Charlotte Riley
| Charlotte Riley | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Riley at the premiere of Edge of Tomorrow in May 2014 | |
| Born |
29 December 1981 Grindon, Stockton-on-Tees, England[1] |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Spouse(s) | Tom Hardy (2014–present) |
Charlotte Riley (born 29 December 1981) is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Sarah Hurst in Easy Virtue and as Catherine Earnshaw in ITV's adaptation of Wuthering Heights.[2]
Early life and education
Riley comes from County Durham and attended Teesside High School from age 9 until 18.[3] Riley later attended St Cuthbert's, Durham University from 2000-03, performing with the Durham Revue and in a number of plays and musicals and graduating with a degree in English and Linguistics; she also attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art from 2005 to 2007.[4]
Personal life
She became engaged to English actor Tom Hardy in 2009, whom she worked with in Wuthering Heights and The Take. The couple married in July 2014.[5][6]
Career
In 2004, Riley won the Sunday Times' Playwriting Award for Shaking Cecilia, which she co-wrote with Tiffany Wood.[7][8] She appeared in Edge of Tomorrow, starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt. She also appeared onstage at the Royal Court Theatre production of The Priory, by Michael Wynne,[9] She is set to appear in London Has Fallen, the sequel to the 2013 film Olympus Has Fallen.[10]
Filmography
| Year | Name | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Grownups | Chloe | Episode: "Send" |
| 2007 | Holby City | Tanya Cusan | Episode: "Someone to Watch Over Me" |
| 2008 | Survey No. 257 | Emma | Short film |
| 2008 | Inspector George Gently | Carmel O'Shaughnessy | Episode: "The Burning Man" |
| 2008 | Easy Virtue | Sarah Hurst | |
| 2009 | Wuthering Heights | Catherine Earnshaw | Television movie |
| 2009 | The Take | Maggie Summers | 4 episodes |
| 2009 | Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen | Peggy Lytton | Television movie |
| 2009 | Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side | Margot Bence | Television movie |
| 2010 | Foyle's War | Mandy Dean | Episode: "Killing Time" |
| 2010–2011 | DCI Banks | Lucy Payne | 3 episodes |
| 2012 | The Town | Alice | 3 episodes |
| 2012 | World Without End | Caris | 8 episodes Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television |
| 2012 | Entity | Kate Hansen | |
| 2014 | Edge of Tomorrow[11] | Nance | |
| 2014 | Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell | Arabella | |
| 2014 | Peaky Blinders | May Carleton | |
| 2014 | Heart of the Sea | Peggy | Filming |
| 2015 | London Has Fallen | Filming |
References
- ↑ Profile, gazettelive.co.uk; accessed 21 October 2014.
- ↑ CHARLOTTE RILEY, Screen Daily (10 July 2008)
- ↑ Desira, Joanna. "Charlotte Riley becomes star of stage and screen", Evening Gazette, 3 November 2008.
- ↑ Charlotte Riley profile, lamda.org.uk; accessed 21 October 2014.
- ↑ Katy Forrester (21 September 2014). "Tom Hardy 'secretly married' fiancée Charlotte in France TWO months ago - they kept that quiet". Mirror. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
- ↑ Lauren Smith (22 September 2014). "Tom Hardy got married in secret-two months ago". Glamour. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
- ↑ Hewison, Robert.Student Drama, The Sunday Times (18 April 2004)
- ↑ Barker, Andy. New Heights, Evening Standard (4 December 2008)
- ↑ Review of The Priory, guardian.co.uk, 27 November 2009; accessed 21 October 2014.
- ↑ Rosser, Michael (November 3, 2014). "London Has Fallen begins filming". Screen Daily. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
- ↑ "Charlotte Riley Joins Tom Cruise In All You Need Is Kill". CinemaBlend.com. 2012-08-24. Retrieved 2013-03-10.
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