At only 33, Presley’s dazzling granddaughter is continuing to create stunning and powerful feature films.Riley Keough has recently screened War Pony, her debut film as director, at the Cannes Film Festival. She is set to appear in four long-awaited shows which include Cult Follow, The Terminal List, Daisy Jones and The Six along with the upcoming A In Men. in Men– here is a look at an actress who is set to shine as bright as her legendary grandfather’s rhinestone outfits “made in Las Vegas”.
1. A rock’n’roll swagger
Although many celebrities have famous parents like Lily-Rose depp, Dakota Johnson, or Zoe Kravitz, a trend that has recently referred to them as “nepotism babies” on TikTok The background of Riley Keough is especially remarkable. Her grandfather is rock’n’roll King Elvis Presley, who will be honored in a glistening biopic directed by Baz Luhrmann that brought Riley Keough to tears, and her maternal grandmother, Priscilla Presley, was the lead actress in the film Dallas, Are there a cop to save The queen?. His father Danny Keough was a musician and her mother, musician and singer Lisa Marie Presley, used to be married to Michael Jackson and Nicolas Cage. Two artists helped raise the young girl.
Based on this royal lineage The wild-eyed heroine from Logan Lucky(2017) still has a rock’n’roll-inspired aurawith a tangled mane like a folk-singer in the 1970s, a perpetually unhappy atmosphere, as well as wild appearance that are influenced by her style icon Jimi Hendrix. But the history of the family of the 33-year-old from California is also a tragic one. Alongside the tragic death of her grandfather who sank into depression and medication, her brother Benjamin Keough, committed suicide in the year 2020 at 27, just 27 years old. Following his passing away, the actress trained herself as an “death doula” so that she could assist others in their suffering.
2. Cinema choices that are bold
With her beautiful eye-catching, luminous eyes, and slim figure, Riley Keough quickly became an unstoppable fashion star. As a model, she began her career at 15 years old, the Queen’s granddaughter took to the runway at Dolce & Gabbana and was the model for Dior. In the present, she continues to attend Chanel as well as Louis Vuitton shows, but the cinema she seems to love most. She is the actress that has the smoky pout loves playing complex roles in daring and bold worlds where music, sexual assault and violence are mingled. She was a part of Mad Max: Fury Road(2015), Magic Mike(2012), and The Runaways(2010) The Runaways (2010) is her story about Joan Jett’s band and where her best friend Kristen Stewart stars too.
With that in mind it was no surprise that she appeared in the acclaimed American Honey (2016), Under the Silver Lake (2018), The Devil, All the Time featuring Robert Pattinson and Tom Holland (2020) and Zola (2020) The Devil, All the Time is the surreal journey of two of the most exuberant strippers, prompted by a real-life story that was shared via Twitter. Her most memorable performance is the fakely cynical caller she played as in The Girlfriend Experience,a series created by Steven Soderbergh, in the year 2016. In real life, rather modest the actress portrays Christine who is a student at law during the day, and an escort in the evening. With incredible subtlety, she gives form and a heart to the intriguing, yet cold-hearted young woman who is able to move from lecture halls at college to the luxury suites of Chicago’s hotels without looking.
3. New exciting projects are in the pipeline
Riley Keough is neither resting on the apex of her famous family history and her tough but intriguing charm. In a position to move from a character in a film directed by Lars Von Trier, to a role in the Teen Drama series Riverdale and Riverdale, she constantly takes chances and pursuing diverse projects, which are often away from the norm. She was in Justin Timberlake’s video the song TKO(2013) in which she was savagely beaten by dragging him along the highway in a huge vehicle, and is expected to be appearing in a number of shows which will be discussed quite a bit.
The actress will next be seen for the upcoming season of Cult Following, a series that explores The Children of God cult with Dakota Johnson, in A Life in Men together with Charlize Theron as well as Kristen Stewart, and in Daisy Jones & The Six that tells the story of a girl group that hails from Los Angeles in the 1970s. The actress will play alongside Chris Pratt in the Prime Video sci-fi drama The Terminal List,available on July 1 , will not just follow visions of the filmmakers, no matter how captivating they might be. In the Cannes Festival, Jonah Hill’s ex-girlfriend presented her debut feature film War Pony,which she co-produced with her producer Gina Gammell. It was chosen within the “Un Certain Regard” category it focuses on what is known as the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, which is a region located in South Dakota marked by Native American military. Flexible, ambitious and hyperactive, Riley Keough has learned from her rock’n’roll father ” Never wait for tomorrow, what if tomorrow never comes?“
