Riley Voelkel is a popular American-Canadian actress, best known for her role as Freya Mikaelson in ‘The Vampire Diaries’ spin-off, ‘The Originals’. Her fans also know her for her roles in “The Newsroom”, “Legacies” and many other TV series.
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Early life and family
Riley Voelkel was born on April 26, 1990, in Calgary, Alberta Canada, so she holds Canadian nationality and her zodiac sign is Taurus. Riley is very close to his family; she has a very warm relationship with her mother, but never shared her name, but she once posted their mutual photo on her Instagram account, congratulating her on Mother’s Day. His younger brother’s name is Connor Voelkel.
As a child, Riley spent a lot of time at her grandparents’ house; the loss of her grandfather was a very painful strike for Riley, as she shared that she would never forget the sweet times when they played cards on the floor or ate little square sandwiches he made for her; she also wrote that she was grateful for the unconditional love and undying support he gave her.
Riley’s uncle, Dale Curtis Krall, was an experienced and passionate guitarist and singer, who died in October 2017; Riley shared that he was a big influence on her taste in music and she was grateful to have him in her life. Being close to his family, Riley learned to value every moment with his family members since childhood and still lives the same way.
Riley’s parents moved to Elk Grove, California when she was a toddler, so she spent her childhood between her hometown of Calgary and Elk Grove. Around the age of eight, she started playing volleyball and felt the passion for the sport. She also loved to dance, sing and is even a self-taught guitarist.
Schooling
Riley graduated from her local high school in Elk Grove in 2008. She was heavily involved in sports during her school years; she was a member of her high school softball team, playing the game for nine straight years. A month before enrolling in college, Riley decided to pursue her modeling career instead, so she has yet to finish graduate school.
Career
Start as a model
Riley was noticed by a model scout when she was about to enter a college of her choice, so she decided to take the plunge and pursue her dream of becoming a model. She moved to Los Angeles and worked there as a model, including with famous fashion photographers like Artem Altounian, who also worked with successful models Shelbi Byrnes and Jilli Jones. However, her agent sensed the acting talent in her and recommended Riley attend acting classes. For a while, Riley tried to balance modeling and auditioning for movies and TV shows, but she chose to become an actress.
Acting career: first steps
Riley made her big-screen debut appearing in David Fincher’s “The Social Network” (2010), as a party girl, without even being credited, but it was enough for her to get a taste of the big movies, so she had no doubt that was what she wanted to do in life. That same year, 2010, Riley landed the role of Caroline in the pilot episode of “Glory Daze,” a comedy-drama television series, starring Matt Bush and Kelly Blatz. In 2011, she landed the role of Claire in “Prom”, then played Christine Brighton in “Hidden Moon” (2012), and the same year appeared as Tristan in the drama series “The Mentalist”. In late 2012, Riley landed her first recurring role, that of Jenna Johnson on the political drama “The Newsroom,” appearing in 15 episodes of the series from 2012 to 2014.
Additional success
Meanwhile, in 2013, Riley could be seen in several episodes of the super popular series “American Horror Story”, as a younger version of Fiona Goode in the third season of the show “Coven”. Riley portrayed the Supreme Witch of the New Orleans coven, the older version of which was played by the legendary Jessica Lange – it’s worth saying that the latter won numerous awards for her performance, although Jessica shared that she didn’t really like the third season of the show: “It’s funny because I was stunned that year to get the Emmy for this role. The part was very well written, I didn’t I didn’t particularly like the whole set-up and the season and the story that we were telling. It wasn’t my favourite.’ However, Riley learned a lot from her colleagues on set and moved on to something else, landing a role in the film “The Secret Lives of Dorks” (2013), playing Carrie Smith.
Freya Mikaelson in ‘The Originals’ and other late roles
From 2014 to 2018, Riley starred in the recurring role (later becoming a regular) on The CW Network’s fantasy series “The Originals,” a spin-off story from the hugely popular “The Vampire Diaries.” Much like her previous show, the plot developed in the New Orleans area – Riley’s character is the Mikaelson family’s older brother, Freya, a thousand-year-old talented and powerful witch, who lost the bond with his younger maternal half. brother, Klaus Mikaelson, then reunited with his family.
At the same time, Riley could be seen in films such as “Synthesizers” and “Scrambled”, and appeared in several episodes of series such as “Point of Honor” (2015) and “Advance & Retreat” (2016).
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In 2019, Riley landed the recurring role of Jenna Cameron on ‘Roswell, New Mexico’, also appearing as Freya Mikaelson in one of the special episodes of another ‘The Vampire Diaries’ spin-off. “Legacies”. Since early 2020, Riley has starred in Starz’ new series “Hightown,” alongside Monica Raymund, Rumi C. Jean-Louis and James Badge Dale.
Personal life, boyfriend Michael C. Robertson
Riley has been dating Michael C. Robertson since October 2016 and often shares their mutual photos on his social media profiles; the couple have no children. Mike works as a managing and producing partner and director at Carbon Film, a team of filmmakers working on video and post-production, and creative writing.
Riley starred in one of the music videos produced by Carbon Films, of the song “Whimsical” by the band Sleep Dance, released on YouTube on February 6, 2020.
Hobbies, favorite things and interesting facts
One of Riley’s favorite actresses is Brigitte Bardot. Riley enjoys watching TV series, enjoying the performance of his colleagues; one of his favorite shows is “Game of Thrones”. One of her best friends, Desi Valentine, is also her favorite singer. Riley enjoys singing and continues to play guitar.
Appearance, style of dress
Riley has shoulder-length blonde hair and green eyes. She is 1.73m (5ft 8in) tall, weighs about 56kg (123lbs) and her vital stats are 34-24-35.
As for her style of dress, she likes to wear white tops and black pants. She also likes to wear high heels and wear makeup even at home, when she doesn’t even need to go out, as it makes her feel more comfortable.
Net Worth and Salary
In 2020, Riley’s net worth is said to be around $1 million. It should be mentioned that she had a Mercedes Benz as her first car in June 2015 and still owns it. Riley grows her Instagram account as another source of income, posting sponsored posts from time to time. Thus, she has had commercial contracts with brands such as “True & Co”, “Fab Fit Fun” and several others – a sponsored post on her social media profile can cost up to $2,800.
