Background
Riley was born in Grindon, Stockton-on-Tees, England.
Riley was born in Grindon, Stockton-on-Tees, England.
She comes from County Durham and attended Teesside High School from age 9 until 18. She attended Street Cuthbert"s, Durham University from 2000-2003, 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.
She is known for her roles as Sarah Hurst in Easy Virtue and as Catherine Earnshaw in Independent Television"s adaptation of Wuthering Heights. She appeared in Edge of Tomorrow, starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt. She also appeared onstage at the Royal Court Theatre production of The Priory, by Michael Wynne.
She co-starred in London Has Fallen, the sequel to the 2013 film Olympus Has Fallen, where she portrayed an MI6 agent Jacqueline Marshall.