Biography
Spontaneous yet disciplined, Kelley has received good notices in both comedies and dramas. She was widely seen in a recurring role as cunning legal secretary Gwen Taylor late in the run of the popular legal drama "L.A. Law" (NBC, 1990-93). For the final season of the NBC drama "Sisters" (NBC, 1995-96), Kelley assumed the role of Charley from actress Jo Anderson.
Kelley first registered on screen in "Some Girls" (1988) as the eldest of three …
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Career Milestones
2000 | Was one of the producers of the film "Dancing at the Blue Iguana", featuring Darryl Hannah and directed by Michael Radford | |
2000 | Seen briefly in the comedy "Nurse Betty" | |
1999 | Acted in the ABC adapation of "John Sandford's 'Mind Prey'" | |
1996 | Appeared in supporting role in "One Fine Day" | |
| Played Charley Reed (replacing Jo Anderson) on "Sisters" (NBC) | ||
1994 | First starring role in a TV-movie, "Deconstructing Sarah", a USA mystery | |
1990 | Played secretary Gwen Taylor, a recurring character on "L.A. Law" often involved with Corbin Bernsen's Arnie Becker | |
1989 | First feature lead, Bill Forsyth's "Breaking In" | |
1989 | US film debut, Lee Grant's "Staying Together" | |
1989 | First TV guest shot, "thirtysomething" | |
1988 | North American film debut, "Some Girls", a Canadian co-production | |
1988 | Moved to Los Angeles | |
1987 | TV-movie debut, "Tonight's the Night", an ABC comedy-drama about one weekend in a singles bar | |
1987 | Feature debut, a small part in the British teen comedy "Wish You Were Here" | |
| With the Group, appeared on stage in "Lovers", "Winners", "The Taming of the Shrew", and "Am I Blue"; also wrote and directed several small films | ||
| Stage debut, The Elephant Group production of Chekhov's "The Seagull" | ||
| Formed her own theater company, The Elephant Group, based in NYC | ||
| Frustrated by the teaching methods of the acting program, transferred to the film school | ||
| Returned to NYU's Tisch School of the Arts to study acting | ||
| Endured a period of extreme melancholia | ||
| Studied dance for a year at NYU until a congenital hip condition forced her to stop | ||
1979 | Moved to NYC at age 16 (date approximate) | |
| Won a dance competition; accepted into the dance program at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts | ||
| Danced solo with the Westmoreland Ballet Company in Pennsylvania | ||
| Moved to the Appalachians with family | ||
| Relocated to the New Jersey shore with family | ||
| Moved to the Alleghenies with family | ||
| Lived in Philadelphia with family | ||
1963 | Born in Greenberg, Pennsylvania | |