Riley Keough

Riley Keough

Danielle Riley Keough is an American actress, model, and producer. She is the eldest grandchild of Elvis and Priscilla Presley. At age 15, she began modeling, including appearances at fashion shows for Dolce & Gabbana and Christian Dior. Keough made her feature film debut at age 20, appearing in a supporting part in the musical biopic The Runaways.

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Summary Riley KeoughDanielle Riley Keough is an American actress, model, and producer. Born in Santa Monica, California, she is the eldest grandchild of Elvis and Priscilla Presley. At age 15, she began modeling, including appearances at fashion shows for Dolce & Gabbana and Christian Dior, as well as appearing on the cover of Vogue. Keough made her feature film debut at age 20, appearing in a supporting part in the musical biopic The Runaways. In 2016, she had her breakthrough role as a law student-turned-escort in the first season of the anthology series The Girlfriend Experience. In 2019, Keough starred as the lead in the psychological horror film The Lodge, followed by another leading role in the upcoming comedy-drama Zola. She plays the character Sandy Harrison in Netflix’s 2020 release of The Devil All The Time. She also has two half-sisters, twins Harper and Finley, from her mother’s fourth marriage, to Michael Lockwood. She had one biological brother, Benjamin Storm Keough, who died by suicide in July 2020. She is of Irish, Portuguese Sephardi Jewish, and Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry. Her maternal ancestry through her grandfather, Elvis Presley, includes Creek, Cherokee, Scots-Irish, and Norman; Keough’s maternal grandmother, Priscillas, is of part Norwegian descent.

She has a younger half-brother, Ben Storm, who was born in 1998 and died in July 2019. Her mother was briefly remarried to Michael Jackson from 1994 until 1996. She was 13 years old when her mother married actor Nicolas Cage, though this was also short-lived, ending two years later in divorce. For a time, she attended a public school in San Fernando Valley, but was ultimately forced to travel to her parents’ homes due to having to travel so much. Her father met her mother while performing as a bass guitarist in her mom’s band, and he later married singer-songwriter Lisa Marie Presley and musician Danny Keough. She currently lives in Los Angeles with her mother and has a son, Benjamin Storm, and a daughter, Finley. She lives with her father in Hawaii and Los Angeles, though she at times lived at the Graceland Estate in Tennessee, which was inherited by her mother following her grandfather’s death. She appeared on the U.S. cover of Elle magazine between August 2004 and August 2005.