Talulah Riley

Talulah Riley
Talulah Riley
	Riley in 2009
Born	Talulah Jane Riley-Milburn; 26 September 1985 (age 39); Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England
Alma mater	Open University
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2003–present
Spouses	; Elon Musk (m. 2010; div. 2012) ; (m. 2013; div. 2016) ; Thomas Brodie-Sangster (m. 2024)

Talulah Jane Riley-Milburn^[1]^[2] (born 26 September 1985^[3]) is an English actress. She has appeared in films, including Pride & Prejudice (2005), St Trinian's (2007) and its sequel St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (2009), The Boat That Rocked (2009), and Inception (2010). She has also appeared on the HBO science fiction western series Westworld (2016–2018) and the FX biographical miniseries Pistol (2022).

Early life and education

Talulah Jane Riley-Milburn was born in Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire where she grew up^[4] as the only child of Una Riley, founder of a security systems company and a public relations company,^[5] and Doug Milburn, formerly head of the National Crime Squad. As of October 2021^[update], her father works as a screenwriter ^{[citation needed]} and has written 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.^[6]

Career

Television

Riley's television credits include episodes of Poirot (2003), Marple (2006), Doctor Who (2008's "Silence in the Library" and "Forest of the Dead"). She played Lila, a love-struck writer, in the short-lived E4 series Nearly Famous (2007).^[7] She played Angela in the first two seasons of the television series Westworld.^[8]

Stage

Riley made her stage debut in The Philadelphia Story at the Old Vic in 2005. Her performance in a 2006 revival Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke was described by critic Rachel Read as being "delightful".^[9]

Film

Riley played Mary Bennet in the 2005 version of Pride and Prejudice, acted in the role of Marianne in 2009's The Boat That Rocked, and starred in the 2007 film St Trinian's and its 2009 sequel St Trinian's: The Legend of Fritton's Gold.^[10]^[11]

Riley appeared as a disguise used by Tom Hardy's character in Inception (2010). Also in 2010, Love and Distrust was released direct-to-video, featuring five unique short films; the first of these was The Summer House, in which Riley was co-lead, opposite Robert Pattinson. Available as a standalone download, The Summer House was the number one film on iTunes worldwide on its first day of release, holding that position for several days.^[12] She also appeared in White Frog.^[13]

Between 2009 and 2015, Riley developed an idea and story by her father into a screenplay, then ultimately directed (after being unable to hire another director to helm the project)^[14] and starred in the resulting feature film Scottish Mussel.

Writing

Her debut novel, Acts of Love, was published by Hodder & Stoughton in August 2016.^[15]^[16] In June 2022, Riley released her second novel, The Quickening, also published by Hodder & Stoughton.

Other

She was featured on the March 2010 cover of Esquire.^[17]^[18] In 2011, she was named a "Brit to Watch" by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.^[19]

Personal life

In 2008, Riley was Elon Musk’s mistress while he was still married to his then wife Justine Musk; they married in 2010 at Dornoch Cathedral in the highlands.^[20]^[21] In January 2012, the couple legally ended their marriage,^[22]^[23] and sought a divorce in March 2012.^[22]^[24]

In July 2013, Musk and Riley remarried.^[25] In a 60 Minutes interview in 2014, the couple stated that they had reconciled and were living together again, along with Musk's five children from his first marriage to writer Justine Musk.^[26] On 31 December 2014, Musk filed for divorce a second time although he later withdrew the action.^[27]^[28] After living separately for six months, Riley filed for a second divorce in Los Angeles Superior Court on 21 March 2016.^[20] The divorce was finalised in October 2016.^[29]

In July 2022, it was reported that Riley was dating actor Thomas Brodie-Sangster after meeting while working together on Pistol.^[30] It was announced in July 2023 that Riley and Brodie-Sangster were engaged.^[31] The couple married on 22 June 2024 in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. ^[32]

During Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter in October 2022, text exchanges between Musk and Riley were released wherein she pleaded with him to buy the social media site: "Please do something to fight woke-ism. I will do anything to help! xx".^[33]

