Carmella Riley

Carmella Riley

Birth : , Chicago, Illinois, USA

History

Carmella has made a career in stage, film, television, commercials and voice over for two decades on both coasts. Born in the suburbs of Chicago, Carmella began studying theater at the age of l2 at the esteemed Piven Theatre Workshop, eventually becoming a teacher. She also studied at the legendary comedy and improv training ground, The Second City. After graduating from Northwestern University,Carmella moved to the East Coast where she appeared in the Oscar nominated film version of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible along with other film and theater productions in Boston and New York. In Los Angeles, Carmella studied voice over with respected coach, Nancy Wolfson and acting with the renowned, Jeff Corey. She has worked in some of the city’s best theaters and is a member of the acclaimed company, The Actor’s Gang. She continues to work steadily in film and television, guest starring in many popular television shows and national commercials. Carmella lives in Los Angeles with a few of her biggest fans–her husband and kids.

Profile

Carmella Riley

Movies

Block Party
Joy
Recent Harvard grad Keke McQueen, 23, is eager to ditch her hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan for her dream job in Atlanta, but when Keke discovers that her once super-sharp Grandma Janice is showing early signs of dementia, Keke puts her career at stake in order to save her Grandma's block party, and in the process, Keke falls back in love with her hometown and its people.
Kidnap
Stephanie
A mother (in her Minivan) stops at nothing to recover her kidnapped son.
Snapped
Friend
Snapped examines the lives of a colorful group of young people as they try to connect with each other and stay amused in a sleepy Long Island town. Tara, a social outcast reunites with her high school sweetheart Billy who is on the lam from a low-down gangster. When Tara falls for Shane, a voyeuristic loner, who gets thrills from stealing snapshots from the local photo shop where he works, the characters lives intersect in this Lynchian town where still waters run deep.
The Crucible
Hannah Brown
A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials.