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Minka Kelly

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Minka Kelly
A romance-fueled family drama and contemporary western saga that charts the intersecting lives and loves of three ranching families set against the sweeping tundras and rolling rivers of Texas hill country.
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Ransom Canyon (2025– )
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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.

Her paternal grandfather was actor Richard Ney. Minka's ancestry includes Austrian, German, French, Irish, English, Scottish, and Dutch.
BornJune 24, 1980
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BornJune 24, 1980
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 5 nominations total

    Photos293

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    Known for

    Leighton Meester in The Roommate (2011)
    The Roommate
    4.8
    • Sara Matthews
    • 2011
    Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in 500 Days of Summer (2009)
    500 Days of Summer
    7.6
    • Autumn - Girl at Interview
    • 2009
    Jennifer Aniston, Adam Sandler, and Brooklyn Decker in Just Go with It (2011)
    Just Go with It
    6.4
    • Joanna Damon
    • 2011
    Forest Whitaker in The Butler (2013)
    The Butler
    7.2
    • Jacqueline Kennedy
    • 2013

    Credits

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    Actress



    • Champagne Problems
      • In Production



    • Josh Duhamel and Minka Kelly in Ransom Canyon (2025)
      Ransom Canyon
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Quinn O'Grady
      • 2025
    • Dermot Mulroney, Maggie Grace, and Minka Kelly in Blackwater Lane (2024)
      Blackwater Lane
      4.6
      • Cass
      • 2024
    • Bubbly Beautiful Kitty-Corn (2024)
      Bubbly Beautiful Kitty-Corn
      Short
      • Narrator
      • 2024
    • Zendaya in Euphoria (2019)
      Euphoria
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Samantha
      • 2022
    • Franka Potente, Jay Lycurgo, Anna Diop, Ryan Potter, Brenton Thwaites, Joshua Orpin, and Teagan Croft in Titans (2018)
      Titans
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Dawn Granger
      • Dove
      • 2018–2021
    • Harvey Keitel in Lansky (2021)
      Lansky
      6.2
      • Maureen Duffy
      • 2021
    • Robot Chicken (2005)
      Robot Chicken
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Arya Stark
      • Mascot Judge (voice)
      • 2020
    • Jeremy Alter, Tommy Dewey, Minka Kelly, Marc Carlini, and François Arnaud in She's in Portland (2020)
      She's in Portland
      5.8
      • Sarah
      • 2020
    • Shady Friend (2019)
      Shady Friend
      Short
      • Kara
      • 2019
    • Drunk History (2013)
      Drunk History
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Florence Nightingale
      • Maurine Dallas Watkins
      • 2019
    • Ben Kingsley, Henry Cavill, and Alexandra Daddario in Night Hunter (2018)
      Night Hunter
      5.9
      • Angie
      • 2018
    • Detroit: Become Human (2018)
      Detroit: Become Human
      9.1
      Video Game
      • North
      • 2018
    • Andie MacDowell, Donna Biscoe, Chad Michael Murray, and Minka Kelly in The Beach House (2018)
      The Beach House
      6.5
      TV Movie
      • Cara
      • 2018
    • Michael Weatherly in The Necklace (2016)
      Bull
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Kara Clayton
      • 2017
    • Marlon Wayans, Loretta Devine, J.T. Jackson, Diego Ward, Melissa Collazo, Koby Griffin, Jules Haven, Kaylon Teamer, and Erika Diamond in Naked (2017)
      Naked
      5.4
      • Callie (uncredited)
      • 2017

    Soundtrack



    • Franka Potente, Jay Lycurgo, Anna Diop, Ryan Potter, Brenton Thwaites, Joshua Orpin, and Teagan Croft in Titans (2018)
      Titans
      7.5
      TV Series
      • performer: "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
      • 2019
    • Connie Britton, Kyle Chandler, Timothy F. Crowley, Blue Deckert, Brad Leland, Jesse Plemons, Louanne Stephens, Minka Kelly, Zach Gilford, Adrianne Palicki, Aimee Teegarden, Taylor Kitsch, Kate Krause, Gaius Charles, Scott Porter, Kate Melton, Derek Phillips, Stacey Oristano, Omaka Omegah, and Sarah Kate Allsup in Friday Night Lights (2006)
      Friday Night Lights
      8.7
      TV Series
      • performer: "Amazing Grace" (uncredited)
      • 2008

    Videos36

    "Titans" Cast Break Down Their Gritty New Show
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    "Titans" Cast Break Down Their Gritty New Show
    Papa Hemingway in Cuba
    Clip 1:04
    Papa Hemingway in Cuba
    Papa Hemingway in Cuba
    Clip 1:04
    Papa Hemingway in Cuba
    Papa Hemingway in Cuba
    Clip 1:20
    Papa Hemingway in Cuba
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    Trailer 1:58
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    Trailer 0:50
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    Trailer 2:01
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    Personal details

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    • Height
      • 5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
    • Born
      • June 24, 1980
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Parents
        Rick Dufay
    • Relatives
      • Richard Ney(Grandparent)
    • Other works
      Release of her memoir, "Tell Me Everything".
    • Publicity listings
      • 1 Interview
      • 1 Article
      • 2 Pictorials
      • 2 Magazine Cover Photos

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    • Trivia
      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.
    • Quotes
      And anyway, modeling wasn't for me. I'm too short. I've got a big butt. It wasn't going to happen.

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