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Pride & Prejudice	Mary Bennet
2007	St Trinian's	Annabelle Fritton
2007	Friends Forever	Grace	Short film
2007	Wilder	Carro	^[34]
2009	The Boat That Rocked	Marianne
2009	The Summer House	Jane	Short film
2009	St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold	Annabelle Fritton
2010	Inception	Eames's Blonde Woman disguise
2010	Love & Distrust	Jane	Archive footage of The Summer House
2011	The Dilemma	Concept Car Spokesmodel
2011	Revenge of the Electric Car	Herself	Documentary
2012	The Knot	Alexandra
2012	White Frog	Ms. Lee
2012	Transmission	TBA
2013	The Liability	The Girl
2013	In a World...	Pippa
2013	Thor: The Dark World	Asgardian Nurse
2015	Scottish Mussel	Beth	Also writer and director
2015	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^[35]
2008	Doctor Who	Miss Evangelista	Episodes: "Silence in the Library"/"Forest of the Dead"
2008	The Gemma Factor	Nell	Scenes not broadcast^[36]
2016–2018	Westworld	Angela	Recurring role (season 1); main role (season 2); 12 episodes^[37]
2022	Pistol	Vivienne Westwood	Main role; miniseries
2022	The Elon Musk Show	Herself	Three-part docuseries

References

^ "Law Office of Daniel Jensen, P.C." Archived from the original on 31 March 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
^ Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916-2005; Ancestry.com. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
^ "UPI Almanac for Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024". United Press International. 26 September 2024.
^ Talulah Riley: 'Fifty Shades inspired me to create a sexually conniving female character' Archived 20 February 2022 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 29 October 2016.
^ "Talulah Riley: how to marry a billionaire". Evening Standard. 26 November 2010. Archived from the original on 26 February 2011.
^ Lesley O'Toole (17 May 2013). "Actress Talulah Riley shares her obsession with mortality and life with a billionaire". Metro. Archived from the original on 9 March 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
^ Andreeva, Nellie (23 March 2017). "'Westworld': Talulah Riley Promoted To Series Regular For Season 2 On HBO". Deadline. Archived from the original on 20 February 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
^ "Angela played by Talulah Riley". HBO. Archived from the original on 9 November 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
^ Read, Rachel (27 September 2007). "Summer and Smoke @ Nottingham Playhouse". BBC Nottingham. Archived from the original on 26 July 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2007.
^ Brodie, Anne (26 July 2010). "Talulah Riley - The Summer House/Inception". Monsters and Critics.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Palacios, Kim (23 July 2010). "Robert Pattinson's short film "The Summer House" dominates iTunes". Hollywood News. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
^ "Pattinson's Summer House is an iTunes Smash" (Press release). Shorts International. 23 July 2010. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
^ "White Frog – Official Website". Whitefrogthemovie.tumblr.com. 26 July 2011. Archived from the original on 20 February 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
^ Christie, Janet (23 June 2015). "Talulah Riley on directorial debut Scottish Mussel". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 2 October 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
^ Riley, Talulah (25 April 2019). Acts of Love. Hodder. ISBN 9781473637900. Archived from the original on 20 February 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
^ Hosie, Rachel (19 August 2016). "Talulah Riley: 'Fifty Shades inspired me to create a sexually conniving female character'". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Archived from the original on 20 February 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
^ Singh, Anita (3 February 2010). "Talulah Riley: the world's sexiest quantum physicist?". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 6 February 2010.
^ "Girls on top: The next generation of British actresses". The Independent. 24 July 2009. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
^ "42 Brits to Watch announced" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 July 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Actor Talulah Riley files to divorce billionaire Elon Musk, again". The Guardian. Associated Press. 21 March 2016. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2016. The pair first married in 2010 and divorced in 2012. They remarried 18 months later.
^ Boyle, Alan (18 January 2012). "SpaceX's millionaire founder tweets about marital split". NBC News. Archived from the original on 1 July 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
^ ^a ^b Elliott, Hannah (3 March 2012). "At Home With Elon Musk: The (Soon-to-Be) Bachelor Billionaire". Forbes. Archived from the original on 4 August 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
^ Lai, Jennifer (19 January 2012). "Elon Musk Divorce: Announces Split From Talulah Riley On Twitter". HuffPost. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
^ Troup, Rose (22 August 2012). "SpaceX founder Elon Musk pays wife $4 million in divorce settlement". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
^ Kimble, Lindsay (18 November 2016). "Elon Musk and Talulah Riley Divorced: Report". People. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
^ Pelley, Scott (30 March 2014). "Tesla and SpaceX: Elon Musk's industrial empire". CBS News. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
^ "Elon Musk, actress wife split again". Yahoo! News. 31 December 2014. Archived from the original on 1 January 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
^ "Elon Musk, actress wife split again". 2 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
^ "Elon Musk and Talulah Riley reach divorce settlement". TV3 (Ireland). 21 October 2016. Archived from the original on 22 October 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
^ "'I've seen bedsheets with my face on them': Thomas Brodie-Sangster on obsessive fans, Love Actually and the Sex Pistols". The Guardian. 30 May 2022. Archived from the original on 30 May 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
^ "Thomas Brodie-Sangster and Talulah Riley Are Engaged: 'Love Is All Around". People.com. Archived from the original on 31 July 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
^ "'Love Actually' star Thomas Brodie-Sangster, 34, marries actor Talulah Riley in romantic ceremony". independent. 24 June 2024.
^ "Elon Musk's ex-wife is reportedly the mysterious phone contact 'TJ' who texted him about fighting 'woke-ism' at Twitter, and called the banning of a conservative satire site 'crazy'". Business Insider. 4 October 2022. Archived from the original on 18 November 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
^ Foreman, Liza (24 May 2007). "Make my day. Make my film". The Times. Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2007.
^ Holmwood, Leigh (17 November 2008). "BBC3 drops new drama Phoo Action". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
^ Coates, Brian (9 July 2008). "Lights, camera, rain... BBC film crew comes to Calderdale to shoot comedy drama". Halifax Today. Archived from the original on 22 October 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2008.
^ "HBO's Westworld Creators Talk AI, Sentience, And Surveillance". Fast Company. 30 September 2016. Archived from the original on 1 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.

