Jessica Kelly SiobhanReilly Bio

Jessica Kelly Siobhan Reilly (English actress) is Jessica Kelly Siobhan Reilly. She was nominated for an Laurence Olivier Award for her performance in After Miss Julie at the Donmar Warehouse (2003--2004). The credits she has on her film and television include Eden Lake (2008), Sherlock Holmes (2009, and Yellowstone). Reilly was the daughter of Jack Kelly, a former police officer, as well as a hospital receptionist's mom. She was educated at the Tolworth Girls' School in Kingston in which drama was her GCSE course. Her parents are Irish. Reilly wrote to Prime Suspect's producers asking to be considered for a role. Six months after, she was able to audition for a role on Prime Suspect 4: Inner Circle. The episode was broadcast on ITV, 7 May 1995. In 1996, she appeared in an episode of Carlton UK Television period drama series "Bramwell" in the role of an unhappy, young wife, Kathleen Le Saux. Six years later, she appeared alongside Helen Mirren in the film Last Orders.Her first role as a professional was followed by a number of roles that were performed on the English stage. She co-starred with Terry Johnson in four productions that included Elton John's Glasses (1997), The London Cuckolds (1998), The Graduate (2000) and Piano/Forte (2006). Johnson wrote Piano/Forte and said that she was a huge fan of Kelly. Reilly claims that she learned the most as an actor from Karel Reisz, who was her director in The Yalta Game in Dublin in 2001. She added "He was my mentor. Without the play it's impossible I would have accomplished what I did with Miss Julie.