Talulah Riley
Talulah Riley | |
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| File:Talulah at a red carpet event.jpg | |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2004 - present |
| Partner | Elon Musk (2008-present) |
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 |
| Film | Pride & Prejudice | Mary Bennet | ||
| 2006 | TV film | Marple: The Moving Finger | Megan Hunter | |
| 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] |
| 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
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ [3]
- ^ Read, Rachel Summer and Smoke @ Nottingham Playhouse, BBC (27 September 2006)
- ^ [4]
- ^ St Trinian's star Talulah Riley postpones her summer wedding Daily Mail (15 February 2009)
- ^ [5]
- ^ 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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