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Riley Voelkel is an American-Canadian actress who portrays Freya Mikaelson on The Originals and reprised her role on Legacies.

Biography[]

Riely was born in Elk Grove, California, USA, but raised in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. She was very involved in sports and school, being a part of a softball team for 9 years.

Just a month away from going to college, she heard over the radio that a modeling scout was coming to her town and she decided to go and see what could happen. After being picked up by a scout she went to New York, though none wanted her. As a last attempt she came to Los Angeles and almost all of the agencies handed her contracts. Though she first moved to LA to model, she ended up joining an acting class that her modeling agency recommended.[1]

On September 23, 2022, she married Michael Robertson.[2]

Career[]

Voelkel's first big break into the industry came when she went to a film audition for the role of a club girl in The Social Network. After finishing the picture, she signed with an agent and booked her first lead in an independent film, The Secret Lives of Dorks, released in 2013. In 2012, she joined the HBO series The Newsroom only for the pilot episode, but later became the character of Jenny. In 2014, she has been cast as one of the leads in Point of Honor.

Filmography[]

Year Title Type Role
2018 Roswell, New Mexico TV Series Cameron
2014-2018 The Originals TV Series Freya Mikaelson
2017 Big Science Bad Business Short Distressed Wife
2017 Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television TV Series Parker Starr
2017 Scrambled Movie Cristina
2016 Advance & Retreat TV Movie Alison
2015 Point of Honor TV Movie Lorelei Summer
2012-2014 The Newsroom TV Series Jenna Johnson/Jennifer Johnson
2014 Glee TV Series Sam
2013 American Horror Story TV Series Young Fiona Goode
2013 The Secret Life of Dorks Movie Carrie
2013 Synthesizers Video Short Club Girl
2012 Hidden Moon Movie Christine Brighton
2012 The Mentalist TV Series Tristan
2011 Prom Movie Claire
2010 Glory Daze TV Series Caroline
2008 Blush: The Search for America's Greatest Makeup Artist TV Series Greta Garbo

Trivia[]

  • She is the only American born actor/actress besides Devon Allowitz among the Original Mikaelson siblings. Joseph Morgan (Klaus) is from Wales. Daniel Gillies (Elijah) is from Canada and a New Zealand transplant. Caspar Zafer (Finn) is from Ukraine. Both Claire Holt and Nathaniel Buzolic (Rebekah and Kol, respectively) are from Australia.
  • Her character is the oldest of the Mikaelson siblings even though Riley is the youngest actress among (excluding Devon) them seeing as Claire is two years older than her.
  • She played a younger Fiona Goode in American Horror Story: Coven, another series based in New Orleans.
  • She was in Prom with Danielle Campbell even though their characters didn't interact at all.
  • She was in Point of Honor with Nathan Parsons.
  • Riley appears in more episodes than any other non-lead starring cast member during Season Three.

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