![]() ![]() She helped Kelly find work as a receptionist at a surgeon's office who would provide Kelly breast augmentation in exchange for hours worked. While on a test shoot for a modeling agency in Los Angeles, she was approached by a former Playboy Playmate who was interested in managing her. After graduation, Kelly connected with her father and returned to live in Los Angeles. She attended two high schools, before graduating from Valley High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico. ![]() Kelly's mother Maureen died in 2008, at age 51, from colon cancer. She moved constantly and changed schools numerous times. She once lived with a family friend, who beat her and also with an emotionally abusive then-boyfriend. When her mother left town for weeks and months at a time, Kelly lived with numerous different acquaintances. Kelly was physically abused by her mother's then-boyfriend. Kelly's mother was struggling to make ends meet and at one point they lived in an old storage shed and a garage at an apartment complex after losing their apartment unit. Kelly and her mother moved to various communities before settling in Albuquerque, New Mexico by the time Kelly was in junior high school. But the silver lining is that it made me a very adaptable person," Kelly said in a 2022 People interview. "My childhood was colorful and chaotic, unstable and inconsistent, unpredictable and hard a lot of the times. She was raised by her mother, who worked various jobs, including as a stripper and bartender. She has French, Irish, and Dutch-Indonesian ancestry. She is the only child of former Aerosmith guitarist Rick Dufay and the late Maureen Dumont Kelly. Kelly is also the author of her memoir Tell Me Everything: A Memoir (2023), which became a New York Times Best Seller. ![]() Kelly portrayed Dawn Granger / Dove on the first three seasons of the superhero series Titans (2018–2021). In 2011, Kelly starred in the films The Roommate and Searching for Sonny and had a recurring role as Gaby on NBC's family drama series Parenthood (2010–2011) and a main role as Eve French on the season 6 revival of ABC's action series Charlie's Angels (2011). She rose to fame for her role as Lyla Garrity on the NBC drama series Friday Night Lights (2006–2009). Minka Dumonte Kelly (born June 24, 1980) is an American actress, model and philanthropist. ![]()
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