External links

Media related to Talulah Riley at Wikimedia Commons
Talulah Riley at IMDb

[1] "Law Office of Daniel Jensen, P.C." Archived from the original on 31 March 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2021.

[birth-2] Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916-2005; Ancestry.com. Retrieved 3 November 2015.

[3] "UPI Almanac for Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024". United Press International. 26 September 2024.

[4] Talulah Riley: 'Fifty Shades inspired me to create a sexually conniving female character' Archived 20 February 2022 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 29 October 2016.

[5] "Talulah Riley: how to marry a billionaire". Evening Standard. 26 November 2010. Archived from the original on 26 February 2011.

[6] Lesley O'Toole (17 May 2013). "Actress Talulah Riley shares her obsession with mortality and life with a billionaire". Metro. Archived from the original on 9 March 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2014.

[7] Andreeva, Nellie (23 March 2017). "'Westworld': Talulah Riley Promoted To Series Regular For Season 2 On HBO". Deadline. Archived from the original on 20 February 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2018.

[8] "Angela played by Talulah Riley". HBO. Archived from the original on 9 November 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2018.

[9] Read, Rachel (27 September 2007). "Summer and Smoke @ Nottingham Playhouse". BBC Nottingham. Archived from the original on 26 July 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2007.

[10] Brodie, Anne (26 July 2010). "Talulah Riley - The Summer House/Inception". Monsters and Critics.^{[permanent dead link]}

[11] Palacios, Kim (23 July 2010). "Robert Pattinson's short film "The Summer House" dominates iTunes". Hollywood News. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2010.

[12] "Pattinson's Summer House is an iTunes Smash" (Press release). Shorts International. 23 July 2010. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2010.

[13] "White Frog – Official Website". Whitefrogthemovie.tumblr.com. 26 July 2011. Archived from the original on 20 February 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2013.

[14] Christie, Janet (23 June 2015). "Talulah Riley on directorial debut Scottish Mussel". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 2 October 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.

[15] Riley, Talulah (25 April 2019). Acts of Love. Hodder. ISBN 9781473637900. Archived from the original on 20 February 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2020.

