Kelly Preston

Kelly Preston was born as Kelly Kamalelehua Smith in Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. on October 13, 1962. Her mother was an administrator of a mental health center and her father worked in an agricultural firm. Unfortunately, he drowned when Kelly was just three years old. Later her mother married Peter Palzis, who adopted Kelly.

She moved to Iraq in her childhood and then to Australia with her family. She attended the Pembroke School in Adelaide and later went to Punahou School. She then enrolled at the University of Southern California to study drama.

Kelly Preston got married to actor Kevin Gage in 1985, but the marriage ended in less than two years in a divorce. She then dated George Clooney for a year or so and was also got engaged to Charlie Sheen for a short while. In 1991, she married John Travolta, whom she had met on the sets of ‘The Experts’. Together they had three children: Jett, Ella Bleu, and Benjamin. Jett Travolta died of a seizure in 2009 when the family was on a vacation in the Bahamas. He had also suffered from the ‘Kawasaki disease’ and had autism.

Kelly Preston started her career with some commercials and minor roles in television and films. Her first big break came in 1985 when she was signed for the romantic comedy teen flick ‘Mischief’ for the role of ‘Marilyn McCauley’. Later she was signed for a similar project in the romantic comedy, ‘Secret Admirer,’ as ‘Deborah Ann Fimple’. Over the ensuing years she appeared in films, such as ‘SpaceCamp’ (1986), ‘Love at Stake’ (1987), ‘Amazon Women on the Moon’ (1987), ‘The Experts’ (1989), and ‘Cheyenne Warrior’ (1994).

In 2000 she appeared in the film ‘Battlefield Earth’, playing the girlfriend of the protagonist ‘Terl’ which was played by her husband John Travolta. Kelly was featured in Maroon 5 music video ‘She Will Be Loved’ in 2004, the video topped the chart and was commercially a success. It portrayed Kelly in a love relationship with Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine.

Kelly has appeared in over sixty productions across television and films in her career so far, and has worked with some of the most significant figures in the industry. Her notable appearances with popular figures include ‘Twins’ in 1988 with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito, ‘From Dusk Till Dawn’ in 1996 with Quentin Tarantino, George Clooney, and Harvey Keitel, ‘Addicted to Love’ in 1997 with Meg Ryan and Matthew Broderick, ‘Death Sentence’ with Kevin Bacon in 2007 and ‘Casino Jack’ with Kevin Spacey in 2010.