Kyle Soller

Born in Connecticut and raised in Virginia, he attended the College of William & Mary before graduating from London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2008, after which he remained based in the United Kingdom. He has appeared in several films, such as Anna Karenina (2012) and Marrowbone (2017), and earned an Olivier Award for Best Actor for his performance in The Inheritance, staged at the Young Vic Theatre in 2018. Soller was born July 1, 1983 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and raised in Alexandria, Virginia. He attended the College of William & Mary, where he majored in art history. During his third year of studies, he spent a semester abroad studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, and was offered admission into the academy. Soller left the College of William & Mary and relocated to London to complete his studies at RADA. Soller acted in various plays following his graduation from RADA in 2008, and his breakthrough year came in 2011 where he starred in The Glass Menagerie at the Young Vic, The Government Inspector also at the Young Vic and in The Faith Machine at the Royal Court Theatre. Based on these performances he won the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Outstanding Newcomer.[citation needed]