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Charlotte Riley

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Charlotte Riley
Riley in 2014
Born
Charlotte Frances Riley

(1981-12-29)29 December 1981(age 42)
Grindon, County Durham,England
EducationTeesside High School
Alma materSt Cuthbert's Society, Durham(BA)
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
OccupationActress
Years active2007–present
Spouse
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(m.2014)​
Children2
RelativesChips Hardy(father-in-law)

Charlotte Frances Riley(born 29 December 1981) is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Sarah Hurst inEasy Virtue(2008) and asCatherine EarnshawinITV's adaptation ofWuthering Heights(2009).[1]

Early life and education[edit]

Riley was born inGrindon,County Durham.[2]She was brought up in County Durham and attendedTeesside High Schoolfrom the age of 9 until 18.[3]She attendedSt Cuthbert's Society, Durhamfrom 2000 to 2003, performing with the sketch comedy group, the Durham Revue[4]and in plays and musicals and graduating with a degree in English and Linguistics; she also attended theLondon Academy of Music and Dramatic Artfrom 2005 to 2007.[5]

Career[edit]

In 2004, Riley won theSunday Times' Playwriting Award forShaking Cecilia,which she co-wrote with Tiffany Wood.[6][7]In 2011, she played Anna inHelen Edmundson's adaptation ofAnna of the Five TownsonBBC Radio 4.[8]She appeared inEdge of Tomorrow,starringTom CruiseandEmily Blunt.She also appeared onstage at theRoyal Court Theatreproduction ofThe Priory,byMichael Wynne.[9]She co-starred inLondon Has Fallen,the sequel to the 2013 filmOlympus Has Fallen,[10]where she portrayed anMI6agent Jacqueline Marshall.[11]She also portrayed Arabella Strange in the mini-series adaptation ofJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell.[12]In 2018, she got a lead role in theBBCdramaPress,[13]which was cancelled after its first series. In 2019, Riley played the role of Lottie / Ghost of Christmas Present in the BBC mini-seriesA Christmas Carol,based on theCharles Dickensnovella of the same name.[14]She appeared in theAmazon Prime VideoseriesThe Peripheral.[15]

Personal life[edit]

In 2008, Riley andTom Hardymet while playing fictional lovers, Cathy and Heathcliff on the set ofWuthering Heights.In an interview Hardy mentioned that although they became good friends while filming Wuthering Heights and The Take, they only got together later after filming the movie Warrior in 2009. And around the summer of 2010, Hardy proposed to Riley. On July 4, 2014, the couple married in an intimate ceremony at Chateau de Roussan, attended by family and friends including Hardy's son, Louis Thomas, from his previous relationship with Rachael Speed. Riley and Hardy expanded their blended family first with a son in October 2015 and then another son in December 2018.[16]

Filmography[edit]

Year Name Role Notes
2007 Grownups Chloe Episode: "Send"
Holby City Tanya Cusan Episode: "Someone to Watch Over Me"
2008 Survey No. 257 Emma Short film
Inspector George Gently Carmel O'Shaughnessy Episode: "The Burning Man"
Easy Virtue Sarah Hurst
2009 Wuthering Heights Catherine Earnshaw Television film
The Take Maggie Summers 4 episodes
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen Peggy Lytton Television film
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
World Without End Caris 8 episodes
Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television
Entity Kate Hansen
2014 Edge of Tomorrow Nance [17]
2014, 2017 Peaky Blinders May Fitz Carleton Series 2 and 4
2015 In the Heart of the Sea Peggy Gardner Chase
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Arabella
2016 London Has Fallen MI6Agent Jacquelin "Jax" Marshall [18]
Close to the Enemy Rachel Lombard BBC2 TV miniseries written and directed byStephen Poliakoff
Dark Heart Juliette Wagstaffe TV series
2017 King Charles III Kate Television film
2018 Swimming with Men Swimming Coach
Press Holly Evans Miniseries
Trust Robina Lund Miniseries
2019 A Christmas Carol Lottie/Ghost of Christmas Present Miniseries
2022 The Peripheral Aelita

References[edit]

  1. ^Charlotte RileyArchived25 August 2017 at theWayback Machine,Screen Daily(10 July 2008)
  2. ^ProfileArchived13 November 2008 at theWayback Machine,gazettelive.co.uk. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  3. ^Desira, Joanna."Charlotte Riley becomes star of stage and screen"Archived13 November 2008 at theWayback Machine,Evening Gazette,3 November 2008.
  4. ^Armstrong, Neil (30 May 2015)."Charlotte Riley: 'I really was only joking but Tom Cruise thought I was serious.'".The Daily Telegraph.
  5. ^Charlotte Riley profileArchived17 March 2007 at theWayback Machine,lamda.org.uk. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  6. ^Hewison, Robert.Student DramaArchived30 May 2010 at theWayback Machine,The Sunday Times(18 April 2004)
  7. ^Barker, Andy.New HeightsArchived27 June 2009 at theWayback Machine,Evening Standard(4 December 2008)
  8. ^"Anna of the Five Towns".
  9. ^Review ofThe PrioryArchived1 January 2017 at theWayback Machine,guardian.co.uk, 27 November 2009. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  10. ^Rosser, Michael (3 November 2014)."London Has Fallen begins filming".Screen Daily.Archivedfrom the original on 9 January 2015.Retrieved28 January2015.
  11. ^Goldberg, Matt (8 May 2015)."First London Has Fallen Poster Is Already Hating British Landmarks".Collider.Archivedfrom the original on 10 May 2015.Retrieved8 May2015.
  12. ^Tartaglione, Nancy (25 October 2013)."Eddie Marsan To Topline 'Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell' For BBC One/BBC America".Deadline Hollywood.Archivedfrom the original on 7 March 2016.Retrieved1 May2016.
  13. ^"David Suchet, Charlotte Riley and Ben Chaplin to star as newspaper Boss es in new BBC1 drama from Doctor Foster writer".Radio Times.
  14. ^"BBC One – A Christmas Carol, Series 1, Episode 1".BBC.Retrieved24 December2019.
  15. ^Petski, Denise (2 June 2021)."'The Peripheral': Louis Herthum, Chris Coy, Melinda Page Hamilton Among 5 Cast In Jonathan Nolan & Lisa Joy's Amazon Series ".Deadline Hollywood.Archivedfrom the original on 2 June 2021.Retrieved2 June2021.
  16. ^"Who Is Tom Hardy's Wife? All About Actress Charlotte Riley".Peoplemag.Retrieved12 June2024.
  17. ^"Charlotte Riley Joins Tom Cruise In All You Need Is Kill".CinemaBlend. 24 August 2012.Archivedfrom the original on 27 November 2012.Retrieved10 March2013.
  18. ^Najafi, Babak (4 March 2016)."London Has Fallen".Archivedfrom the original on 26 April 2015.Retrieved4 March2014.

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