Minka Kelly

Minka Dumont Kelly (born Minka Dumont Dufay June 24, 1980) is an American actress. She starred in the NBC series Friday Night Lights as Lyla Garrity from 2006 to 2009 and has also had roles in The Roommate and the reboot series Charlie's Angels. Kelly was born in Los Angeles.... Read More

Minka Dumont Kelly (born Minka Dumont Dufay June 24, 1980) is an American actress. She starred in the NBC series Friday Night Lights as Lyla Garrity from 2006 to 2009 and has also had roles in The Roommate and the reboot series Charlie's Angels.

Kelly was born in Los Angeles. She is the only child of former Aerosmith guitarist Rick Dufay and Maureen Dumont Kelly, an exotic dancer and single mother. Kelly and her mother often moved to different communities, before settling in Albuquerque, New Mexico, by the time Minka was in junior high school.During a Craig Ferguson interview, she stated that she is of French descent on her father's side and Irish descent on her mother's side. See Less