Biography
Reilly’s performance in After Miss Julie at the Donmar Warehouse made her a star of the London stage and earned her a nomination for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actress of 2003. Reilly's performance in the British comedy film, Mrs. Henderson Presents, won her the Empire Award for Best Newcomer in 2006. Her first lead role came shortly after in the critically acclaimed British horror film, Eden Lake opposite Michael Fassbender, and following that, she had a high-profile role on ITV in the three-part police drama “Above Suspicion” opposite Helen Mirren. In the same year she also appeared in three major films, Sherlock Holmes opposite Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law, Triage opposite Colin Farrell, and Me & Orson Wells for director Richard Linklater. In 2011, she reprised her role as Mary Watson in Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows. She starred opposite Denzel Washington in the Robert Zemeckis film Flight, and most recently in the John Michael McDonagh film Calvary opposite Brendan Gleeson. Kelly is currently filming the next season of “True Detective” alongside Colin Farrell and Vince Vaughn.
