Riley Carter Millington

Riley Carter Millington
Born1993 or 1994 (age 31–32)
Stretford, Greater Manchester, England
OccupationActor
Years active2015–present
Known forPortraying Kyle Slater in EastEnders (2015–2016), first transgender man to play a transgender character in British soap history

Riley Carter Millington (born June 1994) is an English actor known for playing Kyle Slater in the BBC soap opera EastEnders in 2015–2016. He was the first trans man to play a regular transgender character in British soap history. The Independent on Sunday, in its 2015 "Rainbow List", named Millington the most influential LGBTI person in the UK, making him the first trans man to top the list. The judges stated him playing Kyle "could help trans people – even save lives – and represents a landmark cultural moment."

In January 2017, Millington appeared in TLC's Celebrity Fat Fighters series.

In 2018, marking 100 years of the end of World War One, Millington appeared as Evans in the stage adaptation by of Birdsong, a novel written by Sebastian Faulks, travelling the length and breadth of the UK with Mesh Theatre Company.

Riley appeared in the 2022 channel 4 prison drama series ‘screw’, playing prisoner Troy Walker; before also reappearing again for series 2 in 2023.

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