Jessica Kelly Siobhan Ryan 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 television and film credits include Eden Lake (2008), Sherlock Holmes (2009), and Yellowstone. Reilly was born and raised in Chessington, her mother was a receptionist at a hospital mother and Jack Kelly, a retired police officer. She was a student at Tolworth Girls' School in Kingston where she was a student of the drama course for GCSE. Her parents are Irish. Reilly sent an email to Prime Suspect producers to request to be considered for work. Six months after that, she auditioned for a part in Prime Suspect 4's Inner Circle. The show was aired on ITV 7 May 1995. She appeared in an episode of "Bramwell" the period drama on television, which starred in the role of Kathleen Le Saux, a woman who is a troubled wife. A few years later, she appeared in the film Last Orders with Helen Mirren in the film The Last Orders.Her first professional role was followed by a number of parts on the English stage. She was a part of Terry Johnson in four productions which included Elton's Glasses (1997), The London Cuckolds (1998), The Graduate (2000) and Piano/Forte (2006). Johnson wrote Piano/Forte for her, and she said, "Kelly is possibly the most natural, dyed-in the-wool deep-in-the-bone actor I've worked with." Reilly states that Karel Resz who directed her in The Yalta Game (Dublin) in 2001, taught her the most important aspects of acting. She claimed that Reilly was her"masterclass. There is no way I could have had the chance to perform Miss Julie if I hadn't completed that performance."