Jean Louisa Kelly

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Jean Louisa Kelly
Born March 9, 1972 (1972-03-09) (age 37)
Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.
Other name(s) Jean Kelly
Occupation Actress/Singer
Years active 1989–present
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Jean Louisa Kelly (born March 9, 1972) is an American actress and singer. She is perhaps best known for her role as Kim Warner on Yes, Dear.

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[edit] Private Life

She was born in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Her father was a high school English teacher and her mother taught piano.[1] Kelly graduated in 1994 from Columbia University's Columbia College with a B.A. in English.

[edit] Career

Before attending college she already had roles in the original Broadway cast of Sondheim's Into the Woods[1] and in the film Uncle Buck with John Candy. She also took roles in college productions, including with the Barnard College Gilbert and Sullivan Society.

After graduation from college, Kelly became well known in the mid-1990s for a series of television commercials she did for MCI long distance,[1] in which she played a telephone operator who challenged AT&T. In 1995, she starred as Louisa in the musical film The Fantasticks with Joey McIntyre and Joel Grey, although the film was shelved until 2000. The same year, she appeared in perhaps her most prominent role as Rowena Morgan, the muse for the title character of Mr. Holland's Opus. Other films followed in the 1990s. Later starring roles in films have included Landfall (2001), Little Red Light (2003) and Aspects of Love (2005). Kelly appeared Off-Broadway at the York Theatre as the title role in Paul McKibbins and B.T. McNicholl's The It Girl, based on the 1927 movie It. She also appeared in the York's "Mufti" series as Lois Lane in It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman.

In 1996, Kelly voiced the title role in 10 episodes of the animated Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders. After several made-for-TV movies, Kelly's broadest exposure came from her roles in situation comedies, first guest starring in such shows as Mad About You, and then as a cast member of the short-lived NBC version of Cold Feet. From 2000 to 2006, she starred as Kim Warner on the long-running sitcom Yes, Dear. On April 30, 2006, she guest starred in the ABC drama Grey's Anatomy and has continued to guest star in television dramas.

Kelly has been cast as Ella Montgomery in the 2010 ABC Family TV series Pretty Little Liars, based on the book series by Sara Shepard.[2]

[edit] Personal life

As of 2010, Kelly resides in Los Angeles. She is close friends with Jennifer Garner and was the host of her baby shower for daughter Violet Anne Affleck. She also interviewed Garner for Self magazine in 2005.

[edit] Filmography

Film
Year Film Role Notes
1989 Uncle Buck Tia Russell
1991 American Shaolin Maria
1994 One More Mountain Mary Graves
Breathing Lessons Daisy
1995 Mr. Holland's Opus Rowena Morgan
Tad Julia Taft
The Fantasticks Luisa Bellamy
1996 Harvest of Fire Rachel
1997 Stolen Women, Captured Hearts Sarah White
1998 The Day Lincoln Was Shot Lucy Hale
Ruby Bridges Jane Coles
Stranger in the Kingdom Athena Allen
Origin of the Species Laura
1999 The Cyberstalking Holly Moon
2001 Landfall Marguerite Harris
2003 Little Red Light Amanda Meyer
1995 Aspects of Love Jenny Dillingham
2009 The Three Gifts Cherie Green
2010 Public Access Nancy completed
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1996 Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders Princess Gwenevere (voice) 10 episodes
1997 Homicide: Life on the Street Sarah Langdon 1 episode
1998 Law & Order Coral Galvin 1 episode
Mad About You Diane 3 episodes, 1998-1999
1999 Cold Feet Shelley Sullivan 4 episode aired, 4 didn't air
2000-2006 Yes, Dear Kim Warner 122 episods
2001 Ally McBeal Lisa 1 episode
2006 Grey's Anatomy Rose Ward 1 episode
2008 Ghost Whisperer Jennifer Quinlan / Nora Sutherland 1 episode
Gary Unmarried Beth 1 episode
Eli Stone Julie Lazer 1 episode
2009 Surviving Suburbia Melissa Mann 1 episode
2010 Pretty Little Liars Ella Montgomery TV series- filming

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c "College Grad Is Someone to Watch", Columbia University Record, Vol. 21, No. 19, March 8, 1996.
  2. ^ ABC Family (December 7, 2009). "ABC Family announces additional casting for its upcoming pilots". Press release. Archived from the original on January 28, 2010. http://www.webcitation.org/5n6CoSPTj. Retrieved January 28, 2010. 

[edit] External links

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