Riley Keough

Cast · Director · Writer

Born

May 29, 1989 · Santa Monica, California, USA

Birth name

Danielle Riley Keough

"I think acting is a fun thing because you get to have so many lifetimes in one lifetime, being all these different people." Riley Keough, actress, director, and producer, was born in 1989 in Santa Monica, California. Granddaughter of Elvis Presley and daughter of Lisa Marie Presley, Keough began modeling as a teenager before transitioning into film with The Runaways (2010). She built a diverse screen career with roles in Magic Mike (2012), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), American Honey (2016), It Comes at Night (2017), and Zola (2020). On television, she received a Golden Globe nomination for The Girlfriend Experience and earned acclaim for Daisy Jones & the Six, also receiving Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. Co-founder of the production company Felix Culpa, she debuted as a director with War Pony (2022), which won the Caméra d’Or at Cannes. Keough has expressed interest in telling underrepresented stories and has been recognized for choosing unconventional roles. In 2023, following her mother’s death, she became the sole owner of Graceland. She completed Lisa Marie Presley’s memoir, From Here to the Great Unknown (2024), which she co-authored and narrated alongside Julia Roberts.