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Keough at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival
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Danielle Riley Keough May 29, 1989 Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Model, actress |
Years active | 2010–present |
Spouse(s) | Ben Smith-Petersen (m. 2015) |
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Danielle Riley Keough (/ˈkiːoʊ/ KEE-oh; born May 29, 1989) is an American actress. She is the daughter of singer-songwriter Lisa Marie Presley with Danny Keough, and the eldest grandchild of Elvis and Priscilla Presley.
She is known for her roles in George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) and Andrea Arnold's American Honey (2016), the latter of which garnered her an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Female. In 2016, Keough starred in the Steven Soderbergh-produced television series The Girlfriend Experience, based on the film of the same name. For her performance as Christine Reade, a law student who moonlights as an escort, Keough earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television.
Keough was born in Santa Monica, California, the daughter of singer-songwriter Lisa Marie Presley and musician Danny Keough. She is the eldest grandchild of singer and actor Elvis Presley and actress and businesswoman Priscilla Presley. She has one brother, Benjamin Storm Keough, and two half-sisters, twins Harper and Finley, from her mother's marriage to Michael Lockwood.