Minka Kelly

Minka Kelly
Kelly at The Heart Truth's Red Dress Collection 2012
Born	Minka Dumont Dufay (1980-06-24) June 24, 1980 (age 36) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Education	Valley High School
Occupation	Actress, model
Years active	2003–present
Parent(s)	Rick Dufay (father) Maureen Dumont Kelly (mother; deceased)
Relatives	Richard Ney (grandfather)

Minka Dumont Kelly (born Minka Dumont Dufay; on June 24, 1980) is an American actress. She is most known for her roles in the TV series Friday Night Lights (2006), Parenthood (2010) and Charlie's Angels (2011). She is also known for her role in The Roommate (2011). She appeared in the 2013 film The Butler as Jackie Kennedy and in the short-lived Fox science fiction/crime drama Almost Human.

Kelly was born in Los Angeles, California. She is the only child of former Aerosmith guitarist Rick Dufay and the late Maureen Dumont Kelly, and the granddaughter of actor and investment counselor Richard Ney. Kelly and her mother moved to various communities before settling in Chicago by the time Kelly was in junior high school. She has French and Irish ancestry.

After graduating from Valley High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Kelly returned to Los Angeles. While on a test shoot for a modeling agency, she was approached by a former Playboy Playmate who was interested in managing her, and who placed Kelly as a receptionist at a surgeon's office who would provide Kelly breast augmentation in exchange for hours worked. She ultimately decided against the procedure, leading to her being fired. That exposure to the medical field prompted her to attend school for a year to become a surgeon's assistant; afterward, she worked as a scrub technician. During the four years she spent in that vocation she continued auditioning for film and television roles.