Kelly Reilly Biography

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Kelly Reilly (born July 8 1977) is a British actress who, in 2004, became the youngest ever "best actress" nominee at the Olivier Awards.

She grew up in Kingston in Surrey, in a working-class family. She was inspired to act after seeing a performance of The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, and began her professional career in television aged 17, while still studying for her A-levels. She did not attend drama school due to financial constraints and an inability to articulate her interest in acting.

Her stage credits include the controversial Blasted at the Royal Court Theatre, Debs in Sexual Perversity in Chicago (alongside Hollywood actors Matthew Perry, Hank Azaria and Minnie Driver), and Look Back in Anger.

Her performance in 2004 in After Miss Julie at the Donmar Warehouse saw her nominated for an Olivier Award. She won the Cannes Film Festival 2005 "Best Actress in an Independent Film" award for her performance in Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005). In 2006 she picked up "best newcomer" awards from the London Critics Circle and the Empire Film Awards.

Reilly recently starred in the Richard Fell adaptation of the 1960s science fiction series A for Andromeda, shown on the UK digital television station BBC Four.

She is also well-known in France because of a starring role in the film L'Auberge espagnole (literally The Spanish Hostel, English title Pot Luck) and its 2005 sequel Les Poupées russes (The Russian Dolls) in which she played the romantic lead and was nominated for a César award for best supporting actress in 2006.

Selected filmography

• The Libertine (Jane) 2006
  
• Mrs. Henderson Presents (Maureen) 2005
  
• Pride & Prejudice (Miss Bingley) 2005
  
• Les Poupées russes (Wendy) 2005
  
• L'Auberge espagnole (Wendy) 2003
  

Sources

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• KellyReilly.com Fansite
  
• Shining Star a fansite
  

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• 1. Jenny: Simply amazing.
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• 1. Jenny: Somebody help me! Please!
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• 1. Mary Watson: I miss him too, you know, in my own way. It's going to be a beautiful week in Brighton.
  2. Dr. John Watson: He would have wanted us to go.
  3. Mary Watson: He would have wanted to come along.
  From Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. Submitted by Sean G (4 months ago)

• 1. Dr. John Watson: [in the train, watching for attackers with his gun ready] How many were you expecting?
  2. Sherlock Holmes: Half a dozen.
  3. Dr. John Watson: Who are they?
  4. Sherlock Holmes: A wedding present from Moriarty. [to Mary] Lovely ceremony by the way. Many a tear shed in joy.
  5. Mary Watson: Oh John!
  6. Dr. John Watson: [shoots] Yes, just a minute, darling!
  7. Sherlock Holmes: Do you trust me?
  8. Mary Watson: No!
  9. Sherlock Holmes: Well then I should have to... do something about that. [pushes Mary out of the train and she lands in a river]
  10. Dr. John Watson: [shooting] Who's up to bat next, you bastards?
  11. Sherlock Holmes: John, do shut the door. [Watson does it, looks around, and realises that Mary is gone] It had to be done! [Watson runs to the other door and looks out] She?s safe now! In my own defence [Watson attacks him] I timed it perfectly!
  From Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. Submitted by Mimmi K (4 months ago)

• 1. Dr. John Watson: [in the train] Come in! [the door to the compartment opens and a man with a champagne bottle comes in]
  2. Mary Watson: Oh, yes, please!
  3. Dr. John Watson: We didn't order that.
  4. Train Conductor: With our compliments, sir.
  5. Dr. John Watson: Thank you. Put it there. [the man comes in and closes the door behind himself, he attacks Watson with a knife, but he can ward him off]
  6. Mary Watson: [puts a gun against the man's head and Watson opens the door that leads out of the train] I think it's time for you to leave!
  7. Dr. John Watson: [throws the man out of the train; to Mary] Sit down! [opens the door and looks out; a couple of soldiers come towards their compartment, but suddenly a strange woman comes out and attacks them, when she comes towards Watson, she is revealed to be in fact Sherlock Holmes in disguise]
  8. Sherlock Holmes: I agree, it's not my best disguise, but I had to make do!
  From Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. Submitted by Mimmi K (4 months ago)

• 1. Mycroft Holmes: Good evening, Mrs Watson. I'm the other Holmes.
  2. Mary Watson: You mean there's two of you? Marvelous.
  From Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. Submitted by Mimmi K (5 months ago)

• 1. Mycroft Holmes: (Mary Watson falls in the river, and there is a boat nearby containing Mycroft) Over here! Hello, I am the other Holmes.
  2. Mary Watson: (Sarcastically) Another Holmes? Can this evening get any better?
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• 1. Mary Watson: [both John and Mary are on the train to their honeymoon, and are kissing] There's no place I'd rather be.
  2. Dr. Watson: There's no other person I'd rather be with.
  3. Mary Watson: [finds a gun in his pocket] Why have you got a gun in your pocket?
  4. Dr. Watson: Old habits die hard.
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• 1. Sherlock Holmes: Do trust me.
  2. Mary Watson: No.
  From Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. Submitted by Matthew S (5 months ago)