filmography

Year	Format	Title	Role	Notes
2003	TV film	Poirot: Five Little Pigs	Young Angela Warren
2005	Stage	The Philadelphia Story	Dinah Lord	Old Vic
2005	Film	Pride & Prejudice	Mary Bennet
2006	TV film	Marple: The Moving Finger	Megan Hunter
2006	Stage	Summer and Smoke	Miss Nellie	Nottingham Playhouse/ Apollo Shaftesbury Avenue
2007	Film	St Trinian's	Annabelle Fritton
	Short film	Friends Forever	Grace	National Film and Television School
	TV series	Nearly Famous	Lila Reed	six part series
2008	TV movie	Phoo Action	Lady Elenor Rigsby	pilot - the planned six part series was cancelled ^[8]
2008	TV series	Doctor Who	Miss Evangelista	Series Four, Ep8 "Silence in the Library", Ep9 "Forest of the Dead"
2009	Film	The Boat That Rocked	Marianne
	Short film	The Summer House	Janet	First shown at Cannes Short Film Corner
	Film	St. Trinian's II: The Legend of Fritton's Gold	Annabelle Fritton
	Film	Inception		post-production Planned release date - 2010
Not Broadcast	TV movie	The Gemma Factor^[9]	Nell	pilot
Announced	Film	Wilder^[10]	Carro

References

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^ Read, Rachel Summer and Smoke @ Nottingham Playhouse, BBC (27 September 2006)
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^ St Trinian's star Talulah Riley postpones her summer wedding Daily Mail (15 February 2009)
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^ BBC3 drops new drama Phoo Action,The Guardian (17 November 2008)
^ Lights, camera, rain... BBC film crew comes to Calderdale to shoot comedy drama - Halifax Today
^ Foreman, Liza Make my day. Make my film, The Times (24 May 2007)

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[4] Read, Rachel Summer and Smoke @ Nottingham Playhouse, BBC (27 September 2006)

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[6] St Trinian's star Talulah Riley postpones her summer wedding Daily Mail (15 February 2009)

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[8] BBC3 drops new drama Phoo Action,The Guardian (17 November 2008)

[9] Lights, camera, rain... BBC film crew comes to Calderdale to shoot comedy drama - Halifax Today

[10] Foreman, Liza Make my day. Make my film, The Times (24 May 2007)

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-'''Talulah Riley''' (born 26 September 1985) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[actress]] whose films include ''[[Pride & Prejudice (2005 film)|Pride and Prejudice]]'', ''[[St_Trinian's_(film)|St Trinian's]]'', ''[[The_Boat_That_Rocked|Pirate Radio]]'' (UK: The Boat That Rocked) and ''[[St. Trinian's II: The Legend of Fritton's Gold]]''. St Trinian's is the second highest grossing independent British movie of all time after ''[[Four Weddings and a Funeral]]''.
+'''Talulah Riley''' (born 26 September 1985) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[actress]] whose films include ''[[Pride & Prejudice (2005 film)|Pride and Prejudice]]'', ''[[St_Trinian's_(film)|St Trinian's]]'', ''[[The_Boat_That_Rocked|Pirate Radio]]'' (UK: The Boat That Rocked) and ''[[St. Trinian's II: The Legend of Fritton's Gold]]''. St Trinian's, which starred Riley as the female lead, is the second highest grossing independent British movie of all time after ''[[Four Weddings and a Funeral]]''.
 Riley's next movie is ''[[Inception (film)|Inception]]'' with Leonardo DiCaprio, written and directed by Chris Nolan. She is widely regarded as a rising star among the next generation of British actresses  and is featured on the March 2010 cover of Esquire<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/7149397/Talulah-Riley-the-worlds-sexiest-quantum-physicist.html]</ref><ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/girls-on-top-the-next-generation-of-british-actresses-1758327.html]</ref><ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-1162966/Ooh-la-Talulah-The-Boat-That-Rocked-actresss-life-Riley.html]</ref>.