Charlotte Riley
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Charlotte Riley is an English actress. She is best known for her role Sarah Hurst in Easy Virtue and as Catherine Earnshaw
in ITV
's adaptation of Wuthering Heights.
, Thorpe Thewles
. She attended the private Teesside High School
from age nine until eighteen. Riley then attended St Cuthbert's Society
, Durham University
from 2000 to 2003, performing with the Durham Revue and in a number of plays and musicals and graduating with a degree in English and Linguistics; she also attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
from 2005 to 2007.
Charlotte is engaged to actor Tom Hardy
. They met when they were cast as the star-crossed lovers in Wuthering Heights
in 2009. They went on to star together in The Take. The pair announced their engagement in July 2010 after a year of dating.
She currently lives in London.
She also has been in the Royal Court
's The Priory by Michael Wynne for which she has had a number of positive reviews.
Playwriting Award for the play Shaking Cecilia, which she co-wrote with her university friend, and Durham Revue co-star, Tiffany Wood.
Catherine Earnshaw
Catherine Earnshaw, known as Catherine Linton after her marriage, is the main female protagonist of Emily Brontë's novel Wuthering Heights....
in ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
's adaptation of Wuthering Heights.
Personal life
Riley comes from GrindonGrindon, County Durham
Grindon is a village and civil parish in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees, in County Durham, England. It is situated between Sedgefield and Stockton-on-Tees, near to Thorpe Larches....
, Thorpe Thewles
Thorpe Thewles
Thorpe Thewles is a village that lies near the A177 road between Stockton-on-Tees and Sedgefield in the Tees Valley. The village is currently made up of 182 households and a total population of 477 people, of which: -*96 people are children aged 0–15...
. She attended the private Teesside High School
Teesside High School
Teesside High School is an independent school in Eaglescliffe, near Stockton-on-Tees. It takes students aged from three to eighteen and is a diamond school, meaning the primary school and sixth form are coeducation while girls and boys are taught separately at the secondary level.- History :The...
from age nine until eighteen. Riley then attended St Cuthbert's Society
St Cuthbert's Society
St Cuthbert's Society, colloquially known as Cuth's, is one of sixteen collegiate bodies within the University of Durham. It was founded in 1888 for students who were not attached to the existing colleges...
, Durham University
Durham University
The University of Durham, commonly known as Durham University, is a university in Durham, England. It was founded by Act of Parliament in 1832 and granted a Royal Charter in 1837...
from 2000 to 2003, performing with the Durham Revue and in a number of plays and musicals and graduating with a degree in English and Linguistics; she also attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art is a leading British drama school in west London. LAMDA's president is Timothy West and its new principal is Joanna Read, who recently succeeded Peter James...
from 2005 to 2007.
Charlotte is engaged to actor Tom Hardy
Tom Hardy
Edward Thomas "Tom" Hardy is an English actor. He is best known for playing the title character in the 2008 British film Bronson, the character of Eames in Inception, and the villain Praetor Shinzon in Star Trek Nemesis...
. They met when they were cast as the star-crossed lovers in Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights is a novel by Emily Brontë published in 1847. It was her only novel and written between December 1845 and July 1846. It remained unpublished until July 1847 and was not printed until December after the success of her sister Charlotte Brontë's novel Jane Eyre...
in 2009. They went on to star together in The Take. The pair announced their engagement in July 2010 after a year of dating.
She currently lives in London.
She also has been in the Royal Court
Royal Court Theatre
The Royal Court Theatre is a non-commercial theatre on Sloane Square, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is noted for its contributions to modern theatre...
's The Priory by Michael Wynne for which she has had a number of positive reviews.
Career
In 2004, Riley won the Sunday Times'The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times is a British Sunday newspaper.The Sunday Times may also refer to:*The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times...
Playwriting Award for the play Shaking Cecilia, which she co-wrote with her university friend, and Durham Revue co-star, Tiffany Wood.
Select credits
- DCI BanksDCI BanksDCI Banks is a British crime drama series produced by Left Bank Pictures for the ITV network. The series is based on Peter Robinson's Inspector Alan Banks novels and stars Stephen Tompkinson as Alan Banks.-Background:...
: Aftermath (TV series) (2 episodes) as Lucy Payne (2010) - Foyle's WarFoyle's WarFoyle's War is a British detective drama television series set during World War II, created by screenwriter and author Anthony Horowitz, and was commissioned by ITV after the long-running series Inspector Morse came to an end in 2000. It has aired on ITV since 2002...
(episode Killing Time) as Mandy Dean (2010) - Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side as Margot Bence (2009)
- Spanish Flu: The Forgotten FallenSpanish Flu: The Forgotten FallenSpanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen is a 2009 television drama. It deals with Dr James Niven's attempts to deal with the 1918 flu pandemic in Manchester. Its screenplay was written by Peter Harness and it starred Bill Paterson as Niven, along with Mark Gatiss, Kenneth Cranham and Charlotte Riley. It...
as Peggy Lytton (2009) - The TakeThe Take (TV series)The Take is a 4 episode drama TV series on Sky 1 based upon the Martina Cole novel. Shooting for the show took place in Dublin. The show premiered on June 17 2009 and stars Tom Hardy, Brian Cox, Hayley Angel Wardle, Shaun Evans, Kierston Wareing and Charlotte Riley .The show received critical...
as Maggie Summers (2009) - Wuthering HeightsWuthering Heights (2009 television serial)Wuthering Heights is a two-part ITV television serial adaptation of the novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. The episodes were adapted for the screen by Peter Bowker and directed by Coky Giedroyc...
as Catherine Earnshaw (2009) - Easy Virtue as Sarah Hurst (2008)
- George Gently: The Burning Man as Carmel O'Shaughnessy (2008)
- Survey No. 257 as Emma (2008)
- Holby CityHolby CityHolby City, stylised as Holby Ci+y, is a British medical drama television series that airs weekly on BBC One.The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama Casualty, and premiered on 12 January 1999...
(episode Someone to Watch Over Me) as Tanya Cusan (2007) - Grownups (episode Send) as Chloe (2007)