American actress Kelly Ann McGillis was born 68 years ago in Newport Beach, California, is divorced and has 2 daughters.
After attending a public high school, Kelly went to college but dropped out and moved to New York to study acting and graduated in 1983. That same year, she made her big screen debut in the comedy-drama film ‘Reuben Rueben’ and later interpreted the character of Glenda Livingston in the soap opera ‘One Life to Live’ as well as acted in a TV movie.
Mc Gillis made a career breakthrough when she starred in the 1985 neo-noir crime thriller ‘Witness’ alongside Harrison Ford. The following year, she had another significant role in the famous movie ‘Top Gun’, starring also Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer. For the rest of the 80s, Kelly appeared in 6 more movies and a TV drama film, including ‘Made in Heaven’ and ‘The Accused’.
From the beginning of the 90s to date, Kelly starred in 35 feature films of different genres, both on the big and small screen, as well as 9 TV series. These include ‘North’, ‘The Monkey’s Mask’, ‘Stakeland’, ‘Tio Papi’, ‘Val’ and ‘Top Gun: Maverick’. Mc Gillis also co-produced a TV movie as well as voiced/narrated animated movie characters/documentaries. She also appeared in 4 music videos and 2 TV commercials.
During her long career, Kelly won 3 awards: 2 Bravo Otto and a Golden Ciak and was nominated 7 times for 5 different awards including a Golden Globe, 3 Jupiter and a BAFTA.
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