Jessica Kelly SiobhanReilly Bio

Jessica Kelly Siobhan Reilly is an English actor from the UK. Her performance in After Miss Julie, at the Donmar Warehouse (2003 from 2003 to 2004) was nominated her for a Laurence Olivier Award. Her TV and film credits include Eden Lake (2008), Sherlock Holmes (2009), and Yellowstone. Reilly was the daughter of Jack Kelly, a former police officer, and also a mother of a hospital receptionist. She was educated at the Tolworth Girls' School in Kingston, where drama was her GCSE subject. Her grandparents are Irish. Reilly sent an email to Prime Suspect producers to request to be considered for work. Six months after that, she auditioned for be a part of Prime Suspect 4's Inner Circle. The show premiered on ITV 7 May 1995. In the year 1996, she appeared in an episode for Carlton UK Television period drama series "Bramwell" as an unrequited, young wife, Kathleen Le Saux. A few years later, she appeared alongside Helen Mirren on Last Orders. She collaborated with Terry Johnson on four productions: Elton John’s Glasses (1997), The London Cuckolds (1998), The Graduate (2000) and Piano/Forte (2006). Johnson composed Piano/Forte and also stated that she was a big fan of Kelly. Reilly claimed that Karel Reisz was the person who taught her the best way to act. He directed her in The Yalta Game, Dublin 2001. She said that Reilly was her teacher. Without that performance it's impossible I could have done Miss Julie.