Talulah Riley

Riley’s personal life has been a subject of many controversies. She was married to billionaire entrepreneur and founder of technology giant, Tesla, Elon Musk. The two met in 2008 at London's West End club, Whisky Mist, in Mayfair in 2008. Musk was coping with divorce with his first wife at the time. Things turned serious between them and they got married in 2010 after dating each other for close to two years.

However, things took a southbound turn soon after as news of trouble in their marriage began to pour out. Musk filed for a divorce in December, 2012 and the couple split up.

A year after the divorce, they reconciled and got married again. It generated a lot of interest in the press and stories of their marriage were on every tabloid at the time. The couple did not have any children together but they lived with Musk’s five children from his first marriage.

Talulah Jane Riley-Milburn was born on September 26, 1985 to Una Riley and Doug Milburn. The only child to her parents, Taluah grew up in Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire, England.

Talulah comes from an affluent and respected family. His father, Doug Milburn, is a screenwriter with quite a few notable scripts in his portfolio. He has written many episodes for famous television shows such as Silent Witness, Prime Suspect and The Bill. Before turning to screenwriting, he was the head of the National Security Squad. Riley’s mother, Una Riley is also a well-known personality in her field. She has founded and runs two companies- a security firm and a PR company.

Riley has been brought up entirely in England. She attended the Haberdashers’ Aske’s School for Girls and Berkhamsted Collegiate School. She went to college at the Cheltenham Ladies College. She also attended the Open University while pursuing acting in London.

Riley’s on screen career started in 2003 when she was just 18. Her first role was a minor one in the screen adaption of Agatha Christie’s famous detective, Poirot. She appeared in one of the episodes of the TV series- Five Little Pigs.

Her first real break came in 2005 when she was cast in Joe Wright’s adaption of Jane Austen’s ‘Pride and Prejudice’. She played the role of Mary Bennet, one of the sisters of the protagonist, essayed brilliantly by Penelope Cruz. Although she was not the lead in the movie, her performance grabbed the attention of moviemakers and she has not looked back since.

Many roles, both big and small, came her way after ‘Pride and Prejudice’. In the next couple of years, she played minor roles in movies and TV shows such as Agatha Christie’s ‘Marple’, ‘Friends Forever’ and ‘Phoo Action’. She became involved with the St. Trinian’s franchise, where she played the role of Annabelle Fritton. She also appeared in the same role in the sequel, St. Trinian’s 2: The Legend of Fritton’s Gold.

Riley also played a significant role in the 2007 TV series ‘Nearly Famous’ where she essayed the character of Lila Reed. She appeared in all the six episodes of the series. In 2008, she played the role of Miss Evangelista in the famous show ‘Doctor Who’.

In 2009, she was the lead actress in a short film called ‘The Summer House’. The movie was very well received worldwide and achieved the pole position on many rating charts including iTunes.

Riley has been featured on the cover of fashion magazine, Esquire, on their March 2010 issue.

She was also named by BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Art) as one of the Brits to Watch in 2011.

It is said that she was a virgin when she married Musk in 2010.