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Kelly Carlson

Kelly Lee Carlson (born 1976), American actress and model, best known as Kimber Henry on FX's Nip/Tuck (2003–2010), distinct from singer Kelly Clarkson; films include The Marine (2006) and The Reason (2020); stepped away from acting in the 2010s.

Kelly Cutrone

Kelly Cutrone (born 1965) is an American fashion publicist, founder of People's Revolution (1996), author of If You Have to Cry, Go Outside, and reality TV figure on The Hills, The City, Kell on Earth, and America's Next Top Model.

Kelly Dorji

Kelly Dorji (Kalden Sonam Dorji) is a Bhutanese-born actor and model working in Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil films; Gladrags Manhunt alumnus, villain of Don No. 1, later Thimphu entrepreneur and Bhutan Echoes co-director.

Kelly Hu

Kelly Hu (胡凱莉), born 1968 in Honolulu, is an American actress and the first Asian American Miss Teen USA (1985), known for The Scorpion King, X2's Lady Deathstrike, Arrow, Phineas and Ferb, BMF, and AAPI representation advocacy.

Kelly Hunter

Kelly Hunter (born 1963, London) is a British actress, director, and writer, MBE, founder of Flute Theatre and creator of the Hunter Heartbeat Method of sensory Shakespeare games for autistic people; distinct from the Australian romance novelist of the same name.

Kelly Kapoor

Kelly Rajnigandha Kapoor (केली रजनीगन्धा कपूर) is The Office's customer service rep at Dunder Mifflin Scranton, played and written by Mindy Kaling across seasons 1–9, known for Ryan Howard, hating her middle name, and a Season 9 exit with Ravi.

Kelly Kruger

Kelly Kruger (born 1982, Montreal) is a Canadian actress known as Mackenzie Browning on The Young and the Restless, Eva on The Bold and the Beautiful, and Serena Baldwin on General Hospital since 2026.

Kelly LeBrock

Kelly LeBrock (born 1960, New York) is an American-British actress and model, star of The Woman in Red (1984) and Lisa in Weird Science (1985), later married to Steven Seagal and living on a California ranch.

Kelly Lynch

Kelly Lynch (born 1959, Golden Valley, Minnesota) is an American actress known for Drugstore Cowboy (1989), Road House, The L Word, and Magic City, with an Independent Spirit Award nomination for The Beans of Egypt, Maine.

Kelly Macdonald

Kelly Macdonald, Scottish actress from Glasgow, found via a 1995 open audition for Trainspotting (Diane); known for Boardwalk Empire's Margaret Schroeder, No Country for Old Men, voicing Merida in Brave, Line of Duty, Dept. Q, and Lanterns.

Kelly Mantle

Kelly Mantle (Kelly Leroy Mantle), American actor, singer, drag performer, and podcast host born 1976 in Oklahoma City; first openly non-binary person considered by the Academy for both Supporting Actor and Actress for Confessions of a Womanizer; Drag Race season 6; host of The Kelly Mantle Show.

Kelly Marcel

Kelly Marcel (born 1974, London) is a British-American screenwriter, producer, and director. She wrote Saving Mr. Banks and Fifty Shades of Grey, wrote all three Venom films, and directed Venom: The Last Dance (2024); also showrunner of The Changeling.

Kelly Marie Tran

Kelly Marie Tran (Tran Loan) is an American actress who became famous for playing Rose Tico in Star Wars and voicing the Disney princess, Raya.

Kelly McCreary

Kelly McCreary is an American actress who made her Broadway debut in 2008. She is best known for her ten-season role as Dr. Maggie Pierce on Grey's Anatomy.

Kelly McGillis

Kelly McGillis (born 1957, Newport Beach, California) is an American actress known for Witness (1985), Top Gun (1986), and The Accused (1988), later focusing on theater, independent films, and recovery work.

