Minka Kelly's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Friday Night Lights Lyla Garrity Charlie's Angels (2011) Eve French Almost Human Valerie Stahl Body Politic Hope

Main Movie Roles 2009 - Days of Summer 2007 - The Kingdom

BIOGRAPHY:

Minka Kelly was born in Los Angeles, California and she is the only child of former Aerosmith guitarist Rick Dufay and Maureen Kelly, an exotic dancer and single mother who often moved with her daughter to different communities before settling in Albuquerque, New Mexico, by the time Minka was in junior high school.

Her grandfather is actor Richard Ney, co-star and ex-husband of Academy Award-winning actress, Greer Garson.

After graduating from high school, she returned from New Mexico 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.

Ranked #42 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list.
Ranked #54 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list.
Named the "Sexiest Woman Alive" by Esquire magazine in 2010.


TRIVIA:

• Her grandfather is actor 'Richard Ney' (qv), husband of Academy Award winning actress, 'Greer Garson' (qv).
• Ranked #42 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list.
• Ranked #54 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list.
• Her father is former 'Aerosmith' (qv) guitarist 'Rick Dufay' (qv).