Kelly Reilly | |
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 Reilly in Paris at the French premiere ofFlight, January 2013 | |
| Born | Jessica Kelly Siobhán Reilly (1977-07-18)18 July 1977 (age 47) Chessington,London, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Spouse | |
Jessica Kelly Siobhán Reilly[1] (born 18 July 1977) is an English actress. She first appeared on screen in 1995 on the seriesThe Biz. Her other television work includes starring roles in the British crime dramaAbove Suspicion (2009–2012), the American psychological medical dramaBlack Box (2014), the Americananthology crime dramaTrue Detective (2015) and the historical fantasy dramaBritannia (2018). Since 2018, she has played Beth Dutton on theParamount Network neo-Western drama seriesYellowstone, oppositeKevin Costner.
Reilly's film work began in 2000 in the English comedy filmMaybe Baby. She went on to have a supporting role in the romantic dramaPride & Prejudice (2005), a leading role in the horror thriller filmEden Lake (2008), the role ofMary Morstan inSherlock Holmes (2009) and its 2011 sequelSherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, a leading role inFlight withDenzel Washington (2012), and the thriller10x10 withLuke Evans (2018).
She was nominated for aLaurence Olivier Award for her performance inAfter Miss Julie at theDonmar Warehouse (2003–2004).
Reilly was born and brought up inChessington, the daughter of a hospital receptionist and Jack Reilly, a police officer.[2] She attendedTolworth Girls' School inTolworth, where she studied drama to obtain aGCSE.[3][4] Her grandparents are Irish.[5]
Reilly wrote to the producers of the television dramaPrime Suspect, starringHelen Mirren, to ask for work. Six months later she auditioned for a role inPrime Suspect 4: Inner Circle, which was broadcast onITV on 7 May 1995. The following year, she appeared in an episode of the Carlton UK television period drama seriesBramwell playing a disturbed young woman. She also played Tina, a tearaway, inPie in the Sky. Six years later, she appeared alongside Mirren in the filmLast Orders.[6]
Her first professional role was followed by a series of parts on the English stage. She worked withTerry Johnson in four productions:Elton John's Glasses (1997),The London Cuckolds (1998),The Graduate (2000) andPiano/Forte (2006).[7] Johnson wrotePiano/Forte for her and said, "Kelly is possibly the most natural, dyed-in-the-wool, deep-in-the-bone actress I've ever worked with."[8] Reilly has stated that she learned the most as an actor fromKarel Reisz, who directed her inThe Yalta Game in Dublin in 2001. She said, "He was my masterclass. There is no way I would have been able to doMiss Julie if I hadn't done that play."[9]
By 2000, Reilly felt she was being typecast in comedy roles, and actively sought out the role of young Amy inLast Orders, directed byFred Schepisi.[6] This was followed by a role in theRoyal Court's 2001 rerun ofSarah Kane'sBlasted.The Times called her "theatricalViagra".[10] In 2002, Reilly starred alongsideAudrey Tautou andRomain Duris as Wendy, an EnglishErasmus student, in the French comedyL'Auberge espagnole (The Spanish Apartment). In 2003 she played Mary Gerrard in Sad Cypress, an episode of ITV's Poirot series. She reprised her role in the 2005 sequel,Les Poupées russes (Russian Dolls) and the 2013 follow-up,Casse-tête chinois (Chinese Puzzle). Also in 2005, Reilly had roles in such films asMrs Henderson Presents andPride & Prejudice.
Reilly's first lead role came in 2008 in the horror filmEden Lake and, in 2009, she had a high-profile role on prime-time British television inAbove Suspicion. Reilly also appeared in three major films:Sherlock Holmes,Triage, andMe and Orson Welles.
In 2011, Reilly reprised her role as Mary Watson (née Morstan) inSherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. In 2012, Reilly appeared opposite Sam Rockwell inA Single Shot and had a leading role in Robert Zemeckis'Flight oppositeDenzel Washington. In 2014, Reilly starred withGreg Kinnear in the filmHeaven is for Real and in theJohn Michael McDonagh filmCalvary. The same year, Reilly starred in the short-lived ABC series,Black Box, as Catherine Black, a famed neuroscientist who explores and solves the mysteries of the brain (the black box) while hiding her ownbipolar disorder from the world.
In 2015, Reilly starred in thesecond season of the television seriesTrue Detective as Jordan Semyon, the wife ofVince Vaughn's character, Frank Semyon. The same year, Reilly made herBroadway debut oppositeClive Owen andEve Best inHarold Pinter's playOld Times at theAmerican Airlines Theatre.[11][12]
In 2016, she had a supporting role inBastille Day. In 2017, Reilly played the Celtic Queen Kerra, confronting the Roman invasion of Britain in Sky TV'sBritannia.
