American Royalty
Life of Riley:
Birth name: Danielle Riley Keough
Date of birth: 29 May, 1989
Parents: Lisa Marie Presley - Danny Keough
Sibling: Benjamin Storm Keough
Half siblings: Finley Aaron Love Lockwood and Harper Vivienne Ann Lockwood
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Family: Eldest grandchild of Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley
Marriage: To Australian stuntman Ben Smith-Petersen since 4 February 2015!
Occupation: Actress, model.
Nickname: Durk (as one of her best friends fondly call her)
Height: 5′ 7″ (170.18 cm)
Early life:
Born on 29 May 1989, to Lisa Marie Presley and Danny Keough, Riley is the first grandchild of Elvis Presley, the greatest entertainer of the 20th century. Lisa and Danny also had a son they named Benjamin Storm Keough, nearly three years after Danielle Riley was born. Both children were kept away from the public eye as much as possible by their protective parents. Lisa and Danny stayed very good friends even after the divorce. Riley Keough’s father, Danny Keough, is a musician and a bass player in Lisa Marie Presley’s band. After the divorce, her mother married Michael Jackson with whom, Riley said in an interview in 2009, has great memories. Riley now has two twin sisters from her mother’s marriage to musician Michael Lockwood.
Modelling Career:
Riley says she caught the fashion bug at age 6 when she saw her mom on the cover of Vogue wearing a Versace dress. “I remember caring what I was going to wear even when I was little.”
Riley made her debut as a model for Tommy Hilfiger at age 12 and made her runway debut for Dolce & Gabbana in Milan in 2004. She said she was so nervous she “couldn’t stop shaking.”
In 2004 the fashion world took notice when famed photographer Annie Leibovitz, shot her for the cover of Vogue alongside her iconic mother, Lisa Marie and grandmother, Priscilla. Riley has had spreads in many other magazines including, Elle – French, UK and Japanese issues. Other features were in L’Officiel, Jalouse, Telva, Harpers Bazaar, Nylon, Vanity Fair, Russh, Flaunt, Zoo, and Pop magazines. Riley has done a clothing/model campaign for Mango in Spain in 2009. She has had photo spreads in Vogue UK (Jan 2010), Vogue RUSSIA (Feb 2010) and Tatler RUSSIA (March 2010) issue.
She is signed to Elite Model Management in New York City.
Filmography:
“The Runaways” “ Dixieland”
"The Good Doctor" " The Girlfriend Experience"
"Jack and Diane" " Yellow"
"Magic Mike" “ Wolverine Hotel”
"Mad Max- Fury Road" " Kiss of the Damned"
Relationships:
She dated singer & songwriter Ryan Cabrera, actor Alex Pettyfer. She is now happily married to stuntman Ben Smith-Petersen.
TV appearances:
Entertainment Tonight (2010, 12 March)
MTVu Woodie Awards (2008)
The Oprah Winfrey Show (2007)
Good Morning America (2007, 16 August)
Elvis by the Presleys (2005)
Trivia:
She plays the classical piano but she said she does it for fun.
She loves taking pictures but it is more of a hobby
Her favourite clothes in her closet are her coats
Riley has four tattoes on her body; a Gemini symbol, A Mayan Calender sign, a symbol for a tarot card called ‘The Hanged Man’ and Led Zeppelin’s ’four-elements’ symbol..
Riley with her parents and the baby brother
