The psychological thriller The Devil All the Time is the kind of movie that'll linger in
your mind for quite a while once the credits finish rolling, and that's of course largely
thanks to its talented cast.
Take, for instance, actress Riley Keough, who plays the beautiful but devious Sandy
Henderson.
Keough has made her name in quiet, suspenseful indies and terrifying horror movies, but she's
also broken out in bigger movies too.
Here's why she looks so familiar.
Riley Keough has a knack for playing characters who appear to be victims but know more than
they let on - and have a sinister streak.
See, for example, her role in The Discovery.
Starring Robert Redford, Rooney Mara and Jason Segel, it's a science fiction drama about
a man named Thomas Harbor who believes he's proved the existence of an afterlife.
Keough's character Lacey works for Harbor - but she's not exactly a model employee.
"I'm sorry, please don't lose faith in me."
Her character in Hold the Dark also hides a dangerous streak.
Keough plays Medora, the mother of a child who has gone missing in a tiny Alaskan village.
When wolf behavior expert Russell Core arrives to investigate - at Medora's request - he
quickly realizes that Medora has more information than she's willing to share.
"So you've come to kill it, to kill the one that took him."
If horror is your go-to genre, you may know Keough from her roles in several sleep-with-the-lights-on
terror fests.
"Hey.
Oh my god.
Oh I'm sorry, you scared me."
In 2017, Keough played Kim in It Comes at Night.
She's a member of one of two families who end up sharing a remote cabin while trying
to escape a highly contagious virus that has taken over the world.
In 2020, Keough took on another character trapped in a less-than-cozy cabin with less-than-welcoming
inhabitants in The Lodge.
This time she played a woman with a dark past who's snowed in with her fiancé's two children
in a remote house.
Keough moved from psychological horror to all-out gore for 2018's The House That Jack
Built.
Jack is a serial killer and torturer, now dead and recounting his crimes in Hell; Keough
plays one of his victims.
It's an understatement to say that her character meets a gruesome end: hopefully you didn't
watch this one over dinner.
When Riley Keough makes romantic dramas, they tend to come with a twist.
For example, in 2012's Jack & Diane, she and Juno Temple play the titular couple.
And although the love story is sincerely heartfelt, there's a supernatural current running beneath
it.
Keough fans might also like the thriller Earthquake Bird.
It's not just romance Keough is reinterpreting.
In 2017 she starred alongside Catherine Keener and the late, great Anton Yelchin in We Don't
Belong Here.
At first it appears to be your standard dysfunctional family indie drama - but it soon turns into
a thriller.
If you prefer movies that blend the wacky with the depraved, you may also remember Keough
from her impressive role in Under the Silver Lake.
If your idea of a perfect movie is one that makes you feel like you've been on an emotional
rollercoaster by the end, there's a good chance you've seen Keough in at least a couple of
those, too.
In 2016, Keough played the leader of a gang of young misfits in American Honey, which
also starred Shia LaBeouf.
The movie's narrative follows the group as they travel the U.S. in a beaten-up van, scraping
by selling magazine subscriptions.
The film's loose feel reflects the filming process: American Honey was made as part of
a seven-week road trip for $3.5 million, with the actors getting their dialogue on the day
they shot each scene.
Although Keough has avoided conventional rom-coms, she's appeared in two indie romances.
In Lovesong, her character Sarah and Jena Malone's Mindy play old friends who become
something more on a road trip.
And in Dixieland, she plays a stripper who lives next door to an ex-con who, like Keough's
Rachel, is looking to escape their sleepy Mississippi town.
Riley Keough has appeared in multiple projects helmed by filmmaker Steven Soderbergh.
Possibly the most widely known is 2012's Magic Mike, starring Matthew McConaughey and Channing
Tatum.
Keough and Tatum reunited in another Soderbergh project in 2017, playing siblings in NASCAR
heist comedy Logan Lucky.
Adam Driver rounded out the Logan family, and Daniel Craig also starred as a platinum
blond, mildly unhinged safecracker.
"You Logans must be as simple-minded as people say."
"People say that?"
If you're sure you know Keough from somewhere but are more into TV than movies, it could
be that you watched her lead the first season of The Girlfriend Experience.
Keough starred as a law student and intern whose side gig is working as a high-end escort,
a performance that earned her a Golden Globe nomination.
Soderbergh executive produced the series and also directed the movie for which it's named.
Even when Riley Keough appears in projects that you could call mainstream, she picks
ones that are a step or two outside the expected.
For example, Keough appeared in a third-season episode of the dark, offbeat teen drama Riverdale.
Her character Laurie apprehends Archie and Jughead when they try to sneak into her family's
farm.
Although they're initially able to talk her into letting them stay, it doesn't go well
for the pair.
Finally, if dystopian science fiction with car chases and loud music is more your thing,
you may remember Keough for her role as the wife Capable in Mad Max: Fury Road.
If you've seen the film, you won't be surprised to learn that Keough described the shoot as
"the craziest thing" she's ever experienced.
Fortunately, she's not one to shy away from a role that challenges viewers - and it pays
off.
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