Jessica Kelly Siobhan Ryan Bio

Jessica Kelly Siobhan Reilly, an English actress. She received an Laurence Olivier Award for her performance in After Miss Julie at the Donmar Warehouse (2003--2004). Her credits in TV and film include Eden Lake (2008), Sherlock Holmes (2009), and Yellowstone. Reilly was the daughter of Jack Kelly, a former police officer, and a mother of a hospital receptionist. She was educated at the Tolworth Girls' School in Kingston where drama was her GCSE course. Her grandparents are Irish. Reilly wrote to Prime Suspect's producers , asking to be considered for a role. Six months after, she was able to audition for a part on Prime Suspect 4: Inner Circle. This episode aired on ITV 7 May, 1995. In 1996, she appeared in an episode of the Carlton UK Television period drama series "Bramwell" portraying the wife of a young and disturbed, Kathleen Le Saux. Six years later, she was reunited with Helen Mirren in Last Orders. She acted with 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 said, "Kelly is possibly the most natural, dyed-in the-wool deep-in-the-bone actor I've worked with." Reilly affirms that Karel Resz, who directed her in The Yalta Game (Dublin) in 2001 she learned the most important aspects of acting. She stated that Reilly was her teacher. If I didn't have seen that show, it would've been impossible for me to be Miss Julie.