Biography

Minka Kelly

by Maggie Cage,

Minka Kelly is an actress of American nationality known best for the portrayal of roles in the series like Friday Night Lights, Charlie’s Angels, and Parenthood. Recently, her role as Jackie Kennedy in Fox’s Almost Human has been appreciated by her fans. She was born as the only child of the guitarist of Aerosmith, father Rick Dufay, and mother Maurenn Dumont Kelly. She was raised by her divorced, single mother.

Born on 24th of June, 1980, Minka is of French and Irish ancestry. She studied in a high school in Chicago, Illinois and then attended the Valley High School in Albuquerque. She started her career as a scrub technician after which she made her acting debut as an extra on 2003 in the film Turbo Charged Prelude. She then appeared on films like 2 Fast 2 Furious, Cracking Up etc. she also appeared on television shows like Entourage, Drake and Josh, American Dreams and then on the WB sitcom What I Like About You.

She has cast as a regular in the NBC drama Friday Night Lights on 2006 as Lyla Garrity. This role of her became a well-known one thus plummeting her into fame. She then starred on the horror movie The Pumpkin Karver in 2006 and as Ms. Ross on The Kingdom. The CW show, Body Politic cast her as Francesca Foster. She has since appeared in Mad Love, Parenthood, Charlie’s Angels and the movie The Roommate. She also starred in the lead role in the film Searching for Sonny and also modeled in a red dress for The Heart Truth Red Dress Collection show.

Minka Kelly's Net Worth 

As of 2019, Minka reportedly has a net worth of $5 million, as per celebrity net worth. Furthermore, she has an estimated net worth of $3 million, as per the richest net worth.  

Talking about the salary of an actor, they earn about $50,326 with a median bonus of $1,005. Their salary starts from $19k to $220k.

Minka Kelly's Personal Life 

As far as her personal life is concerned, she is currently rumored to be in an affair with Chris Evans. She started dating Brian White in 2003 and they split after a year in 2004. She then dated Donald Faison in 2004.  

The relation too did not last long and they split up in 2005. She was rumored to be in a relationship with Taylor Kitsch on 2007 but the rumors were not certified. She dated singer John Mayer from 2007 to 2008.

Topher Grace was rumored to be her boyfriend on 2008 but the rumors were not certified then too. She dated Derek Jeter in 2008. After a four year affair, they separated in 2012. Ramon Rodriguez was also rumored to be in an affair with her in 2011.

She was rumored next to be dating Wilmer Valderrama as well as Jake Gyllenhaal. She reportedly dated Sean Penn on 2015 and is also rumored to be in a relationship with Chris Evans as of now. She thus seems to be pretty secretive about her personal life. She has not been married and will not be doing so soon.