Kelly Kruger

Kelly Kruger (born November 12, 1982) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for playing Mackenzie Browning on The Young and the Restless. She currently portrays the recurring role of Eva on The Bold and the Beautiful.
== Early life ==
She was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, and speaks French fluently.[1]
== Career ==
At 17, Kelly was discovered by Elite Models while visiting her family in Los Angeles. She worked with multiple teen magazines, Macy’s, Sebastian Hair and others. After working as a model, she began pursuing her real passion of acting. Kelly landed a lead role in the feature film Vampire Clan. Kruger appeared on the CBS daytime soap opera, The Young and the Restless as Mackenzie Browning, from February 2002 to July 2003.[2][3] Kruger also appeared in several movies, as well as one episode each of the TV series Knight Rider and Blue Mountain State. Kelly has appeared on Hit shows such as Entourage, Bones, Criminal Minds, Castle, and Rizzoli & Isles.
In 2014, it was announced that Kruger had joined the cast of The Bold and the Beautiful, as a day player. Kruger will make her debut as Eva, in an episode as part of the show's location shoot in Paris, in August 2014.[4] Kelly Kruger continues to recur as Eva.
In 2017, Kruger played villainess Joelle in the Lifetime film, Girls Night Out.
On March 9, 2018, it was announced by the Soap Opera Digest that Kruger is returning to The Young and the Restless as Mackenzie, the role that she last played in 2003.[5]
== Personal life ==
In 2010, Kruger began dating former Days of Our Lives actor Darin Brooks.[6] In February 2014, they partnered with an organization called Aid Still Required.[7] In April 2019, it was announced that she and Brooks were expecting their first child.[8]
== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
2002	Vampire Clan 	Heather Ann Wendorf	
2004	Mysterious Skin 	Deborah 	
2005	Self Medicated 	Tori 	
2008	I Heart Veronica Martin 	Virginia 	Short film
2008	Infamous 	Cowgirl Carrie 	Video
2010	Wreckage 	Jessica 	
2011	1 Out of 7 	Tasha 	
2013	Nevermind the Dawn 	Anne 	Short film
2015	Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland	Julia King 	Completed
2016	Resurrecting McGinn(s) 	Anastasie McGinn 	Completed
2016	Broken Strings 	Girl 	Short film, filming
2017	Girls Night Out 	Joelle 	TV film
2017	Untitled 3D Horror 	Taylor 	Announced
=== Television ===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
2001 	Undressed 	Mandy 	Regular role
2002–2003, 2018	The Young and the Restless	Mackenzie Browning	Regular role
2006 	Criminal Minds 	Kelly Seymour 	"North Mammon"
2007 	Bones 	Abigail Sims 	"The Girl in the Gator"
2007 	Entourage 	Lori 	"The Young and the Stoned"
2008 	Knight Rider 	Nikki Childress 	"I Wanna Rock and Roll All Knight"
2010 	How to Make It in America 	Charlie 	"Keep on Truck'n"
2011 	Prayer Hour 	Abby 	TV film
2010 	Blue Mountain State 	Julia King 	"Bowl Game"
2011 	Blue Mountain State 	Julia King 	"Riot"
2013 	Brodowski & Company 	Heather 	TV film
2013 	Thirtyish 	Kelsey Crawford 	TV film
2013 	Rizzoli & Isles 	Jenny Cabot 	"Partners in Crime"
2014 	Republic of Doyle 	Felicity Shepherd 	"If the Shoe Fits"
2014 	Castle 	Laura Westbourne 	"Room 147"
2015–2016 	The Bold and the Beautiful	Eva 	Recurring role