Actress and model Riley Keough is the eldest grandchild of legendary singer Elvis Presley and actress Priscilla Presley. Her mother is Lisa Marie Presley and her father is Danny Keough. As a teenager, Keough started modeling. Her first appearance was on a runway for Dolce & Gabbana. She has also appeared on the cover of Vogue with her mother and grandmother.
Keough's acting debut came in 2010 when she won the role of Marie Currie in The Runaways (2010). Other roles followed in El buen doctor (2011), Jack & Diane (2012) and Steven Soderbergh's Magic Mike (2012).
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Trivia
Daughter of Lisa Marie Presley and Danny Keough.
Older sister of Benjamin Keough.
Granddaughter of Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley.
She is a model.
Although her first name is Danielle, she goes by Riley, her middle name.
Former stepdaughter of Michael Jackson and Nicolas Cage
At age 15 she appeared on the cover of Vogue (August 2004 issue) with her mother Lisa Marie Presley and grandmother Priscilla Presley.
Was Maid of Honor at her mother's wedding to Michael Lockwood.
Older sister of fraternal twins, Harper Vivienne Ann and Finley Aaron Love Lockwood. They were born on Tuesday, October 7th, 2008.
Close friends with Evan Ross, Austin Brown, and Ryan Cabrera. They all are either involved in the music industry or have famous relatives in the entertainment industry (Cabrera is a famous singer, Ross is the son of Diana Ross, Brown is a part of the famous Jackson music family which includes his uncle Michael Jackson and mother Rebbie Jackson, and Keough's mother is Lisa Marie Presley and her grandfather is Elvis Presley; as well as being the former step-daughter of Brown's uncle, Michael).
Beat Lindsay Lohan for the role of Nora in Magic Mike.
Despite starting a successful and lucrative modelling career as a teenager which has since led on to acting roles, Riley expressed a wish to be a professional photographer on an episode of Oprah, on which she appeared with Lisa Marie Presley.
She appeared in her mother's 2005 music video "Idiot". She's the blonde pedestrian whom Lisa Marie Presley bumps into as she is charging down the street later in the song.
(February 4, 2015) Married her boyfriend of a year Ben Smith-Petersen in Napa, California following a 5-month-long engagement. They met on the set of "Mad Max: Fury Road".
Personal Quotes
Music is my favorite thing in the world. I grew up completely around it and I think it's one of the most important things to me, but at this point I can't see myself doing that professionally. Luckily, for the most part, I don't feel pressured.
Life changes so quickly. feeling grateful to be around such wonderful people to strengthen and grow with.
I feel like the original 'Mad Max' created such a vivid world, that to go back and re-imagine it and kind of replay in that sandbox sounds like fun to me.
I think acting is a fun thing because you get to have so many lifetimes in one lifetime, being all these different people.
I'm kind of shy and quiet. But I'm only shy in my personal life. If I'm working, somehow I'm not and it goes away.
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