Biography
With a sultry blond edge straight out of '40s film noir, the Kentucky-born actress dove into a steady string of network series, until hitting her stride as Megan Lewis, a resident on Fox's primetime soap drama "Melrose Place" (1992-99).
Kelly Rutherford Deane was born on Nov. 6, 1968 in Elizabethtown, KY. Her parents divorced when she was three, but her mother, Ann Edwards, who was a model, raised her and her younger brother on her own. The …
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Career Milestones
| Moved to NYC to study acting after high school | ||
| Returned to Los Angeles | ||
| Worked in NYC modeling and doing commercials (one opposite actor Matt LeBlanc) | ||
1987 | Had a recurring role on the ABC daytime drama "Loving" | |
1988 | Film debut in bit role in "Shakedown" | |
1989 | First regular television role in the NBC daytime soap "Generations" | |
1992 | Played Judy Owen, a baseball-loving bartender on the critically-acclaimed series "Homefront" (ABC) | |
1992 | TV-movie debut, "Breaking the Silence" (CBS) | |
1993 | Had recurring role on the FOX series "The Adventures of Briscoe County Jr" | |
1996 | Appeared as a regular on the short-lived FOX drama "Kindred: The Embraced" | |
1996 | Joined the fifth season of the FOX drama "Melrose Place" playing the role of gold-hearted prostitute Megan Lewis | |
2000 | Joined an ensemble cast in Wes Craven's "Scream 3" | |
2002 | Co-starred in the family drama, "Swimming Upstream" | |
2002 | Had a recurring role on "The District" (CBS) as Deputy Mayor Melinda Lockhart | |
2003 | Cast in the ABC series "Threat Matrix," as Special Agent Frankie Ellroy Kilmer | |
2005 | Cast in the short-lived NBC drama "E-Ring" as military staffer Samantha Liston | |
2007 | Played Lily van der Woodsen, the ex-ballerine turned socialite mother of Serena (Blake Lively) on the CW series "Gossip Girl" | |