Minka Kelly

Minka Dumont Kelly (born June 24, 1980) is an American actress and model, best known for her roles as Lyla Garrity on the NBC series Friday Night Lights, Samantha on Euphoria, Dawn Granger / Dove on HBO's Titans, Miranda Frank on The Path, Detective Valerie Stahl on Almost Human, Eve French on the 2011 remake series Charlie's Angels, and a recurring role as Gaby on the drama series Parenthood. She also portrayed Jackie Kennedy in the film The Butler, and Autumn at the end of (500) Days of Summer. She is the only child of former Aerosmith guitarist Rick Dufay and the late Maureen Dumont Kelly.

(500) Days of Summer (2009)

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Tom, greeting-card writer and hopeless romantic, is caught completely off-guard when his girlfriend, Summer, suddenly dumps him. He reflects on their 500 days together to try to figure out where their love affair went sour, and in doing so, Tom rediscovers his true ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marc Webb
CAST:  Joseph Gordon-Levitt  •  Zooey Deschanel  •  Chloë Grace Moretz  •  Geoffrey Arend

Tom, greeting-card writer and hopeless romantic, is caught completely off-guard when his girlfriend, Summer, suddenly dumps him. He reflects on their 500 days together to try to figure out where their love affair went sour, and in doing so, Tom rediscovers his true ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marc Webb
CAST:  Joseph Gordon-Levitt  •  Zooey Deschanel  •  Chloë Grace Moretz  •  Geoffrey Arend

The Kingdom (2007)

A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Berg
CAST:  Jamie Foxx  •  Jennifer Garner  •  Chris Cooper  •  Jason Bateman

A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Berg
CAST:  Jamie Foxx  •  Jennifer Garner  •  Chris Cooper  •  Jason Bateman

Just Go with It (2011)

A plastic surgeon, romancing a much younger schoolteacher, enlists his loyal assistant to pretend to be his soon to be ex-wife, in order to cover up a careless lie. When more lies backfire, the assistant's kids become involved, and everyone heads off for a weekend ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dennis Dugan
CAST:  Jennifer Aniston  •  Adam Sandler  •  Nicole Kidman  •  Bailee Madison

A plastic surgeon, romancing a much younger schoolteacher, enlists his loyal assistant to pretend to be his soon to be ex-wife, in order to cover up a careless lie. When more lies backfire, the assistant's kids become involved, and everyone heads off for a weekend ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dennis Dugan
CAST:  Jennifer Aniston  •  Adam Sandler  •  Nicole Kidman  •  Bailee Madison

The Butler (2013)

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A look at the life of Cecil Gaines who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Daniels
CAST:  Forest Whitaker  •  David Banner  •  Michael Rainey Jr.  •  LaJessie Smith

A look at the life of Cecil Gaines who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Daniels
CAST:  Forest Whitaker  •  David Banner  •  Michael Rainey Jr.  •  LaJessie Smith

The Turbo Charged Prelude for 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)

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Turbo-Charged Prelude is a 2003 short film, directed by Philip Atwell, featuring Paul Walker, reprising his role as Brian O'Conner, in a short series of sequences which bridge The Fast and The Furious with its first sequel, 2 Fast 2 Furious.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philip G. Atwell
CAST:  Paul Walker  •  Minka Kelly  •  Rodney Neil  •  Vin Diesel

Turbo-Charged Prelude is a 2003 short film, directed by Philip Atwell, featuring Paul Walker, reprising his role as Brian O'Conner, in a short series of sequences which bridge The Fast and The Furious with its first sequel, 2 Fast 2 Furious.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philip G. Atwell
CAST:  Paul Walker  •  Minka Kelly  •  Rodney Neil  •  Vin Diesel

The Roommate (2011)

When Sara, a young design student from Iowa, arrives for college in Los Angeles, she is eager to fit in and get to know the big city. Her wealthy roommate, Rebecca, is more than eager to take Sara under her wing and show her the ropes. The two become close, but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian E. Christiansen
CAST:  Minka Kelly  •  Leighton Meester  •  Cam Gigandet  •  Aly Michalka

