Riley Keough to Star in ‘The Girlfriend Experience’

Riley Keough to Star in The Girlfriend Experience
Riley Keough (Photo by Richard Chavez / Showbiz Junkies)

Riley Keough will be playing a University of Chicago law student in Starz’s The Girlfriend Experience from executive producers Steven Soderbergh and Philip Fleishman. The anthology series will consist of a 13-part season one written and directed by Lodge Kerrigan and Amy Seimetz.

The Girlfriend Experience is inspired by Soderbergh’s 2009 feature film.

Keough’s credits include The Runaways, Magic Mike, and Jack and Diane. Keough’s the daughter of Lisa Marie Presley and granddaughter of Elvis Presley.

The Plot:

The Girlfriend Experience explores the relationships between the exclusive courtesans and their clients, for whom they provide far more than just sex.

Keough will star as Christine Reade, a law student at the University of Chicago and an intern at a prestigious law firm, who is intrigued when a friend introduces her to the world of transactional relationships. Attracted to the rush of control and easy money, Christine has to confront her own conflicting identities. She learns to navigate and manipulate the big personalities in both worlds to get what she wants, in the process becoming a quasi-lover and confidant to men who are willing to pay richly for her time, offering a service known as a GFE (Girlfriend Experience).