Talulah Riley

Talulah Jane Riley-Milburn[3] (born 26 September 1985), known professionally as Talulah Riley, is an English actress. She has appeared in films such as Pride & Prejudice, St Trinian's, The Boat That Rocked, St. Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold and Inception.

Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Television 2.2 Stage 2.3 Film 2.4 Other

3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4.1 Film 4.2 Television

5 References 6 External links

Early life[edit]

Riley was born in Hertfordshire, the only child of Una Riley, founder of a security systems company and a PR company,[4] and Doug Milburn, formerly head of the National Crime Squad. Her father now works as a screenwriter and has written episodes of Silent Witness, Prime Suspect and The Bill. Riley attended Cheltenham Ladies College, Berkhamsted Collegiate School and Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls. While acting in London, she studied for a degree in Natural Sciences at the Open University.[5]

Career[edit]

Television[edit]

Riley's television credits include episodes of Poirot (2003), Marple (2006), Doctor Who (2008's "Silence in the Library" and "Forest of the Dead"). She played Lila, a love-struck writer, in the short-lived E4 series Nearly Famous (2007).[citation needed]

Stage[edit]

Riley made her stage debut in The Philadelphia Story at the Old Vic in 2005. Her performance in a 2006 revival of Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke was described by critic Rachel Read as being ..."delightful".[6]

Film[edit]

Riley appeared as a disguise used by Tom Hardy's character in Inception (2010). Also in 2010, The Summer House was released, which starred Riley in the lead role. By the end of the first day of release, it was the number one film on iTunes worldwide and dominated that position for several days.[7][8][9] She also appeared in White Frog.[10]

Other[edit]

She was featured on the March 2010 cover of Esquire.[11][12]

In 2011, she was named a Brit to Watch by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.[13]

Personal life[edit]

In 2008, Riley began dating billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk and in 2010 they married at Dornoch Cathedral.[14] In January 2012, Musk announced that he had ended his four-year relationship with Riley.[15][16] In March 2012, Musk was seeking a divorce.[17][18]

However, in July 2013, Musk and Riley remarried. In a 60 Minutes interview in 2014, the couple stated that they had reconciled and were living together again, along with Musk's five children from his first marriage to writer Justine Musk.[19] On 31 December 2014, the Associated Press reported that Musk had filed for divorce; however the action was withdrawn.[20][21] It was reported that Riley had been living separately from Musk for six months and filed for a second divorce in Los Angeles Superior Court on 21 March 2016.[2]

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year

Title

Role

Notes

2005 Pride & Prejudice Mary Bennet 2007 Friends Forever Grace Short film 2007 Wilder Carro[22] 2009 The Boat That Rocked Marianne 2009 The Summer House Jane Short film 2009 St. Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold Annabelle Fritton 2010 Inception Blonde Woman 2010 Love & Distrust Jane Archive footage of The Summer House 2011 The Dilemma Concept Car Spokesmodel 2011 Revenge of the Electric Car Herself Documentary 2012 The Knot Alexandra 2012 White Frog Ms. Lee 2012 Transmission TBA 2013 The Liability The Girl 2013 In a World... Pippa 2013 Thor: The Dark World Asgardian Nurse 2014 Submerged Jessie 2015 Scottish Mussel Beth Writer/Director 2015 The Bad Education Movie Phoebe
 * 2007 St Trinian's Annabelle Fritton

Television

Year

Title

Role

Notes

2003 Poirot Young Angela Warren Episode: "Five Little Pigs" 2006 Marple Megan Hunter Episode: "The Moving Finger" 2007 Nearly Famous Lila Reed 6 episodes 2008 Phoo Action Lady Elenor Rigsby Cancelled before broadcast[23] 2008 Doctor Who Miss Evangelista Episodes: "Silence in the Library"/"Forest of the Dead" 2008 The Gemma Factor Nell Scenes not broadcast[24]