She was cast in the leading female role in the Western-style U.S. seriesYellowstone, aParamount Network drama that debuted on 20 June 2018. Reilly plays Beth Dutton, the daughter of John Dutton, played byKevin Costner. Reilly's and Costner's characters are constantly at war with several outside parties who want to gain control of the Duttons' family land.[13]
Reilly's performance inAfter Miss Julie at theDonmar Warehouse made her a star of the London stage and earned her a nomination for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actress of 2003. Aged 26, she was the youngest person ever nominated for that award.[8] In 2005, she won Best Newcomer Award at theCannes Film Festival for her role as Wendy inRussian Dolls (Les Poupées Russes).[8] In 2006, Reilly won theEmpire Award for Best Newcomer for her role in the British comedy film,Mrs Henderson Presents. She was nominated once again for anOlivier Award for her performance as Desdemona in the acclaimed production ofOthello at the Donmar Warehouse in 2009. Reilly was nominated forBest Actress at theBritish Independent Film Awards forEden Lake in 2010. She won the Spotlight Award at the 2012Hollywood Film Festival for her performance as Nicole inFlight.
Reilly was engaged to actorJonah Lotan in 2007.[14] The following year, she dated directorGuy Ritchie.[15] In 2010, Kelly met Kyle Baugher, a financier, inMarfa, Texas. They married in Somerset in 2012.[16]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Maybe Baby | Nimnh | |
| Peaches | Cherry | ||
| 2001 | Last Orders | Young Amy | |
| Starched | Maid | Short film | |
| 2002 | The Spanish Apartment | Wendy | Credited as Keilly Reilly |
| 2003 | Dead Bodies | Viv McCormack | |
| 2004 | The Libertine | Jane | |
| 2005 | Russian Dolls | Wendy | |
| Pride & Prejudice | Caroline Bingley | ||
| 2005 | Mrs Henderson Presents | Maureen | |
| 2007 | Puffball | Liffey | |
| 2008 | Eden Lake | Jenny | |
| Me and Orson Welles | Muriel Brassler | ||
| 2009 | Sherlock Holmes | Mary Morstan | |
| Triage | Diane | ||
| 2010 | Meant to Be | Amanda | |
| Ti presento un amico | Sarah | ||
| 2011 | Citizen Gangster | Doreen Boyd | |
| Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | Mary Watson | ||
| 2012 | Flight | Nicole Maggen | |
| 2013 | A Single Shot | Jess | |
| Chinese Puzzle | Wendy | ||
| Innocence | Pamela Hamilton | ||
| 2014 | Calvary | Fiona Lavelle | |
| Heaven Is for Real | Sonja Burpo | ||
| Set Fire to the Stars | Caitlin | ||
| 2016 | Bastille Day | Karen Dacre | akaThe Take |
| 2018 | 10x10 | Cathy | |
| 2019 | Eli | Rose | |
| 2021 | The Cursed | Isabelle Laurent | |
| Promises | Laura | ||
| 2023 | A Haunting in Venice | Rowena Drake | |
| 2024 | Little Wing | Maddie | |
| Here | Rose Young |
| † | Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | The Biz | Laura | |
| Prime Suspect: Inner Circles | Polly Henry | TV film | |
| Prime Suspect: The Scent of Darkness | Polly Henry | TV film | |
| 1996 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Kimberley | 2 episodes |
| Bramwell | Kathleen Le Saux | Episode: #2.5 | |
| Poldark | Clowance Poldark | TV film | |
| Sharman | Sophie Bright | Episode: #1.3 | |
| 1997 | Rebecca | Clarice | 2 episodes |
| Pie in the Sky | Tina | Episode: "The Apprentice" | |
| The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling | Nancy Miller | 3 episodes | |
| 1998 | The Children of the New Forest | Patience Heatherstone | TV film |
| 1999 | Wonderful You | Nancy | 5 episodes |
| Sex 'n' Death | Julie | TV film | |
| 2002 | The Safe House | Fiona "Finn" MacKenzie | TV film |
| 2003 | Poirot | Mary Gerrard | Episode: "Sad Cypress" |
| 2006 | A for Andromeda | Christine Jones / Andromeda | TV film |
| 2007 | Joe's Palace | Charlotte | TV film |
| 2008 | He Kills Coppers | Jeannie | TV film |
| 2009–2012 | Above Suspicion | DI Anna Travis / DC Anna Travis | Main role (11 episodes) |
| 2014 | Black Box | Catherine Black | Main role (13 episodes); also producer |
| 2015 | True Detective | Jordan Semyon | Main role (8 episodes) |
| 2018 | Britannia | Kerra | Main role (9 episodes) |
| 2018–2024 | Yellowstone | Beth Dutton | Main role (40 episodes) |
| 2023 | Greek Salad | Wendy | 3 episodes |
| TBA | Under Salt Marsh | Jackie Ellis | Filming[17] |
