Biography for
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Date of Birth

24 June 1980, Los Angeles, California, USA

Birth Name

Minka Dumont Kelly

Height

5' 5¼" (1.66 m)

Mini Biography

Minka Kelly was born in Los Angeles, California and she is the only child of former Aerosmith guitarist, Rick Dufay, and Maureen Kelly, an exotic dancer and single mother who often moved with her daughter to different communities before settling in Albuquerque, New Mexico, by the time Minka was in junior high school.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Hannah Russell

Trivia

Ranked #42 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list.

Her grandfather is actor Richard Ney, co-star and ex-husband of Academy Award-winning actress, Greer Garson.

Ranked #54 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list.

After graduating from high school, she returned from New Mexico to Los Angeles with her father to pursue acting as a hobby while she went to school to become a surgical technician. However, after her first acting class, she got "hooked" and began pursuing acting as a career.

Her secret engagement to Derek Jeter, which became public in January 2010, ended in August 2011.

Named the "Sexiest Woman Alive" by Esquire magazine [October 11, 2010].

Grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Is of French and Irish descent.

Daughter of Rick Dufay.

Where Are They Now

(July 2000) Sydney, Australia

(November 2009) Surabaya, Indonesia