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Riley Emilia Voelkel (born April 26, 1990) is an American-born Canadian actress. She is known for portraying Freya Mikaelson on The CW television series The Originals and Legacies. Voelkel also played the role of Jenna Johnson on the HBO television series The Newsroom. In 2013, she played the younger version of Jessica Lange's character, the witch Fiona Goode in the FX series American Horror Story: Coven.

Riley Voelkel
Born	Riley Emilia Voelkel (1990-04-26) April 26, 1990 (age 32) Elk Grove, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2010–present
Notable work	American Horror Story: Coven (2013) The Originals (2014–2018) Hightown (2020–present)

Early life

Voelkel was born in Elk Grove, California but raised in Calgary, Alberta.

Just a month away from going to college, a modeling scout came to her town and she decided to try her luck. The scout picked her and she went to Los Angeles where she was very much liked by several agents. She moved to Los Angeles to model, but, soon after, she joined an acting class recommended by an agent.[1]

Career

Voelkel's first role was of a club girl in The Social Network, winning the part by audition. Afterwards, she signed with an agent,^{[citation needed]} and booked her first starring role, as Carrie in the independent film, The Secret Lives of Dorks, released in 2013.[2][3] In 2012, she joined the HBO series The Newsroom only for the pilot episode, but later became the character of Jenna.[1] In 2014, she was cast as one of the leads in the Amazon pilot Point Of Honor.[4][5]

In the fall 2014, Voelkel was cast in an unnamed recurring role on The CW series The Originals during its second season. Her character on The Originals, Freya Mikaelson, was upgraded to a series regular for the show's third season.[6][7]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	The Social Network	Final Club Girl	Uncredited[citation needed]
2011	Prom	Claire
2012	Hidden Moon	Christine Brighton
2013	Synthesizers	Club Girl	Short film
2013	The Secret Lives of Dorks	Carrie Smith
2016	Scrambled	Cristina

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Glory Daze	Caroline	Episode: Pilot
2012	The Mentalist	Tristan	Episode: "Red is the New Black"
2012–14	The Newsroom	Jenna Johnson	Recurring, 15 episodes
2013	American Horror Story: Coven	Young Fiona Goode	3 episodes
2014	Glee	Sam	Episode: "New New York"
2014–2018	The Originals	Freya Mikaelson	Recurring role (season 2) Series regular (season 3–5); 60 episodes
2015	Point of Honor	Lorelei Sumner	Unsold television pilot
2016	Advance & Retreat	Alison Sinclair	TV Movie
2019–2022	Roswell, New Mexico	Jenna Cameron	Recurring role
2019–2022	Legacies	Freya Mikaelson	Special guest star (3 episodes)[8]
2020–present	Hightown	Renee Segna	Series regular
2022	Chicago Med	Milena Jovanovic	Recurring role

References

External links

• Riley Voelkel at IMDb
• Riley Voelkel on Twitter

На других языках

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- [en] Riley Voelkel

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[es] Riley Voelkel

Riley Emilia Voelkel (Elk Grove, California, 26 de abril de 1990) es una actriz canadiense nacida en Estados Unidos. Es más conocida por interpretar a Jenna Johnson en The Newsroom y a Freya Mikaelson en The Originals.

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[ru] Воулкел, Райли

Райли Воулкел (англ. Riley Voelkel; род. 26 апреля 1990) — американская актриса. Наиболее известна благодаря роли Фрейи Майклсон в телесериалах «Первородные» и «Наследие», а также роли Дженны Джонсон в сериале «Служба новостей» и юной Фионы Гуд в сериале «Американская история ужасов: Шабаш».

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