Talulah Riley

• Birth Name — Talulah Jane Riley-Milburn • Born — 26 September 1985 • Birthplace — Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England • Education — Open University • Years Active — 2003–present • Occupation — Actress

Talulah Jane Riley-Milburn was born on 26 September 1985 in Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire, where she grew up as the only child of Una Riley, founder of a security systems company and a public relations company, and Doug Milburn, formerly head of the National Crime Squad. Her father has worked as a screenwriter, writing episodes of Silent Witness and The Bill. Riley was educated at Cheltenham Ladies' College, independent Berkhamsted Collegiate School, and Haberdashers' Girls' School. While acting in London, she studied for a degree in natural sciences at the Open University.

Riley's television credits include episodes of Poirot (2003), Marple (2006), and Doctor Who (2008's "Silence in the Library" and "Forest of the Dead"). She played Lila, a lovestruck writer, in the short-lived E4 series Nearly Famous (2007). She played Angela in the first two seasons of the television series Westworld.

Riley made her stage debut in The Philadelphia Story at the Old Vic in 2005. Her performance in a 2006 revival of Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke was described by critic Rachel Read as "delightful".

Her debut novel, Acts of Love, was published by Hodder & Stoughton in August 2016. In June 2022, Riley released her second novel, The Quickening, also published by Hodder & Stoughton. She is also listed as a contributor to Encounters with Jane Austen: Celebrating 250 years.

She was featured on the March 2010 cover of Esquire. In 2011, she was named a "Brit to Watch" by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.

• Illustration — Riley and Musk at a party in 2015, seven months before their second divorce In 2008, Riley began a relationship with businessman and entrepreneur Elon Musk. They married two years later at Dornoch Cathedral in the Scottish Highlands. The couple divorced in March 2012. In July 2013, Musk and Riley remarried. In a 60 Minutes interview in 2014, the couple said they had reconciled and were living together again, along with Musk's five children from his first marriage to Justine Wilson. On 31 December 2014, Musk filed for divorce a second time, but later withdrew the action. After living separately for six months, Riley filed for a second divorce in Los Angeles Superior Court on 21 March 2016. The divorce was finalised in October 2016. Riley married actor Thomas Brodie-Sangster on 22 June 2024 in Hertfordshire.

Film • Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2005 — Pride & Prejudice — Mary Bennet • 2007 — St Trinian's — Annabelle Fritton • Friends Forever — Grace — Short film • Wilder — Carro • 2009 — The Boat That Rocked — Marianne • The Summer House — Jane — Short film • St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold — Annabelle Fritton • 2010 — Inception — Eames's Blonde Woman disguise • Love & Distrust — Jane — Archive footage of The Summer House • 2011 — The Dilemma — Concept Car Spokesmodel • Revenge of the Electric Car — Herself — Documentary • 2012 — The Knot — Alexandra • White Frog — Ms. Lee • Transmission — TBA • 2013 — The Liability — The Girl • In a World... — Pippa • Thor: The Dark World — Asgardian Nurse • 2015 — Scottish Mussel — Beth — Also writer and director • The Bad Education Movie — Phoebe • 2016 — Submerged — Jessie • 2018 — The Last Witness — Jeanette Mitchell • 2020 — Bloodshot — Gina DeCarlo • 2021 — Father Christmas Is Back — Vicky Christmas Television • Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2003 — Agatha Christie's Poirot — Young Angela Warren — Episode: "Five Little Pigs" • 2006 — Agatha Christie's Marple — Megan Hunter — Episode: "The Moving Finger" • 2007 — Nearly Famous — Lila Reed — Main role; 6 episodes • 2008 — Phoo Action — Lady Elenor Rigsby — Cancelled before broadcast • Doctor Who — Miss Evangelista — Episodes: "Silence in the Library"/"Forest of the Dead" • The Gemma Factor — Nell — Scenes not broadcast • 2016–2018 — Westworld — Angela — Recurring role (season 1); main role (season 2); 12 episodes • 2022 — Pistol — Vivienne Westwood — Main role; miniseries • The Elon Musk Show — Herself — Three-part docuseries