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Kelly McGillis, whose full name is Kelly Ann McGillis, is an American actress best known for her portrayal as Rachel in Harrison Ford’s Witness. For this, she won a Golden BAFTA as well as a BAFTA nomination. She also played Charlie in Top Gun with Tom Cruise, and she played Kathryn Murphy in The Accused with Jodie Foster in 1988.

Kelly McGillis: Profile summary

Kelly McGillis: Early Life & Biography

Kelly was born on July 9, 1957, in Newport Beach, California, and she is the daughter of Virginia Joan, who is a homemaker and Dr Donald Manson, a doctor. She has Scots-Irish descent from her father and German descent from her mother’s side. She is also has Welsh Descent.

Kelly was raised in Los Angeles, and she attended the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts at Allan Hancock College, which is in Santa Maria, California. She then dropped out of high school in 1975 and got her GED. She later moved to New York City, and she studied acting there at the Juilliard School; she graduated from there in 1983, Group 12.

Kelly McGillis: Personal Life

Kelly McGillis got married to a fellow Julliard student named Boyd Black in 1979, and the couple later got divorced in the year 1981. She got married to Fred Tillman in the year 1989, and they also have two daughters together. The couple then got divorced in the year 2002.

It was reported that in the year 1982, Kelly was raped by two men in her apartment in New York. The pair assaulted her and stabbed her. They even spit on her. Later, Leroy Johnson was sentenced to three years in prison, and he was just 15 years old at that time. The other person had all the charges dropped due to the lack of corroborative evidence.

She then came out as a lesbian in April 2009, and she announced this during her interview in SheWired. She entered into the civil union with Melanie Leis, who is a Philadelphia sales executive, and she met with Kelly when Leis was a bartender at Kelly’s Caribbean Bar Grill & Brewery. The restaurant was then sold in June 2017, and Leis and Kelly also broke up in 2011.

Kelly also worked full-time with drug addicts and alcoholics at the Seabrook House Drug Alcohol Rehab Centre, a rehabilitation centre in Bridgeton, New Jersey.

She currently lives in Hendersonville, North Carolina, and she also teaches acting at The New York Studio for the stage and Screen NYS3.

Kelly McGillis: Age, Height, and Weight

Being born on July 9, 1957, Kelly McGillis is 63 years old as of today’s date, 24th January 2021. Her height is 5’10’’ tall, and her weight is 6’2’’ kg.

Kelly McGillis: Career

Kelly made her film debut in Reuben, Reuben, in the year 1983, and her breakout role was in the movie Witness in the year 1985 with Harrison Ford. She even received Golden Globe and BAFTA award nominations for it. Her next significant role was as the flight instructor named Charlotte Blackwood in the 1986 pilot movie Top Gun with stars Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer.

She also acted in the fantasy-comedy movie Made in Heaven, which Alan Rudolph directed and was produced by Lorimar Productions.

Kelly McGillis: Awards & Achievements

Kelly has been nominated for many awards, and she has won some. Below is the list of all those awards.

Kelly won the Bravo Otto Award for Best Actress in 1986 and 1987. She won it for Top Gun and Made in Heaven. She also won Golden Ciak for the Best Actress in the movie Made in Heaven. She won it in 1987.

Kelly McGillis: Net Worth

Kelly McGillis’s Net Worth is USD $4 million approx.

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