Kelly Monaco

Kelly Monaco (born 1976, Philadelphia) is an American actress and model, Playboy Playmate April 1997, best known as Sam McCall on General Hospital (2003-2024) and winner of Dancing with the Stars season 1 (2005) with Alec Mazo.

Kelly Osbourne

Kelly Osbourne (born 1984, London), English TV personality, singer, and fashion designer, daughter of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne; rose to fame on MTV's The Osbournes (2002–2005), released albums Shut Up and Sleeping in the Nothing, co-hosted Fashion Police 2010–2015.

Kelly Preston

Kelly Preston (Kelly Kamalelehua Smith, 1962-2020), American actress in over 60 films, known for Twins, Jerry Maguire, and For Love of the Game; married John Travolta in 1991; died of breast cancer.

Kelly Reichardt

Kelly Reichardt, American independent film director born 1964 in Miami, maker of Old Joy, Wendy and Lucy, Meek's Cutoff, First Cow and Showing Up; slow-cinema minimalist, low-budget US regionalist, Bard College professor.

Kelly Reilly

Kelly Reilly (born 1977, Jessica Kelly Siobhán Reilly) is an English actress known for Beth Dutton in Yellowstone and Dutton Ranch, Olivier-nominated stage work, and films including Pride & Prejudice, Sherlock Holmes, and Flight.

Kelly Ripa

Kelly Ripa (Kelly Maria Ripa, born 1970) is an American talk-show host and actress, co-host of ABC's Live since 2001 (Regis, Strahan, Seacrest, now husband Mark Consuelos), six-time Daytime Emmy winner, New Jersey Hall of Fame inductee.

Kelly Rowan

Kelly Rowan, Canadian actress born in Ottawa, best known as Kirsten Cohen on The O.C. (2003–2007, Prism Award); Gemini winner for Adrift; later starred in Perception and produced Canadian television movies.

Kelly Rutherford

Kelly Rutherford (born 1968, Elizabethtown, Kentucky) is an American actress known as Lily van der Woodsen on Gossip Girl (2007-2012) and Megan Lewis on Melrose Place, later an Instagram fashion figure called 'Birkin Mom'.

Kelly Stables

Kelly Stables (Kelly Michelle Stables, born 1978, St. Louis) is an American actress known as Melissa on Two and a Half Men, Eden on The Exes, Kelly Watson on Superstore, and Evil Samara in The Ring Two.

Kelly Thiebaud

Kelly Thiebaud (born 1982, El Campo, Texas) is an American actress, Daytime Emmy winner as Dr. Britt Westbourne on General Hospital (2012-2026), also Station 19's Eva Vasquez, Magnum P.I., and David Guetta video star.

Kelly Ward

Kelly Ward (born 1956, San Diego) is an American actor, voice director, and writer, famous as T-Bird Putzie in Grease (1978) and Pvt. Johnson in The Big Red One; he later voice-directed Disney Television Animation series and won an Emmy.

Kelly's Heroes

Kelly's Heroes is a 1970 MGM war-comedy heist film directed by Brian G. Hutton, starring Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Donald Sutherland and Don Rickles as AWOL US soldiers stealing $16 million in Nazi gold behind German lines, filmed in Yugoslavia.

Kelsey Asbille

Kelsey Asbille (Kelsey Asbille Chow), American actress from Columbia, South Carolina; played Monica Dutton on Yellowstone (2018–2024) and Natalie in Wind River; formerly credited as Kelsey Chow; Cherokee ancestry claims unverified.

Kelsey Cook

Kelsey Cook (born 1989), American stand-up comedian from Spokane, Washington; specials The Hustler, Mark Your Territory, and Netflix's Happy Hour; co-host of Self-Helpless and Pretend Problems podcasts; World Champion foosball player.

Kelsey Grammer

Kelsey Grammer (born 1955, Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands) is an Emmy-winning American actor known as Dr. Frasier Crane on Cheers and Frasier, the voice of Sideshow Bob on The Simpsons, and Beast in X-Men and Avengers: Doomsday.