About
Riley Davis
A screen and stage performer with emotional range, vocal presence, and cinematic poise.
Born in Cincinnati and shaped by the theatre communities of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, Riley Davis brings a stage-trained foundation to every role. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Acting with a minor in Musical Theatre from Western Kentucky University in 2021, building a craft rooted in character work, vocal discipline, movement, and live performance.
Her work spans film, television, music videos, improv, and musical theatre. Riley has appeared in projects including Ed: A Love Story, performed in the music video Family by David Guetta, Bebe Rexha, Ty Dolla $ign, and A Boogie, and continues to perform improv with LA Connection Comedy Theatre.
On stage, Riley has taken on roles including Eulalie Shinn in The Music Man, Vivian in Legally Blonde, Bonnie in Anything Goes, and Babette in Beauty and The Beast, with additional experience in Hairspray, West Side Story, The Little Mermaid, Footloose, and the opera Trial By Jury.
Trained across contemporary musical theatre, rock, pop, jazz, and opera, Riley pairs expressive vocal range with dance training in jazz, musical theatre styles, ballet, and tap. Her acting process is grounded in the Stanislavski method, giving her performances emotional clarity and a lived-in presence across screen, stage, and song.
Theatre / Training / Craft
Stage-Trained. Screen-Ready.
Riley’s work is grounded in formal acting training, musical theatre, vocal study, and live performance experience.
Theatre
- The Music Man — Eulalie Shinn
- Beauty and The Beast — Babette
- Anything Goes — Bonnie
- Legally Blonde — Vivian
- Shrek The Musical — Dragon
- The Polar Express — Bailey
Training
- Education
Bachelor of Arts in Acting — Western Kentucky University - Minor
Musical Theatre - Scene Study
John Kirby Studio - Voice
Dr. Amelia Rollings-Bigler - Improv
LA Connection Comedy Theatre