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Born June 24, 1980 (1980-06-24) (age 30)
Los Angeles, California
Occupation Actress
Years active 2004–present
Los Angeles, California
Occupation Actress
Years active 2004–present
Minka Kelly Height: 5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
Minka Kelly Biography
Minka Dumont Kelly (born June 24, 1980) is an American actress. She starred in the NBC series Friday Night Lights as Lyla Garrity from 2006 to 2009.
Early life
Kelly was born in Los Angeles, California. She is the only child of former Aerosmith guitarist Rick Dufay and the late[citation needed] Maureen Kelly, a former Vegas showgirl. According to Kelly, her childhood was “pretty rough”. She resented Dufay, as he had abandoned her and her mother. However, at seventeen, she decided to try to reconcile with him by inviting him out to New Mexico. She is of Irish and French descent
Career
After graduating from high school, Kelly returned to Los Angeles with her father to pursue acting as a hobby while she went to school to become a surgical technician. However, after her first acting class she got “hooked” and began pursuing acting as a career. Success came slowly, and she began her career with small roles in various movies and shows, including the film State’s Evidence, and a recurring-guest role on the TV program What I Like About You.
In the spring she was cast as Lyla Garrity on the show Friday Night Lights. In preparation for the role, she trained with the Pflugerville High School cheerleading squad. Kelly has received praise for her acting on Friday Night Lights, with the New York Times calling her performance “heartbreaking”.
She shot a cameo for The Kingdom, alongside Jamie Foxx. Peter Berg, the creator and pilot director of Friday Night Lights, directed the film. Kelly was the lead actor on the CW’s 2009 pilot Body Politic which wasnt picked up as a series.
Minka joined forces with Alyson Hannigan, Jaime King, Emily Deschanel, and Katharine McPhee in a video slumber party featured on FunnyorDie.com to promote regular breast cancer screenings for the organization Stand Up 2 Cancer.
Minka Kelly landed a role in the CBS comedy pilot True Love as Kate, a Midwestern girl who falls in love with Henry — part of the quartet in the ensemble show — at the top of the Empire State Building, but was replaced by Sarah Chalke. Minka Kelly is the grand daughter of forties, fifties and sixties film actor Richard Ney.
Personal life
Kelly dated Alex Galvin in 2003[citation needed] and Dylan Brazil in 2005, and had a relationship with actor Chris Evans. She dated musician John Mayer from September 2007 to January 2008. She’s been dating New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter since May 2008.
Minka Kelly Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Turbo-Charged Prelude for 2 Fast 2 Furious | uncredited | |
| 2005 | Devil’s Highway | River | |
| 2006 | The Pumpkin Karver | Tammy | |
| State’s Evidence | - | ||
| 2007 | The Kingdom | Ms. Ross | |
| 2009 | 500 Days of Summer | Autumn | |
| 2010 | The Roommate | Sara | post-production |
| 2010 | Searching for Sonny | Eden Mercer | post-production |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2004 | Cracking Up | Monica | one episode |
| Drake & Josh | Stacey | one episode | |
| 2005 | American Dreams | Bonnie | one episode |
| What I Like About You | Ricki | three episodes | |
| 2006-present | Friday Night Lights | Lyla Garrity | major role |
| 2009 | Body Politic | Frankie | CW pilot |
| 2010 | Parenthood (2010 TV series) | Gaby | NBC |
| 2010 | Entourage | Herself | season finale |
| 2010-present | True Love | TBA | CBS pilot |
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