Riley Kio is an American actress and model, the granddaughter of Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley. The young actress got into the big movie in 2010, starring in the movie "Runaways." The real popularity brought her a role in the movie "Mad Max: The Road of Fury."
Daniel Riley Kio is the granddaughter of legendary singer Elvis Presley. Unfortunately, Riley did not find her illustrious grandfather: she was born twelve years after his death. Kio's date of birth: May 29, 1989. She was born in Santa Monica - a city located in Los Angeles County in California. Her mother Lisa Maria is a singer, and father Danny devoted his life to an acting career and also wrote author songs. Riley has a younger brother, as well as twin twin sisters.
Facts from Riley Kio's Biography
The girl was born in a very creative family. She was brought up and grew up in an appropriate atmosphere, therefore she simply could not choose a path for herself. It is worth noting that Riley has a very close relationship with her grandmother - Priscilla, who devoted her life to the development of an acting career.
In childhood and adolescence, Riley had a lot of contact with leading film figures, musicians and other representatives of art. She also traveled a lot, was a cheerful and very sociable child. By adolescence, Riley Kio had already decided for herself that she should be engaged exclusively in creativity in life. At first, the girl dreamed of a singer's career, and then her attention shifted to the film industry. However, at that moment, Riley did not even think of becoming an actress in film and television, she was much more attracted to the process of filming films. The girl dreamed of becoming a filmmaker, and Stanley Kubrick was the authority in this industry for her.
However, life turned so that at the age of twelve, Riley Kio got on television. At that time, she signed a contract to work with an advertising agency and, as a result, began to take part in the filming of advertising videos, in particular for the brand "Tommy Hilfiger". And in 2004, Kio tried herself as a catwalk model. She was chosen to participate in a fashion show in Milan. After that, Riley signed a new contract, becoming the model of the prestigious IMG agency. And for a long time, young Riley was engaged exclusively in the modeling business, worked with Dior and not only.
Over time, interest in working in film and television began to dominate, and so gradually Riley shifted her attention from the modeling industry to the cinema. Her debut on the big screen as an aspiring actress took place in 2010.
Way to the cinema and on television
A distinctive feature of Kio's filmography at the moment is that she has virtually no work in television series. He starred only in the project called “Call Girl” (2016), for whose work she received a nomination for the Golden Globe, and in the popular series Riverdale, having hit the cast show in the third season. The actress has more than 15 roles in feature films.
In 2010, the biographical movie "Runaways" was released, telling the story of a rock band of the same name, whose popularity fell on the 1970s. Riley Kio made her debut in this film, playing the role of a character named Mary Carrie. The film was shown for the first time at the Sundance Festival, and Kio's on-set set was made up of actresses such as Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart.
In the next couple of years, the filmography of the aspiring artist was replenished with such projects as "The Good Doctor", "Super Mike", "Kiss of the Damned".
To become famous, Riley Kio helped the role in the film "Mad Max: The Road of Fury." This box office action movie went on hire in 2015. Today, critics are of the opinion that the role in this project is the best among Riley's other works. In 2015, the actress also appeared in the movie Dixieland.
In subsequent years, Riley Kio visited the set of such films as “American Cutie” (2016), “We Do Not Have a Place Here” (2017), “It Comes at Night” (2017), “Under Silver Lake” (2017).
And in 2018, the already popular actress appeared in the cast of films: “The House Jack Built”, which was filmed by the great Lars von Trier, and “Hold the Darkness”.
