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Minka Kelly
Minka Dumont Kelly (born June 24, 1980) is an American actress. She received wide recognition for her role as Lyla Garrity on the NBC drama series Friday Night Lights (2006–2009). Kelly appeared as Autumn in the film 500 Days of Summer (2009). She had a recurring role as Gaby on the NBC family drama series Parenthood (2010–2011). She was in the ABC action series revival of Charlie's Angels (2011). She starred in the films The Roommate and Searching for Sonny (2011). Kelly is one of few actresses who portrayed First Lady of the U.S., Jackie Kennedy, in Lee Daniels's The Butler alongside Oprah Winfrey (2013). Kelly played Dawn Granger / Dove in the DC Universe series Titans on Max (2018–2021). Kelly appeared in the recurring role of Samantha in the HBO drama series Euphoria (2022). Kelly stars in the Netflix western romance drama series Ransom Canyon (2025-present).
Kelly is also the author of her memoir Tell Me Everything: A Memoir (2023), which became a New York Times Best Seller. Audible awarded it for Best Celebrity Memoir of 2023, where she narrated the memoir herself. The Washington Post awarded the book Best Memoir of 2023. A Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Best Memoir & Autobiography.
Kelly was born in Los Angeles. She is the only child of Maureen Dumont Kelly and former Aerosmith guitarist Rick Dufay. Dufay was born in Paris, France. From both her parents, she has French, Irish, and Dutch-Indonesian ancestry. She was raised primarily by her mother and her mother's on-and-off boyfriend David Gonzalez.
Her mother worked various jobs, including as a stripper and bartender, and often struggled to make ends meet throughout Kelly's childhood. At one point, they lived in a storage shed at an apartment complex after losing their apartment unit. To earn extra money, her mother tried to smuggle drugs across the Mexico–United States border, but was caught and jailed for a period of time. While her mother was incarcerated, Kelly was sent to live in the homes of various friends and acquaintances of her mother. In one home, Kelly was physically abused.
Before Kelly began junior high school, she and her mother relocated to Albuquerque, New Mexico, to be near the extended family of her father figure, David Gonzalez. When she was 16, her mother and Gonzalez fled New Mexico in an attempt to escape drug charges. Kelly moved in with a boyfriend who was five years her senior and had an abortion at 17. She attended two high schools, before graduating from Valley High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
After graduation, Kelly reconnected with her biological father and moved to Los Angeles to live with him. Kelly held various jobs, working in sales for VoiceStream wireless (T-Mobile) and then AT&T. While in Los Angeles she wanted to pursue acting as a hobby while she went to school to become a surgical technician. Kelly's mother Maureen died in 2008, at age 51, from colon cancer.
Kelly was able to find work as a receptionist at a surgeon's office; her exposure to the medical field spurred her to attend surgical technology school for a year studying, allowing her to become a surgical technician where she assisted surgeons in the operating room. During the four years she spent in the vocation she continued auditioning for film and television roles and appeared in commercials for Old Navy and Clearasil. However, after her first acting class, she got hooked and began pursuing acting as a career.
In 2003, Kelly made her acting debut in the short film The Turbo Charged Prelude for 2 Fast 2 Furious alongside Paul Walker, a six-minute prequel to the action film 2 Fast 2 Furious. This was followed by a special guest appearance on Cracking Up. She has since appeared in a number of television shows such as Entourage, Drake & Josh, and American Dreams. In 2005, Kelly landed a three-episode recurring role in The WB comedy series What I Like About You.
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Minka Kelly
Minka Dumont Kelly (born June 24, 1980) is an American actress. She received wide recognition for her role as Lyla Garrity on the NBC drama series Friday Night Lights (2006–2009). Kelly appeared as Autumn in the film 500 Days of Summer (2009). She had a recurring role as Gaby on the NBC family drama series Parenthood (2010–2011). She was in the ABC action series revival of Charlie's Angels (2011). She starred in the films The Roommate and Searching for Sonny (2011). Kelly is one of few actresses who portrayed First Lady of the U.S., Jackie Kennedy, in Lee Daniels's The Butler alongside Oprah Winfrey (2013). Kelly played Dawn Granger / Dove in the DC Universe series Titans on Max (2018–2021). Kelly appeared in the recurring role of Samantha in the HBO drama series Euphoria (2022). Kelly stars in the Netflix western romance drama series Ransom Canyon (2025-present).
Kelly is also the author of her memoir Tell Me Everything: A Memoir (2023), which became a New York Times Best Seller. Audible awarded it for Best Celebrity Memoir of 2023, where she narrated the memoir herself. The Washington Post awarded the book Best Memoir of 2023. A Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Best Memoir & Autobiography.
Kelly was born in Los Angeles. She is the only child of Maureen Dumont Kelly and former Aerosmith guitarist Rick Dufay. Dufay was born in Paris, France. From both her parents, she has French, Irish, and Dutch-Indonesian ancestry. She was raised primarily by her mother and her mother's on-and-off boyfriend David Gonzalez.
Her mother worked various jobs, including as a stripper and bartender, and often struggled to make ends meet throughout Kelly's childhood. At one point, they lived in a storage shed at an apartment complex after losing their apartment unit. To earn extra money, her mother tried to smuggle drugs across the Mexico–United States border, but was caught and jailed for a period of time. While her mother was incarcerated, Kelly was sent to live in the homes of various friends and acquaintances of her mother. In one home, Kelly was physically abused.
Before Kelly began junior high school, she and her mother relocated to Albuquerque, New Mexico, to be near the extended family of her father figure, David Gonzalez. When she was 16, her mother and Gonzalez fled New Mexico in an attempt to escape drug charges. Kelly moved in with a boyfriend who was five years her senior and had an abortion at 17. She attended two high schools, before graduating from Valley High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
After graduation, Kelly reconnected with her biological father and moved to Los Angeles to live with him. Kelly held various jobs, working in sales for VoiceStream wireless (T-Mobile) and then AT&T. While in Los Angeles she wanted to pursue acting as a hobby while she went to school to become a surgical technician. Kelly's mother Maureen died in 2008, at age 51, from colon cancer.
Kelly was able to find work as a receptionist at a surgeon's office; her exposure to the medical field spurred her to attend surgical technology school for a year studying, allowing her to become a surgical technician where she assisted surgeons in the operating room. During the four years she spent in the vocation she continued auditioning for film and television roles and appeared in commercials for Old Navy and Clearasil. However, after her first acting class, she got hooked and began pursuing acting as a career.
In 2003, Kelly made her acting debut in the short film The Turbo Charged Prelude for 2 Fast 2 Furious alongside Paul Walker, a six-minute prequel to the action film 2 Fast 2 Furious. This was followed by a special guest appearance on Cracking Up. She has since appeared in a number of television shows such as Entourage, Drake & Josh, and American Dreams. In 2005, Kelly landed a three-episode recurring role in The WB comedy series What I Like About You.
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