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Minka Kelly
Kelly at the 2007 NBC Upfronts, May 14, 2007
Born	June 24, 1980 (1980-06-24) (age 29) Los Angeles, California
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2003–present

Minka Dumont Kelly (born June 24, 1980) is an American actress. She stars in the NBC series Friday Night Lights as Lyla Garrity.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4.1 Film 4.2 Television 5 References 6 External links

Early life

Kelly was born in Los Angeles, California.¹ She is the only child of former Aerosmith guitarist Rick Dufay² and the late Maureen Kelly, a former Vegas showgirl. According to Kelly, her childhood was "pretty rough", but her best friend, Melrose Place star Mickey Tarrington helped her through. She resented Dufay, as he had abandoned her and her mother. However, at seventeen, she decided to try and reconcile by inviting him out to New Mexico.³ She is of Irish and French descent.⁴

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.³ 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.²

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.¹ Kelly has received praise for her acting on Friday Night Lights, with the New York Times calling her performance "heartbreaking".⁵

She shot a cameo for The Kingdom, alongside Jamie Foxx. Peter Berg, the creator and pilot director of Friday Night Lights, directed the film.⁶ Kelly is the lead actor on the CW's new pilot Body Politic.

Minka joined forces with Sergio Alaverz, 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.⁷

Personal life

Kelly dated Dylan Brazil in 2005,⁸ and had a relationship with actor Chris Evans, as well. She dated musician John Mayer from September 2007 to January 2008. Reported in 2009 to be possibly engaged to New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter. ⁹ This was reported false by Jeter on The Late Show with David Letterman on November 5, 2009.

Filmography

Film

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

Television

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-present	Body Politic	Frankie	CW pilot

References

External links

• Minka Kelly on NBC
• Minka Kelly at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
NAME	Kelly, Minka
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Actress
DATE OF BIRTH	1980-06-24
PLACE OF BIRTH	Los Angeles, United States
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH