Kelly Preston

Kelly Kamalelehua Smith (October 13, 1962 – July 12, 2020), known professionally as Kelly Preston, was an American actress. She appeared in more than 60 television and film productions, including '' Mischief'' (1985), '' Twins'' (1988), ''Jerry Maguire'' (1996), and ''For Love of the Game'' (1999). She married John Travolta in 1991, with whom she collaborated on the comedy film '' The Experts'' (1989) and the biographical film '' Gotti'' (2018). She also starred in the films ''SpaceCamp'' (1986), ''The Cat in the Hat'' (2003), '' What a Girl Wants'' (2003), '' Sky High'' (2005), and '' Old Dogs'' (2009).

Early years

Kelly Kamalelehua Smith (the middle name "Kamalelehua" means "garden of lehuas" in Hawaiian) was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her mother, Linda, was an administrator of a mental health center. Her father, who worked for an agricultural firm, drowned when she was three years old. Her mother subsequently married Peter Palzis, a personnel director. He adopted her, and she used his name at the start of her acting career. She also had a younger half-brother, Chris Palzis.

As a child, she lived in Iraq, and also Australia, where she attended Pembroke School, Adelaide. She then attended Punahou School in Honolulu, graduating in 1980, and studied drama and theater at the University of Southern California.

Career

While living in Australia, she was discovered at age 16 by a fashion photographer who helped her get work in commercials and other small parts. He arranged her first film audition for the role of Emmeline in '' The Blue Lagoon'' (1980), which she lost to the younger Brooke Shields. At that time she changed her last name to Preston.Kelly Preston Vitals
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Her first prominent film roles came in 1985—first as Marilyn McCauley in the romantic teen flick comedy '' Mischief''; then as the beautiful but shallow Deborah Ann Fimple in another teen romantic comedy, '' Secret Admirer''. Her other roles included ''SpaceCamp'' (1986), '' Twins'' (1988) with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito, Avery Bishop in ''Jerry Maguire'' (1996) with Tom Cruise, Jane Aubrey in ''For Love of the Game'' with Kevin Costner and Kate Newell, and in ''Holy Man'' (1998) with Eddie Murphy and Jeff Goldblum. In 1997, she starred in '' Nothing to Lose'', which co-starred Tim Robbins and Martin Lawrence. She also starred in the movie '' Jack Frost'' (1998).

She played the girlfriend of her husband John Travolta's character Terl in the film '' Battlefield Earth'', for which she received "Worst Supporting Actress" at the 21st Golden Raspberry Awards. She appeared as the protagonist's flying, superhero mother in the film '' Sky High'' (2005).
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In 2004, she was in the Maroon 5 music video "She Will Be Loved", which featured a love triangle and romantic scenes between her and Maroon 5 front man Adam Levine. She appeared in the crime thriller ''Death Sentence'' (2007), in which she played Helen Hume, the wife of Kevin Bacon's character Nick. In 2008, she was cast in a television pilot called ''Suburban Shootout'', and had a short term recurring role in ''Medium''.

She starred in the Lifetime television film ''The Tenth Circle'' (2008), directed by Peter Markle. It was shot in Nova Scotia and featured Ron Eldard, Britt Robertson, Michael Riley, Jamie Johnston and Geordie Brown.

She was a spokeswoman for Neutrogena

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