Charlotte Riley Biography

Fast Facts

• Won a Sunday Times Playwriting Award for her play "Shaking Cecelia," which she performed in at the Edinburgh Festival in 2004
• Graduated from Durham University with a degree in English and linguistics
• Married actor Tom Hardy in 2014
• Had her first major role as Sarah Hurst in the 2008 film "Easy Virtue․"
• Quote: "One of the difficult things for actors is it's not like a musician or a writer where you can do it on your own ․․․ You've got to experience life in order to reflect that in your work․ I try to live as much as I work․"
• Best known for playing Nance in "Edge of Tomorrow" and Cathy in 2009's "Wuthering Heights․"
• In addition to acting and writing, she is also a singer who formed the group the Flirtinis and sang back up for "Britain's Got Talent" semifinalists The Jive Aces