Charlotte Frances Riley (born 29 December 1981) is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Sarah Hurst in Easy Virtue (2008) and as Catherine Earnshaw in ITV's adaptation of Wuthering Heights (2009).Charlotte Riley , Screen Daily (10 July 2008)
Early life Riley was born in Grindon, County Durham.Profile , gazettelive.co.uk. Retrieved 21 October 2014. She was brought up in County Durham and attended Teesside High School from the age of 9 until 18.Desira, Joanna. "Charlotte Riley becomes star of stage and screen" , Evening Gazette, 3 November 2008. She attended St Cuthbert's Society, Durham University from 2000 to 2003, performing with the sketch comedy group the Durham Revue and in plays and musicals and graduating with a degree in English and Linguistics; she also attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art from 2005 to 2007.Charlotte Riley profile , lamda.org.uk. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
Career In 2004, Riley won the Sunday Times' Playwriting Award for Shaking Cecilia, which she co-wrote with Tiffany Wood.Hewison, Robert.Student Drama , The Sunday Times (18 April 2004)Barker, Andy. New Heights, Evening Standard (4 December 2008) In 2011, she played Anna in Helen Edmundson's adaptation of Anna of the Five Towns on BBC Radio 4. She appeared in Edge of Tomorrow, starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt. She also appeared onstage at the Royal Court Theatre production of The Priory, by Michael Wynne.Review of The Priory , guardian.co.uk, 27 November 2009. Retrieved 21 October 2014. She co-starred in London Has Fallen, the sequel to the 2013 film Olympus Has Fallen, where she portrayed an MI6 agent Jacqueline Marshall. She also portrayed Arabella Strange in the mini-series adaptation of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. In 2018, she got a lead role in the BBC drama Press, which was cancelled after its first series. In 2019, Riley played the role of Lottie / Ghost of Christmas Present in the BBC mini-series A Christmas Carol, based on the Charles Dickens novella of the same name. She appeared in the Amazon Prime Video series The Peripheral.
Personal life In 2007, Riley and Tom Hardy met while playing fictional lovers Cathy and Heathcliff on the set of Wuthering Heights. In an interview Hardy said that although they became good friends while filming Wuthering Heights and The Take, they began a relationship only after filming the movie Warrior in 2009. Around the summer of 2010, Hardy proposed to Riley. Hardy and Riley have two children together; a son born in October 2015 and another in December 2018. Riley is also step-mother to Hardy's eldest son from a previous relationship.
Filmography
YearNameRoleNotes2007GrownupsChloeEpisode: "Send"Holby CityTanya CusanEpisode: "Someone to Watch Over Me"2008Survey No. 257EmmaShort filmInspector George GentlyCarmel O'ShaughnessyEpisode: "The Burning Man"Easy VirtueSarah Hurst2009Wuthering HeightsCatherine EarnshawTelevision filmThe TakeMaggie Summers4 episodesSpanish Flu: The Forgotten FallenPeggy LyttonTelevision filmMarple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to SideMargot BenceTelevision film2010Foyle's WarMandy DeanEpisode: "Killing Time"2010–2011DCI BanksLucy Payne3 episodes2012The TownAlice3 episodesWorld Without EndCaris8 episodesNominated—Saturn Award for Best Actress on TelevisionEntityKate Hansen2014Edge of TomorrowNance2014, 2017Peaky BlindersMay Fitz CarletonSeries 2 and 42015In the Heart of the SeaPeggy Gardner ChaseJonathan Strange & Mr NorrellArabella Strange2016London Has FallenMI6 Agent Jacquelin "Jax" MarshallClose to the EnemyRachel LombardBBC2 TV miniseries written and directed by Stephen PoliakoffDark HeartJuliette WagstaffeTV series2017King Charles IIIKateTelevision film2018Swimming with MenSwimming CoachPressHolly EvansMiniseriesTrustRobina LundMiniseries2019A Christmas CarolLottie/Ghost of Christmas PresentMiniseries2022 The Peripheral Aelita2024–PresentTryingKat ReidTV Series2024–presentSmoggie QueensDanniTV Series2025MaliceSophieTV series2026BabiesAmandaTV Series Masters of the Universe Queen Marlena Glenn Ted Lasso Stage manager 2 episodes
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