Born 1962 as Kelly Kamalelehua Smith in Honolulu, Hawaii, American actress Kelly Preston was discovered at age 16 by a fashion photographer who helped her get work in commercials and other small parts. He arranged her first film audition for the role of Emmeline in The Blue Lagoon (1980), which she lost to the younger Brooke Shields.
Preston appeared in more than 60 television and film productions, including Mischief (1985), Twins (1988), Jerry Maguire (1996), and For Love of the Game (1999). She married John Travolta in 1991, and collaborated with him on the comedy film The Experts (1989) and the biographical film Gotti (2018). She also starred in the films SpaceCamp (1986), The Cat in the Hat (2003), What a Girl Wants (2003), Sky High (2005), and Old Dogs (2009).
Preston died in 2020 at the age of 57 at her home in Clearwater, Florida, two years after she had been diagnosed with breast cancer. Take a look at these beautiful photos to see portraits of young Kelly Preston in the 1980s and 1990s.
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