Jessica Kelly SiobhanReilly Bio

Jessica Kelly Siobhan Reilly, an English actress. Her role in After Miss Julie, at the Donmar Warehouse (2003 from 2003 to 2004) was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award. Her television and film credits include Eden Lake (2008), Sherlock Holmes (2009, and Yellowstone). Reilly was the daughter of Jack Kelly (retired police officer) and Chessington's hospital receptionist mom. She was educated at Tolworth Girls' High School in Kingston where she took GCSE drama. Her grandparents are Irish. Reilly wrote to Prime Suspect producers to request to be considered for work. Six months later, she was able to audition for take part in Prime Suspect 4's Inner Circle. The show was aired on ITV 7 May 1995. In 1996, she starred in an episode for Carlton UK Television period drama series "Bramwell" in the role of an unrequited, young wife, Kathleen Le Saux. Six years later, she played alongside Helen Mirren on Last Orders. 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 claimed that Kelly was "possibly the most natural dyed-in-thewool deep-inthe-bone actor I have ever worked with". Reilly has claimed that she learned the most about acting from Karel Reisz, who directed her in The Yalta Game in Dublin in 2001. She added "He was my mentor. There is no way I could have had the chance to perform Miss Julie if I hadn't performed that role."