Jessica Kelly Siobhan Reilly Bio

Jessica Kelly Siobhan Reilly, an English actress from England. Her role in After Miss Julie, at the Donmar Warehouse (2003 between 2003 and 2004) was nominated her for a Laurence Olivier Award. 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 (retired police officer) and Chessington's receptionist mother in the hospital. She was educated at Tolworth Girls' School in Kingston where she studied GCSE drama. Her grandparents are Irish. Reilly sent an email to producers of the tv drama Prime Suspect to ask for work, and six months later, she auditioned for the role in an episode of Prime Suspect 4: Inner Circle that aired on ITV on May 7, 1995. The actress played Kathleen Le Saux in 1996's episode of the period drama of Carlton UK Television's show "Bramwell". Six years later, she appeared as 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 was a part of Terry Johnson in four productions: Elton John's Glasses (1997), The London Cuckolds (1998), The Graduate (2000) and Piano/Forte (2006). Johnson composed Piano/Forte for her and wrote, "Kelly is possibly the most natural, dyed-in-the-wool deep-in the-bone actress I've worked with." Reilly says that Karel Resz who directed her in The Yalta Game (Dublin) in 2001, taught her the most important aspects of acting. She stated "He was my instructor. Without the play I don't know how I would have accomplished what I did with Miss Julie.