[16] Hosie, Rachel (19 August 2016). "Talulah Riley: 'Fifty Shades inspired me to create a sexually conniving female character'". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Archived from the original on 20 February 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2020.

[17] Singh, Anita (3 February 2010). "Talulah Riley: the world's sexiest quantum physicist?". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 6 February 2010.

[18] "Girls on top: The next generation of British actresses". The Independent. 24 July 2009. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2015.

[19] "42 Brits to Watch announced" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 July 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2016.

[marriage-20] "Actor Talulah Riley files to divorce billionaire Elon Musk, again". The Guardian. Associated Press. 21 March 2016. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2016. The pair first married in 2010 and divorced in 2012. They remarried 18 months later.

[21] Boyle, Alan (18 January 2012). "SpaceX's millionaire founder tweets about marital split". NBC News. Archived from the original on 1 July 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2013.

[forbes20120326-22] Elliott, Hannah (3 March 2012). "At Home With Elon Musk: The (Soon-to-Be) Bachelor Billionaire". Forbes. Archived from the original on 4 August 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.

[23] Lai, Jennifer (19 January 2012). "Elon Musk Divorce: Announces Split From Talulah Riley On Twitter". HuffPost. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2013.

[24] Troup, Rose (22 August 2012). "SpaceX founder Elon Musk pays wife $4 million in divorce settlement". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2013.

[25] Kimble, Lindsay (18 November 2016). "Elon Musk and Talulah Riley Divorced: Report". People. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

[26] Pelley, Scott (30 March 2014). "Tesla and SpaceX: Elon Musk's industrial empire". CBS News. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014.

[27] "Elon Musk, actress wife split again". Yahoo! News. 31 December 2014. Archived from the original on 1 January 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2015.

[28] "Elon Musk, actress wife split again". 2 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2015.

[29] "Elon Musk and Talulah Riley reach divorce settlement". TV3 (Ireland). 21 October 2016. Archived from the original on 22 October 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2016.

[30] "'I've seen bedsheets with my face on them': Thomas Brodie-Sangster on obsessive fans, Love Actually and the Sex Pistols". The Guardian. 30 May 2022. Archived from the original on 30 May 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.

[31] "Thomas Brodie-Sangster and Talulah Riley Are Engaged: 'Love Is All Around". People.com. Archived from the original on 31 July 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.

[32] "'Love Actually' star Thomas Brodie-Sangster, 34, marries actor Talulah Riley in romantic ceremony". independent. 24 June 2024.

[33] "Elon Musk's ex-wife is reportedly the mysterious phone contact 'TJ' who texted him about fighting 'woke-ism' at Twitter, and called the banning of a conservative satire site 'crazy'". Business Insider. 4 October 2022. Archived from the original on 18 November 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.

[34] Foreman, Liza (24 May 2007). "Make my day. Make my film". The Times. Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2007.

[35] Holmwood, Leigh (17 November 2008). "BBC3 drops new drama Phoo Action". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2016.

[36] Coates, Brian (9 July 2008). "Lights, camera, rain... BBC film crew comes to Calderdale to shoot comedy drama". Halifax Today. Archived from the original on 22 October 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2008.

[37] "HBO's Westworld Creators Talk AI, Sentience, And Surveillance". Fast Company. 30 September 2016. Archived from the original on 1 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]

[14]

[15]

[16]

[17]

[18]

[19]

[20]

[21]

[22]

[23]

[24]

[25]

[26]

[27]

[28]

[29]

[30]

[31]

[32]

[33]

[34]

[35]

[36]

[37]

Talulah Riley

Early life and education

Career

Television

Stage

Film

Writing

Other

Personal life

Filmography

References

External links

Read other articles:

Joy Mukherjee

Kaisar Shōkō

Downey (California)

Secretaría de Finanzas y Planeación de Veracruz

Karlstein am Main

حسن‌ أباد أبريزة

Roaditude

السلطة القضائية في تايلاند

Uusimaa

A'annepada

Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet

Formula Le Mans

The Citizen (film)

The Apprentice (British TV series) series 15

January 1926

Жэньминь жибао

约翰斯顿环礁

周處除三害 (電影)

谢赫·穆吉布·拉赫曼

Sanjak of Smederevo