Kelly Preston

Kelly Preston (born October 13, 1962-July 12, 2020) was an American actress and former model. She has appeared in more than sixty television and film productions, most notably including Mischief, Twins and Jerry Maguire. She is married to John Travolta, with whom she collaborated on the fantasy film Battlefield Earth. She also starred in the films The Cat in the Hat, Old Dogs, and Broken Bridges.
== Early years ==
Kelly Kamalelehua Smith (the middle name "Kamalelehua" means 'garden of lehuas' in Hawaiian - a lehua being a well known Hawaiian flowerContemporary Theatre, Film and Television, vol. 59, Thomas Riggs, Gale Biographies, 2005, pg 259Celebrated Weekends: The Stars' Guide to the most exciting destinations in the world, Mark Seal, Rutledge Hill Press, 2007, pg 153) was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her mother Linda, was an administrator of a mental health center and her father, who worked for an agricultural firm, drowned when Preston was only three years old.Donnelly, Dave. "Hawaii." Honolulu Star-Bulletin. May 17, 1999. Her mother married Peter Palzis, a personnel director, who subsequently adopted her; she used his name when she first began her acting career until 1984. She has a younger half-brother, Chris Palzis. As a child, she spent time living in Iraq and also in Australia, where she attended Pembroke School in Adelaide. She went on to Punahou School and studied drama and theater at the University of Southern California.
== Career ==
While living in Australia, Preston was discovered at 16 by a fashion photographer who helped her get work in commercials and other small parts, and organized Preston's first film audition in 1980 for the role of Emmeline in The Blue Lagoon (1980), which she lost to the younger Brooke Shields.IMDB Biography of Kelly Preston At that time she changed her last name to Preston.Kelly Preston Vitals at Ask Men.com
Her first prominent film roles came in 1985, firstly as Marilyn McCauley in romantic comedy teen flick Mischief and then as the beautiful but shallow Deborah Ann Fimple in another teen romantic comedy, Secret Admirer. Other notable roles included SpaceCamp (1986), Twins (1988) with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito, Avery Bishop in Jerry Maguire (1996) with Tom Cruise, Jane Aubrey in For Love of the Game with Kevin Costner and Kate Newell in Holy Man (1998) with Eddie Murphy and Jeff Goldblum.
She played the girlfriend of her husband, John Travolta's, character "Terl" in the 2000 film Battlefield Earth, and received "Worst Supporting Actress" at the 21st Golden Raspberry Awards for her role in the film. In 2005 she appeared as the flying, superheroine mother of the protagonist in the film Sky High.
Preston was featured in the chart-topping Maroon 5 music video "She Will Be Loved" in 2004. The video features a love triangle and romantic scenes between Preston and Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine. In 2008, she was cast in a television pilot for a potential show called Suburban Shootout. She had a short term recurring role on Medium.
In 2008, Preston starred in the Lifetime movie The Tenth Circle, directed by Peter Markle. The film was shot in Nova Scotia and featured Ron Eldard, Brittany Robertson, Michael Riley, Jamie Johnston and Geordie Brown.
She is a spokeswoman for Neutrogena since 2005 and appears in print and television advertisements."Kelly Preston Fronts Neutrogena" January 20, 2005, Monsters and Critics
== Personal life ==
Preston was married to actor Kevin Gage from 1985 until their divorce in 1987. She also had a relationship with George Clooney, who gave her Max, a pet pig that he kept after the couple split up. She was briefly engaged to Charlie Sheen in 1990, but ended the relationship shortly after he accidentally shot her in the arm."Charlie Sheen Biography", Biography Channel website. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
=== John Travolta ===
Preston first met John Travolta in 1987 while filming The Experts.Bob and Sheri Stritof. "Kelly Preston and John Travolta Marriage Profile." about.com. Retrieved January 4, 2009. They married in 1991, traveling to Paris on an Air France Concorde for a wedding ceremony at the Hotel de Crillon (close to Place de la Concorde) on September 5, 1991. However, a second ceremony was required because the first, performed by a French Scientology minister (both Preston and Travolta are Scientologists), was considered invalid. This second ceremony took place on September 12 in Daytona Beach, Florida. They had three children: son Jett (April 13, 1992 – January 2, 2009), daughter Ella Bleu (born 2000), and son Benjamin Travolta (born 2010)."Kelly Preston’s Post-Baby Body Secret? Breastfeeding" April 13, 2011, People
=== Son's illness and death ===
Preston's son Jett Travolta was described as suffering from Kawasaki disease as an infant and had a history of seizures. In 2003, Preston appeared on the Montel Williams show to promote L. Ron Hubbard's Purification Rundown, which she credited with helping her son.
On January 2, 2009, Jett Travolta died while the family was on a holiday vacation in The Bahamas. His death was attributed to a seizure. In September 2009, Travolta and Preston confirmed longstanding speculations when they testified that their son had autism and suffered regular seizures. This revelation came during their testimony at the trial resulting from an extortion attempt related to their son's death.
