Sienna Guillory facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Sienna Guillory
Guillory in 2014
Born	Sienna Tiggy Guillory (1975-03-16) 16 March 1975 (age 50) Kettering, Northamptonshire, England
Education	Gresham's School
Occupation	Actress model
Years active	1993–present
Known for	Helen of Troy The Time Machine Resident Evil series
Spouse(s)	Nick Moran ​ ​ (m. 1997; div. 2000)​ Enzo Cilenti ​ (m. 2002)​
Children	2
Parent(s)	Isaac Guillory (father)

Sienna Tiggy Guillory (born 16 March 1975) is an English actress and former model. She is famous for playing Jill Valentine in the Resident Evil action-horror movies.

Guillory has also played many other well-known characters. She was the elf princess Arya Dröttningu in the fantasy movie Eragon. She also had the main role in the TV miniseries Helen of Troy. She has appeared in popular TV shows like Fortitude, Stan Lee's Lucky Man, and Luther.

Early Life and Family

Sienna Guillory was born in Kettering, Northamptonshire, England. Her father was the American folk guitarist Isaac Guillory, and her mother was the English model Tina Thompson. Her father was born at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba and had American and Turkish-Jewish parents.

When Guillory was two, her family moved to Fulham, London. They later moved to Norfolk when she was 11. At age ten, she visited her cousins in Mexico to learn Spanish. Her parents divorced in 1990. Her father passed away from cancer in 2000.

Guillory attended Gresham's School in Norfolk, where she acted in many school plays. She began riding horses when she was only two years old. When she was 14, she received a horse as a gift and named him "Porty".

Career Journey

From Modeling to Acting

In 1997, Guillory went with a friend to the Select Model Management agency in London and was hired as a model. She used her modeling work to help support her acting career. She worked on campaigns for famous brands like Armani, Dolce & Gabbana, and Burberry. For three years, she was the face of a Hugo Boss fragrance. After a few years, she decided to focus completely on acting.

Becoming a Movie Star

Guillory in 2007

Guillory's first role was in the 1993 TV show Riders. The show needed an actress who could ride a horse, and Guillory was a perfect fit. This led to another small part in the miniseries The Buccaneers.

In 2002, Guillory appeared in the science-fiction movie The Time Machine. She played Emma, the fiancée of the main character, played by Guy Pearce. This was her first role in a big-budget movie.

The next year, she played the main character in the TV miniseries Helen of Troy. The series tells the story of Helen from the ancient Greek poem, the Iliad. The show was nominated for a Satellite Award.

The Resident Evil Series

In 2004, Guillory got her first major Hollywood role as Jill Valentine in Resident Evil: Apocalypse. Jill Valentine is a popular character from the Resident Evil video games. To prepare for the role, Guillory watched people play the game Resident Evil 3: Nemesis to study how the character moved and acted.

She said she loved playing Jill because "she dresses to kill, says whatever she wants and can shoot anyone between the eyes in a 50-yard radius. She's hard as nails and she's great fun."

Guillory returned as Jill Valentine in later movies in the series. She had a brief appearance in Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010) and had a main role as the villain in Resident Evil: Retribution (2012).

Fantasy and Adventure Films

In 2006, Guillory played the elf princess Arya Dröttningu in the fantasy movie Eragon. The movie was based on a popular book by Christopher Paolini.

In 2008, she starred in another movie based on a book, Inkheart. In the film, she played Resa, the wife of a character played by Brendan Fraser. She also acted alongside Helen Mirren, an actress she had looked up to since she was young.

Most recently, she played the villain Hillary Driscoll in the 2023 action movie Meg 2: The Trench.

Television Roles

Guillory has also had a successful career in television. From 2015 to 2018, she was part of the main cast of the thriller series Fortitude, playing a scientist named Natalie Yelburton.

From 2016 to 2018, she played Eve in the superhero show Stan Lee's Lucky Man. She has also appeared in other popular shows like Criminal Minds, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and Luther.

Personal Life

Guillory was married to actor Nick Moran from 1997 to 2000. In 2002, she married English actor Enzo Cilenti. They have two children, who are twins.

Guillory and Cilenti have acted together in several projects, including the 2001 film Late Night Shopping. In 2004, they rode their bicycles for five stages of the Tour de France to raise money for charity.

Filmography

See also

In Spanish: Sienna Guillory para niños