When Sara, a young design student from Iowa, arrives for college in Los Angeles, she is eager to fit in and get to know the big city. Her wealthy roommate, Rebecca, is more than eager to take Sara under her wing and show her the ropes. The two become close, but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian E. Christiansen
CAST:  Minka Kelly  •  Leighton Meester  •  Cam Gigandet  •  Aly Michalka

Searching for Sonny (2011)

Reunited friends find themselves the chief suspects of a murder mystery that seems eerily similar to a play they performed in high school.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew Disney
CAST:  Jason Dohring  •  Minka Kelly  •  Masi Oka  •  Michael Hogan

Reunited friends find themselves the chief suspects of a murder mystery that seems eerily similar to a play they performed in high school.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew Disney
CAST:  Jason Dohring  •  Minka Kelly  •  Masi Oka  •  Michael Hogan

The Pumpkin Karver (2006)

After mistaking him for a masked killer, Jonathan fatally stabbed his sister's boyfriend on Halloween. One year later to the day, the siblings find themselves fighting for their lives against a very familiar masked murderer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Mann
CAST:  Amy Weber  •  Michael Zara  •  Minka Kelly  •  Terrence Evans

After mistaking him for a masked killer, Jonathan fatally stabbed his sister's boyfriend on Halloween. One year later to the day, the siblings find themselves fighting for their lives against a very familiar masked murderer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Mann
CAST:  Amy Weber  •  Michael Zara  •  Minka Kelly  •  Terrence Evans

Devil's Highway (2005)

While traveling through the cursed Old Highway 13 in New Mexico, each passenger of a bus to Las Vegas is attacked by an evil fiend that possesses and destroys their bodies.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fabien Pruvot
CAST:  Natassia Malthe  •  Shane Brolly  •  Robert Miano  •  Corbin Timbrook

While traveling through the cursed Old Highway 13 in New Mexico, each passenger of a bus to Las Vegas is attacked by an evil fiend that possesses and destroys their bodies.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fabien Pruvot
CAST:  Natassia Malthe  •  Shane Brolly  •  Robert Miano  •  Corbin Timbrook

State's Evidence (2004)

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Six high school teenagers decide to commit suicide together, but their plans soon go awry when one of them has something darker in mind as well.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Benjamin Louis
CAST:  Alexa PenaVega  •  Douglas Smith  •  Majandra Delfino  •  Kris Lemche

Six high school teenagers decide to commit suicide together, but their plans soon go awry when one of them has something darker in mind as well.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Benjamin Louis
CAST:  Alexa PenaVega  •  Douglas Smith  •  Majandra Delfino  •  Kris Lemche

Papa Hemingway in Cuba (2015)

In 1959, a young journalist ventures to Havana, Cuba to meet his idol, the legendary Ernest Hemingway who helped him find his literary voice, while the Cuban Revolution comes to a boil around them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bob Yari
CAST:  Giovanni Ribisi  •  Joely Richardson  •  Adrian Sparks  •  Minka Kelly

In 1959, a young journalist ventures to Havana, Cuba to meet his idol, the legendary Ernest Hemingway who helped him find his literary voice, while the Cuban Revolution comes to a boil around them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bob Yari
CAST:  Giovanni Ribisi  •  Joely Richardson  •  Adrian Sparks  •  Minka Kelly

Away and Back (2015)

Jack Peterson, a widowed father of three young children, encounters Ginny Newsom, a wildlife biologist, whose mission is tracking trumpeter swans, a family of which settle in a pond on the Peterson farm. Could that be romance in the air?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeff Bleckner
CAST:  Jason Lee  •  Minka Kelly  •  Maggie Elizabeth Jones  •  Jaren Lewison

Jack Peterson, a widowed father of three young children, encounters Ginny Newsom, a wildlife biologist, whose mission is tracking trumpeter swans, a family of which settle in a pond on the Peterson farm. Could that be romance in the air?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeff Bleckner
CAST:  Jason Lee  •  Minka Kelly  •  Maggie Elizabeth Jones  •  Jaren Lewison

