Charlotte Riley

Working in both film and television, Charlotte Riley continues to explore a varied portfolio of roles spanning past, present, and future.

Her feature credits include Doug Liman's blockbuster Edge of Tomorrow, with Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt; Ron Howard's epic In the Heart of the Sea, opposite Chris Hemsworth; Steve Stone's 1990s-set horror tale Entity, which won two awards at the London Independent Film Festival; Stephan Elliott's Easy Virtue, with Kristin Scott Thomas and Colin Firth; and writer/director Lex Sidón's contemporary NYC tale Grand Street, in which she starred opposite Tom Byam Shaw.

Ms. Riley starred on television in the BBC's acclaimed fantasy miniseries Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, directed by Toby Haynes, with Bertie Carvel, Eddie Marsan, and Alice Englert. In 2016, viewers saw her starring in writer/director Stephen Poliakoff's Cold War-set BBC miniseries Close to the Enemy, alongside Jim Sturgess, Freddie Highmore, Alfred Molina, and Angela Bassett of London Has Fallen.

Among her other television credits are Channel 4's 14th-century-set miniseries World Without End, directed by Michael Caton-Jones, in which she played the lead female role; Peaky Blinders, in a guest arc during the series' second season; DCI Banks, on which she had a recurring role; Mike Bartlett's ITV miniseries The Town, directed by Colin Teague; and guest appearances on Holby City and Foyle's War. She portrayed Emily Brontë's iconic Catherine in the ITV miniseries Wuthering Heights, directed by Coky Giedroyc, opposite Tom Hardy as Heathcliff.

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