Riley Keough paid tribute to her late mother and brother after being nominated for an Emmy Award.
Riley Keough's family tribute (c) Instagram
The 34-year-old actress had singer Lisa Marie Presley, who died in January aged 54 after suffering a cardiac arrest, and her sibling Benjamin Keough, who took his own life in 2020 aged 27, on her mind on Wednesday (12.07.23) after finding out she'd made the short list for the Outstanding Lead Actress In A Limited Series Or TV Movie accolade thanks to her portrayal of the title character in 'Daisy Jones and the Six'.
Riley - who will contest the award alongside Lizzy Caplan (Fleishman is in Trouble), Jessica Chastain (George and Tammy), Dominique Fishback (Swarm), Kathryn Hahn ('Tiny Beautiful Things') and Ali Wong ('Beef') shared a photo of a young Benjamin with their mother on her Instagram Story and wrote: "Missing you both."
She then followed it by re-sharing the announcement about her Emmy nod along with the caption: “Feeling very blessed [prayer emoji] thank you.”
While Riley has been nominated for an Emmy for her portrayal of troubled singer Daisy Jones, she previously admitted she was worried she would lose the role because she couldn't "belt" out a song.
She told Bella magazine: "I recorded a little song. I can't even remember what it was... I sang really softly and I sent it in and they said,
"Great... can she sing out more?"
"So I sang a little louder, sent it to them, and then they're like, 'Great... can she belt?'
"And then I was like, belt? I don't even know what belt means? Do I yell and sing? So, I was in a car and I had my phone and I just tried to sing something loud and I sounded so bad. So bad that I started crying and I sat there in my car and I was like, there's no way I'm ever going to be able to belt and I just need to give it up now. Back to the life lessons - don't give up. I was really sad and I kind of sat there and, you know, was like this is kind of the end of the road here for Daisy Jones. I can't belt."
Asked what she did to ensure she got the role, she explained: "It's not in my nature to give up on things. So, I moped around for like a night and then I went to a voice coach. He taught me to belt.
"He really did. I went in and sang Lynyrd Skynyrd's 'Simple Man'.
"And it worked. Next, I went to Sound City to sing with Blake Mills and Tony Berg. That was crazy. It felt like it was, like, the third time I had ever sang.
"What am I doing? But, you know, you fake it 'til you make it. I just walked in there and sang. And here we are. I have a record."
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