Jessica Kelly Siobhan Reilly Bio

Jessica Kelly Siobhan Reilly is an English actor from the UK. In her role in After Miss Julie at Donmar Warehouse (2003-2004) She was nominated to the Laurence Olivier Award. Her film and TV credits include Eden Lake (2008), Sherlock Holmes (2009), and Yellowstone. Reilly was the daughter of Jack Kelly (retired police officer) and Chessington's receptionist mother in the hospital. She was educated at Tolworth Girls' School in Kingston where she took GCSE drama. Her parents are Irish. Reilly wrote to Prime Suspect's producers asking for work. Six months after, she was able to audition for a role in Prime Suspect 4: Inner Circle. The episode was broadcast on ITV on May 7, 1995. She was the lead character Kathleen Le Saux in 1996's episode of the period drama of Carlton UK Television's show "Bramwell". Six years later, she starred alongside Helen Mirren on Last Orders. She appeared in four productions with Terry Johnson: Elton John's Glasses (1997), The London Cuckolds (1998), The Graduate (2000), and Piano/Forte (2006). Johnson wrote Piano/Forte and has stated she was a huge fan of Kelly. Reilly affirms that Karel Resz who directed her in The Yalta Game (Dublin) in 2001 was the one who taught her the most about acting. She added "He was my instructor. If I had not seen the production, it would have been difficult for me to be Miss Julie.