The World Made Straight (2015)

In a rural Appalachian community haunted by the legacy of a Civil War massacre, a rebellious young man struggles to escape the violence that would bind him to the past.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Burris
CAST:  Haley Joel Osment  •  Minka Kelly  •  Noah Wyle  •  Jeremy Irvine

In a rural Appalachian community haunted by the legacy of a Civil War massacre, a rebellious young man struggles to escape the violence that would bind him to the past.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Burris
CAST:  Haley Joel Osment  •  Minka Kelly  •  Noah Wyle  •  Jeremy Irvine

Naked (2017)

Following a wild night out with his Best Man, Rob Anderson wakes up to find himself naked in an elevator on the morning of his wedding day and is forced to relive the morning over and over again.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Tiddes
CAST:  Regina Hall  •  Marlon Wayans  •  Dennis Haysbert  •  Loretta Devine

Following a wild night out with his Best Man, Rob Anderson wakes up to find himself naked in an elevator on the morning of his wedding day and is forced to relive the morning over and over again.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Tiddes
CAST:  Regina Hall  •  Marlon Wayans  •  Dennis Haysbert  •  Loretta Devine

The Beach House (2018)

Cara Rudland thought she’d left her Southern roots and troubled family far behind, but returns to the scenic Lowcountry of her childhood summers after losing her job in Chicago. There, she reconnects with her mother Lovie, who has been caring for her young, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roger Spottiswoode
CAST:  Minka Kelly  •  Chad Michael Murray  •  Andie MacDowell  •  Alyshia Ochse

Cara Rudland thought she’d left her Southern roots and troubled family far behind, but returns to the scenic Lowcountry of her childhood summers after losing her job in Chicago. There, she reconnects with her mother Lovie, who has been caring for her young, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roger Spottiswoode
CAST:  Minka Kelly  •  Chad Michael Murray  •  Andie MacDowell  •  Alyshia Ochse

Night Hunter (2019)

A Minnesota police officer crosses paths with a committed and tireless vigilante as he follows the trail of a ruthless predator responsible for several abductions and murders.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Raymond
CAST:  Henry Cavill  •  Ben Kingsley  •  Alexandra Daddario  •  Stanley Tucci

A Minnesota police officer crosses paths with a committed and tireless vigilante as he follows the trail of a ruthless predator responsible for several abductions and murders.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Raymond
CAST:  Henry Cavill  •  Ben Kingsley  •  Alexandra Daddario  •  Stanley Tucci

She's In Portland (2020)

Two college friends, now in their thirties, admire each others' lives and feel trapped in their own. Wes, tied to a demanding career and responsibilities to family, extends a work trip to drag his dispirited artist friend Luke to find Luke's "one that got away."  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marc Carlini
CAST:  Tommy Dewey  •  François Arnaud  •  Minka Kelly  •  Joelle Carter

Two college friends, now in their thirties, admire each others' lives and feel trapped in their own. Wes, tied to a demanding career and responsibilities to family, extends a work trip to drag his dispirited artist friend Luke to find Luke's "one that got away."  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marc Carlini
CAST:  Tommy Dewey  •  François Arnaud  •  Minka Kelly  •  Joelle Carter

Lansky (2021)

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When the aging Meyer Lansky is investigated one last time by the Feds who suspect he has stashed away millions of dollars over half a century, the retired gangster spins a dizzying tale, revealing the untold truth about his life as the notorious boss of Murder Inc. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eytan Rockaway
CAST:  Harvey Keitel  •  Minka Kelly  •  AnnaSophia Robb  •  John Magaro

When the aging Meyer Lansky is investigated one last time by the Feds who suspect he has stashed away millions of dollars over half a century, the retired gangster spins a dizzying tale, revealing the untold truth about his life as the notorious boss of Murder Inc. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eytan Rockaway
CAST:  Harvey Keitel  •  Minka Kelly  •  AnnaSophia Robb  •  John Magaro