Riley Keough

Riley Keough married stuntman Ben Smith-Petersen in 2015. They had been dating since 2012 after meeting while filming ‘Mad Max: Fury Road.’

Riley Keough was born on 29th May 1989, in Santa Monica, California, in the US. Her father is Danny Keough, a musician and her mother is Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of renowned singer and actor Elvis Presley. She has a brother named Benjamin Storm Keough, and two half-sisters.

Riley Keough began her career with a minor role in the 2010 film 'The Runaways'. She portrayed the sister of the lead character. The story takes place in the 1970s and revolves around a rock band of the same name. Though the film was met with positive reviews, it was a commercial failure.

The following year, she played the lead role in the drama film 'The Good Doctor'. It was met with mixed reviews and performed very poorly commercially. The same year, she also appeared in the film 'Jack & Diane' in the lead role. It was met with mixed reviews.

In 2012, she played a role in the hit film 'Magic Mike'. Directed by Steven Soderbergh, the film was a huge success commercially. It won multiple awards as well. The same year, she also played the lead role in the film 'Yellow' as well as a supporting role in the film 'Kiss of the Damned'.

She was next seen in the 2015 action film 'Mad Max: Fury Road' in a supporting role. The film was a commercial success, also winning six Oscars out of nine nominations. The critically acclaimed film helped establish Riley as a talented actress to reckon with. She next played a main role in the film 'Dixieland', which released the same year.

In 2016, she appeared in the film 'Lovesong' in a main role. The film received positive reviews. She next appeared in the British film 'American Honey'. The film was a commercial failure though it was met with positive reviews. It also won numerous awards. The same year, she made her television debut playing the lead role in ‘The Girlfriend Experience’. The show has been airing since April.

‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ a 2015 Oscar-winning action film, is one of the significant works of Riley Keough’s career. Directed by George Miller, the film also included actors Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Zoe Kravits, and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. The film was a critical and commercial success. The film was nominated for a total of ten Academy Awards, out of which it won six.

‘The Girlfriend Experience’ is an American anthology drama series starring Riley Keough in the lead role. Other actors in the show include Paul Sparks, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Louis Krause, Anna Friel and Carmen Ejogo. The series has received positive reviews, and has also earned Riley a Golden Globe nomination for her performance. It tells the story of a law student intern also is working an as escort.

Another one of Keough’s important works is her role in the heist comedy film ‘Logan Lucky’. The film was directed by Steven Soderbergh, and along with Keough, it starred Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Seth Macfarlane, Katie Holmes and Katherine Waterston. The film was met with positive reviews from critics and was an average commercial success.