On January 23, 2009, three people were arrested in the Bahamas in connection with a multimillion-dollar extortion plot against Travolta and Preston concerning the circumstances of their son's death. One of the men, Obie Wilchcombe, a member of the Bahamian Parliament and former Bahamian Minister of Tourism, was described as a "close friend" of Travolta and Preston. Two others allegedly involved were an EMT named Tarino Lightbourne and a Bahamian senator named Pleasant Bridgewater. Bridgewater was charged with abetment to extort and conspiracy to extort and resigned from the Senate as a result of the allegations.
== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1983	10 to Midnight 	Doreen 	
1983	Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn	Dhyana 	
1983	Christine 	Roseanne 	
1985	Mischief 	Marilyn McCauley 	
1985	Secret Admirer 	Deborah Anne Fimple 	
1986	SpaceCamp 	Tish Ambrosé 	
1986	52 Pick-Up 	Cini 	
1987	Love at Stake 	Sara Lee 	
1987	 	Shirley Butts 	
1987	Amazon Women on the Moon 	Violet 	Segment: "Titan Man"
1988	Spellbinder 	Miranda Reed 	
1988	Twins 	Marnie Mason 	
1989	 	Bonnie 	
1991	Run 	Karen Landers 	
1992	Only You 	Amanda Hughes 	
1994	Double Cross 	Vera Blanchard 	Video
1994	Love Is a Gun 	Jean Starr 	
1994	Cheyenne Warrior 	Rebecca Carver 	
1995	Mrs. Munck 	Young Rose 	
1995	Waiting to Exhale 	Kathleen 	
1996	Citizen Ruth 	Rachel 	
1996	From Dusk till Dawn 	Newscaster Kelly Houge 	
1996	Curdled 	Kelly Hogue 	
1996	Jerry Maguire 	Avery Bishop 	
1997	Addicted to Love 	Linda 	
1997	Nothing to Lose 	Ann Beam 	
1998	Holy Man 	Kate Newell 	
1998	Jack Frost 	Gabby Frost 	
1999	For Love of the Game 	Jane Aubrey 	
2000	Battlefield Earth 	Chirk 	
2001	Daddy and Them 	Rose 	
2003	View from the Top 	Sherry 	
2003	What a Girl Wants 	Libby Reynolds 	
2003	 	Joan Walden 	
2004	Eulogy 	Lucy Collins 	
2004	Return to Sender 	Susan Kennan 	
2005	Sky High 	Josie Stronghold / Jetstream	
2006	Broken Bridges 	Angela Delton 	
2007	Death Sentence 	Helen Hume 	
2008	Struck 	Trista 	Short film
2009	Old Dogs 	Vicki 	
2010	 	Kim 	
2010	Casino Jack 	Pam Abramoff 	
2017	The Life and Death of John Gotti 	Victoria Gotti 	Filming
=== Television ===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1980 	Hawaii Five-O 	Wendy 	Episode: "For Old Times Sake"
1982 	Capitol 	Gillian McCandless	TV series
1983 	Lone Star 	Redhead 	TV film
1983 	Quincy, M.E. 	Ginger Reeves 	Episode: "On Dying High"
1983 	 	Lisa Primus 	Episode: "Back to School"
1983 	CHiPs 	Anna 	Episode: "Things That Go Creep in the Night"
1983-1984	For Love and Honor 	Mary Lee 	Regular role (12 episodes)
1984 	Riptide 	Sherry Meyers 	Episode: "The Hardcase"
1984 	Blue Thunder 	Amy Braddock 	Episode: "The Long Flight"
1990 	Tales from the Crypt	Linda 	Episode: "The Switch"
1991 	 	Laura 	TV film
1993 	 	Diana Marley 	TV film
1994 	Cheyenne Warrior 	Rebecca Carver 	TV film
1996 	Little Surprises 	Ginger 	TV short
2000 	Bar Hopping 	Bebe 	TV film
2004 	Joey 	Donna Di Gregorio 	Episodes: "Joey and the Dream Girl: Parts 1 & 2"
2005 	Fat Actress 	Quinn Taylor Scott	Recurring role (4 episodes)
2008 	Suburban Shootout 	Camilla Diamond 	Unsold TV pilot
2008 	Medium 	Meghan Doyle 	Recurring role (4 episodes)
2008 	 	Laura Stone 	TV film
2013 	Adopted 	Karey 	TV film
2013 	 	Tabitha 	Episode: "White Secret"
2016 	CSI: Cyber 	Greer Latimore 	Recurring role (3 episodes)
== Awards/Nominations ==
 
 Awards
Year	Award 	Category 	Production 	Result
2001	Golden Raspberry Award	Worst Supporting Actress	Battlefield Earth 	
2004	Golden Raspberry Award	Worst Supporting Actress	Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat	
2010	Golden Raspberry Award	Worst Supporting Actress	Old Dogs 	
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