Riley Keough

American actress

Danielle Riley Keough (/ˈk/ KEE-oh; born May 29, 1989)[1] is an American actress, model, and producer

Riley Keough
Born
Danielle Riley Keough

(1989-05-29) May 29, 1989 (age 34)
OccupationModel • Actress • Producer
Years active2010–present
Height1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
Spouse
Ben Smith-Petersen (m. 2015)
Parents
Relatives

Early Life and Careers change

Riley was born on May 29, 1989 at Providence Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, She is the eldest daughter of singer-songwriter Lisa Marie Presley and musician Danny Keough, and the eldest grandchild of Elvis Presley and actress and businesswoman Priscilla Presley.

Keough's father met her mother while performing as a bass guitarist in her mother's band. She had a biological brother, Benjamin Storm Keough, who died by suicide in July 2020. She has two half-sisters, twins Harper and Finley, from her mother's fourth marriage to Michael Lockwood. According to Keough, her father's ancestry is Irish and mostly Sephardic Jewish (Portuguese-Jewish) and Ashkenazi Jewish (Eastern European Jews), whereas her maternal grandfather, Elvis Presley, is allegedly of Creek, Cherokee, Scots-Irish, and Norman descent; Keough's maternal grandmother, Priscilla, is of part Norwegian descent.

She is the daughter of Lisa Marie Presley with Danny Keough and the eldest grandchild of Elvis and Priscilla Presley.

References change

  1. Green, Michelle; Armstrong, Lois; Hoover, Eleanor; Micheli, Robin (June 19, 1989). "The Presleys' Newest Star". People. Vol. 31, no. 24. Archived from the original on August 1, 2008. Retrieved February 5, 2015.