Charlotte Riley
| Charlotte Riley | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Charlotte Louise Riley 29 December 1981 Grindon, County Durham, England |
| Residence | London, England |
| Education | Teesside High School, County Durham |
| Alma mater |
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art St Cuthbert's Society, Durham |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Spouse(s) | Tom Hardy (m. 2014) |
| Children | 1 |
Charlotte Louise Riley (born 29 December 1981) is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Sarah Hurst in Easy Virtue and as Catherine Earnshaw in ITV's adaptation of Wuthering Heights.[1]
Early life and education
Riley was born in Grindon, County Durham.[2] She was raised in County Durham and attended Teesside High School from the age of 9 until 18.[3] She attended St Cuthbert's, Durham University from 2000–03, performing with the Durham Revue and in 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]
Career
In 2004, Riley won the Sunday Times' Playwriting Award for Shaking Cecilia, which she co-wrote with Tiffany Wood.[5][6] 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.[7] She co-starred in London Has Fallen, the sequel to the 2013 film Olympus Has Fallen,[8] where she portrayed an MI6 agent Jacqueline Marshall.[9] She also portrayed Arabella Strange in the miniseries adaptation of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell.[10]
Personal life
She became engaged to English actor Tom Hardy in 2010. Riley and Hardy worked together on Wuthering Heights and The Take. The couple married in July 2014.[11][12] In October 2015, their first child was born.[13][14]
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 film |
| 2009 | The Take | Maggie Summers | 4 episodes |
| 2009 | Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen | Peggy Lytton | Television film |
| 2009 | Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side | Margot Bence | Television film |
| 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[15] | Nance | |
| 2014 | Peaky Blinders | May Carleton | 2nd season |
| 2015 | In the Heart of the Sea | Peggy Gardner Chase | |
| 2015 | Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell | Arabella | |
| 2016 | London Has Fallen | MI6 Agent Jacqueline "Jax" Marshall[16] | |
| 2016 | Close to the Enemy | Rachel Lombard | BBC2 TV miniseries written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff |
| 2017 | King Charles III | Kate | Television film |
References
- ↑ CHARLOTTE RILEY, Screen Daily (10 July 2008)
- ↑ Profile, gazettelive.co.uk; accessed 21 October 2014.
- ↑ Desira, Joanna. "Charlotte Riley becomes star of stage and screen", Evening Gazette, 3 November 2008.
- ↑ Charlotte Riley profile Archived 17 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine., lamda.org.uk; accessed 21 October 2014.
- ↑ Hewison, Robert.Student Drama, The Sunday Times (18 April 2004)
- ↑ Barker, Andy. New Heights Archived 27 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine., 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.
- ↑ Goldberg, Matt (May 8, 2015). "First LONDON HAS FALLEN Poster Is Already Hating British Landmarks". Collider. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
- ↑ Tartaglione, Nancy (October 25, 2013). "Eddie Marsan To Topline ‘Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell’ For BBC One/BBC America". Deadline. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Flint, Hannah. "the pigeon and Charlotte Riley welcome their first child".
- ↑ "Tom Hardy Expecting Second Child!". Retrieved 3 September 2013.
- ↑ "Charlotte Riley Joins Tom Cruise In All You Need Is Kill". CinemaBlend.com. 24 August 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
- ↑ Najafi, Babak (4 March 2016), London Has Fallen, retrieved 4 March 2014