Kelly Reilly

Reilly's film work began in 2000 in the English comedy Maybe Baby. She went on to have a supporting role in the romantic drama Pride & Prejudice (2005), a leading role in the horror thriller Eden Lake (2008), the role of Mary Morstan in the mystery action films Sherlock Holmes (2009) and its 2011 sequel Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, a leading role in the American drama Flight with Denzel Washington (2012), and the psychological thriller 10x10 with Luke Evans (2018). She was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for her performance in After Miss Julie at the Donmar Warehouse (2003–2004).

• Name — Kelly Reilly • Birth Name — Jessica Kelly Siobhán Reilly • Born — 18 July 1977 • Birthplace — Chessington, Greater London, England • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1995–present

Reilly was born and raised in Chessington, the daughter of a hospital receptionist and Jack Reilly, a police officer. She attended Tolworth Girls' School in Tolworth, where she studied drama to obtain a GCSE. Her grandparents are Irish.

She first appeared on screen in 1995 on the series The Biz. Reilly wrote to the producers of the television drama Prime Suspect, starring Helen Mirren, to ask for work. Six months later she auditioned for a role in Prime Suspect 4: Inner Circle, which was broadcast on ITV on 7 May 1995. The following year, she appeared in an episode of the Carlton UK television period drama series Bramwell playing a disturbed young woman. She also played Tina, a tearaway, in Pie in the Sky. Six years later, she appeared alongside Mirren in the film Last Orders. Her first professional role was followed by a series of parts on the English stage. She worked with Terry Johnson in four productions: Elton John's Glasses (1997), The London Cuckolds (1998), The Graduate (2000) and Piano/Forte (2006). Johnson wrote Piano/Forte for her and said, "Kelly is possibly the most natural, dyed-in-the-wool, deep-in-the-bone actress I've ever worked with." Reilly has stated that she learned the most as an actor from Karel Reisz, who directed her in The Yalta Game in Dublin in 2001. She said, "He was my masterclass. There is no way I would have been able to do Miss Julie if I hadn't done that play." By 2000, Reilly felt she was being typecast in comedy roles, and put herself forward for the role of young Amy in Last Orders, directed by Fred Schepisi. This was followed by a role in the Royal Court's 2001 rerun of Sarah Kane's Blasted. The Times called her "theatrical Viagra". In 2002, Reilly starred alongside Audrey Tautou and Romain Duris as Wendy, an English Erasmus student, in the French comedy L'Auberge espagnole (The Spanish Apartment). Following its box office success, she reprised her role as Wendy in the 2005 sequel, Les Poupées russes (Russian Dolls) and again in the 2013 follow-up, Casse-tête chinois (Chinese Puzzle). In 2003 she played Mary Gerrard in Sad Cypress, an episode of ITV's Poirot series, then in 2005 roles in Mrs Henderson Presents and Pride & Prejudice. Reilly's first lead role came in 2008 in the horror film Eden Lake and, in 2009, she had a high-profile role on prime-time British television in Above Suspicion. Reilly also appeared in three major films: Sherlock Holmes, Triage, and Me and Orson Welles. In 2011, Reilly reprised her role as Mary Watson (née Morstan) in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. In 2012, Reilly appeared opposite Sam Rockwell in A Single Shot and had a leading role in Robert Zemeckis' Flight opposite Denzel Washington. In 2014, Reilly starred with Greg Kinnear in the film Heaven is for Real and in the John Michael McDonagh film Calvary. The same year, Reilly starred in the short-lived ABC series, Black Box, as Catherine Black, a famed neuroscientist who explores and solves the mysteries of the brain (the black box) while hiding her own bipolar disorder from the world. In 2015, Reilly starred in the second season of the television series True Detective as Jordan Semyon, the wife of Vince Vaughn's character, Frank Semyon. The same year, Reilly made her Broadway debut opposite Clive Owen and Eve Best in Harold Pinter's play Old Times at the American Airlines Theatre. In 2016, she had a supporting role in Bastille Day. In 2017, Reilly played the Celtic Queen Kerra, confronting the Roman invasion of Britain in Sky TV's Britannia. She was cast in the leading female role in the American series Yellowstone, a Paramount Network drama that debuted on 20 June 2018. Reilly plays Beth Dutton, the daughter of John Dutton, played by Kevin Costner. Reilly's and Costner's characters are constantly at war with several outside parties who want to gain control of the Duttons' family land. The series concluded in 2024, but in 2026 she reprised her role as a main character in the spin-off Dutton Ranch.

Reilly was engaged to actor Jonah Lotan in 2007. The following year, she dated director Guy Ritchie. In 2010, Kelly met Kyle Baugher, a financier, in Marfa, Texas. They married in Somerset in 2012.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1995 — The Biz — Laura • Prime Suspect — Polly Henry — Miniseries; series 4 episodes "Inner Circles" and "The Scent of Darkness" • 1996 — The Ruth Rendell Mysteries — Kimberley — 2 episodes • Bramwell — Kathleen Le Saux — Episode: #2.5 • Poldark — Clowance Poldark — Unsuccessful pilot • Sharman — Sophie Bright — Episode: #1.3 • 1997 — Rebecca — Clarice — 2 episodes • Pie in the Sky — Tina — Episode: "The Apprentice" • The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling — Nancy Miller — Miniseries; 3 episodes • 1998 — The Children of the New Forest — Patience Heatherstone — Miniseries • 1999 — Wonderful You — Nancy — 5 episodes • Sex 'n' Death — Julie — TV film • 2002 — The Safe House — Fiona "Finn" MacKenzie — TV film • 2003 — Poirot — Mary Gerrard — Episode: "Sad Cypress" • 2006 — A for Andromeda — Christine Jones / Andromeda — TV film • 2007 — Joe's Palace — Charlotte — TV film • 2008 — He Kills Coppers — Jeannie — Miniseries • 2009–2012 — Above Suspicion — DC/DS/DI Anna Travis — Main role (11 episodes) • 2014 — Black Box — Catherine Black — Main role (13 episodes); also producer • 2015 — True Detective — Jordan Semyon — Main role (8 episodes) • 2018 — Britannia — Kerra — Main role (9 episodes) • 2018–2024 — Yellowstone — Beth Dutton — Main role (53 episodes) • 2023 — Greek Salad — Wendy — 3 episodes (same character as L'Auberge Espagnole above) • 2026 — Under Salt Marsh — Jackie Ellis — 4 episodes • Dutton Ranch — Beth Dutton — Main role (9 episodes)

Kelly Reilly is recorded at birth as Jessica Kelly Siobhán Reilly. Recorded as having received Trophée Chopard.