At the age of 17 she moved to New York where, following in her mother’s footsteps, she began her modeling career. Despite having quickly triumphed as a model, Kelly she began to get bored and returned home to California, determined to pursue acting. She had already studied acting at HB Studios and did some television commercials.
Some years later, in Los Angeles, he began to perform television performances and shoot his first scenes. Then he returned to New York, where he landed a role on the series “Wanting“(Loving), which was followed by other performances in”Generations“(Generations) and”The Front House“(Homefront).
Later, it was the FOX series “The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.“(The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.),”The Great Defender“(The Great Defender) and”The awakening of the undead“(Kindred: The Embraced), which continued to launch her to fame.
But his greatest national and international success was achieved by interpreting from 1996 to 1999, a Megan lewis in the series “Melrose place“. In 2003 he was in the series.”Threat Matrix” as the Special Agent Frankie Ellroy Kilmer.
At the international level, she has transcended the great fame achieved in Turkey, where she is a well-known and admired celebrity, since her appearance in “Generations“(Generations). In addition to doing various television commercials for the Turkish market, and even participating in one of the editions of the National Turkish Song Festival.
His big screen debut came with a small appearance in the action movie “Blue jean cop“(1988). He also had the opportunity to share his performance in the film”I like messes“(1994), together with Nick nolte Y Julia Roberts. In 2000 he got the role of Christine on “Scream 3“.
Currently, he plays Lily van der woodsen, in the series “Gossip girl“, Lily is a woman from the upper class of New York, mother of the young Serena (Blake Lively), one of the protagonists.
In his personal life, Kelly married in June 2001, with the Venezuelan banker Carlos Tarajano, from whom she would divorce in January 2002. In 2006 she married the German businessman Daniel giersch with whom he had a son. He is currently in the process of divorce.