Actress Kelly Reilly keeps her life away from the cameras mostly under wraps, but we do know some details about the Dutton Ranch star
Dutton Ranch is the latest Yellowstone spin-off hitting Paramount+ this week and will finally continue the story of Beth Dutton (played by Kelly Reilly) and Rip Wheeler (Cole Hauser).
Almost two years after the thrilling conclusion to the flagship Western drama starring Kevin Costner as notorious rancher John Dutton, the hit Western franchise created by Taylor Sheridan will finally return.
Beth and Rip are once again carving out their destiny in the new series premiering today (Friday, 15th May), which sees them moving to Texas and purchasing a new ranch.
As the highly anticipated new series, helmed by director and executive producer Christina Alexandra Voros, gets started, fans will want to know more about the beloved stars behind their favourite characters.
Lead actress Reilly keeps her personal life relatively private, but we do know some surprising titbits about what she has gotten up to away from the cameras.
Early Life
Kelly Reilly was actually born Jessica Kelly Siobhán Reilly, shortening her name when she began her acting career.
The British star was born in 1977 in Chessington, in the borough of Kingston upon Thames in Greater London, making her 48 years old.
Her mother was a hospital receptionist while her father Jack was a police officer. Her grandparents on her father’s side were Irish, hailing from County Galway.
Reilly has even credited her grandmother as being one of the first people in her life to nurture her love of acting.
Speaking to the Irish Independent, she recalled: “She’d come around and pick me up, probably when my brother was at football or something, and we’d go off to church. And I remember thinking that was my first taste of theatre.
“The stage and the costumes and the ritual and the incense. I had no idea really what was going on other than I loved the experience of it. It was like I was observing it, rather than being part of it.”
Romantic History
Reilly has been married to financier Kyle Baugher since 2012, having met two years previously at a wedding in Texas.
While Baugher is not involved in the entertainment industry, Reilly’s previous relationships have been a little more high-profile.
She was previously engaged to Israeli actor Jonah Lotan in 2007. Lotan is best known for appearances in hit TV shows such as Hostages, Foyle’s War and 24.
A year later, Reilly was involved with director Guy Ritchie, going on to star in his 2009 film Sherlock Holmes, starring Robert Downey Jr as the famous detective.
Marriage to Kyle Baugher
A touching Instagram post from Reilly in 2023 confirmed she and Baugher were married in Somerset. She has called the event, which took place on 5th June, 2012, “a magical afternoon”.
Speaking about her husband on The Drew Barrymore Show, Reilly explained that they met each other at his brother’s wedding, to which she was her friend’s plus-one.
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“I thought he was Texan… he’s from Long Island,” she revealed. “He’s the love of my life. The most beautiful thing that’s ever happened to me is my marriage.”
It’s believed that the couple do not have children together, though they do have a schnauzer dog.
They split their time between Long Island, New York and a 300-year-old cottage in rural Sussex, England.
Dutton Ranch continues Fridays on Paramount+.
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