Alexandria Riley
Alexandria Riley | |
|---|---|
| Education | Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama (MA) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Television | Silo The Pembrokeshire Murders |
Alexandria Riley is a Welsh actress and documentarian. Her acting roles include Silo (2023-present). She was nominated for a leading actress BAFTA at the 2021 BAFTA Cymru Awards for her role in The Pembrokeshire Murders (2021).
Early life
[edit]She was born and raised in Newport, Wales.[1] She graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in 2022.[2]
Career
[edit]Documentaries
[edit]She anchored the Welsh documentary film Mixed, part of the New Voices from Wales series, broadcast on BBC Two Wales in March 2019 which looked at her own experiences, and those of others, being mixed-race in Wales.[1] She also featured in the Liana Stewart 2020 documentary Black and Welsh.[3][4]
Acting
[edit]She had early acting roles in The End of the F***ing World and the BBC Three comedy In My Skin. She could be seen in ITV crime series The Pembrokeshire Murders in which she has played DI Ella Richards.[5] She was nominated for a leading actress BAFTA at the 2021 BAFTA Cymru Awards for her role.[6]
She also appeared as Natalie in BBC Wales comedy, The Tuckers, in which she starred opposite creator, Steve Speirs and S4C's '’Bang. She appeared in stage productions for National Theatre Wales.[7]
In 2023 she appeared in Wales-set British television film Men Up.[8] From 2023, she could be seen as Camille Sims, wife of Robert (Common), in Apple TV+ series Silo.[9] She had roles in Baby Reindeer and Lost Boys and Fairies as well as 2025 BBC One crime mystery series Death Valley, alongside Timothy Spall, amongst others.[10][11]
Personal life
[edit]She has a Welsh mother and a father from the Caribbean. She has a son, Evan.[1]
Partial filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Bang | Tracy | 2 episodes |
| 2018-2021 | In My Skin | Mrs Morgan | 10 episodes |
| 2019 | The End of the F***ing World | Leigh | 4 episodes |
| 2020-2022 | The Tuckers | Natalie Tucker | 18 episodes |
| 2021 | The Outlaws | Yvonne | 2 episodes |
| 2021 | The Pembrokeshire Murders | DI Ella Richards | 3 episodes |
| 2021 | The Pact | DC Anford | 5 episodes |
| 2023 | The End We Start From | P | Film |
| 2023 | Men Up | Alys Shah | TV film |
| 2023- | Silo | Camille Sims | 9 episodes |
| 2024 | Ar y Ffin | 5 episodes | |
| 2024 | Lost Boys and Fairies | Sharon | 2 episodes |
| 2024 | Baby Reindeer | Detective Culver | 3 episodes |
| 2025 | Death Valley | Helen Baxter | Series |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Mixed-race Newport actress makes film on her struggles with her own identity". South Wales Argus. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
- ^ "Alexandria Riley". rwcmd.ac.uk. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
- ^ "'Don't assume because we're black we're not Welsh'". BBC News. 26 October 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
- ^ "BBC's Black and Welsh with Newport actor Alexandria Riley - what we learned". South Wales Argus. 27 October 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
- ^ Cremona, Patrick (4 Dec 2024). "Meet the cast of The Pembrokeshire Murders". Radio Times. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
- ^ "Gangs of London leads Bafta Cymru awards". Televisual. 25 October 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
- ^ Williams, Kathryn (5 Jan 2021). "Who is The Pembrokeshire Murders' DI Ella Richards actor Alexandria Riley?". Walesonline. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
- ^ Berry, Jo (30 Dec 2023). "Men Up cast: Meet the characters in BBC drama". Radio Times. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
- ^ Bardini, Julio (27 Jan 2025). "Why Did the Algorithm Choose This 'Silo' Season 2 Character?". Collider. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
- ^ "Death Valley - the new BBC comedy drama - reveals cast". Comedy.co.uk. 11 September 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
- ^ Cook, Sam (11 September 2024). "First look at Timothy Spall's Welsh filmed murder mystery Death Valley with Gavin & Stacey and Baby Reindeer stars". Walesonline. Retrieved 20 May 2025.