Kelly Lynch Biography

Name:Kelly Lynch
Date of Birth:January 31, 1959 
Place of Birth:Minneapolis, Minnesota
                     USA

Job Titles:Actor, Disco dancer
                Model, Stewardess

Family:
          Daughter: Shane Lynch. born c. 1985
          Father was an East Coast musician

         Sister:Robin Lynch.

         Husband:Mitch Glazer
                       co-scripted Scrooged (1988) 
                       Three of Hearts (1993)

Education:The Guthrie Workshop, Film

Blonde former model turned self-proclaimed character actress in films and TV of the late 1980s and 90s. Lynch made her acting debut as the titular character in the straight-to-video sci-fi quickie, "Osa" (1985) while pregnant with her daughter, Shane. Kelly Lynch turned up again in 1988 in a bit part in "Bright Lights, Big City" and a larger role as the nymphomaniac wife of Bryan Brown in the Tom Cruise vehicle, "Cocktail".  Kelly Lynch  received more attention playing opposite Patrick Swayze in the action flick, "Road House" (1989).

Lynch attracted serious critical attention with a moving, resolutely unglamorous performance as the junkie wife of Matt Dillon in Gus Van Sant's moody, picaresque "Drugstore Cowboy" (1989).  Kelly Lynch  subsequently appeared as the love-struck attorney of Mickey Rourke in Michael Cimino's remake, "Desperate Hours" (1990) and John Hughes' family comedy, "Curley Sue" (1991). Lynch was better served by the unconventional romantic comedy, "Three of Hearts" (1993). Co-scripted by her husband, Mitch Glazer, and co-starring Sherilyn Fenn and William Baldwin, the film depicted a triangle involving two female lovers and a male escort. Lynch also appeared in a 1993 French co-production, "For Better and For Worse/R.S.V.P.", a whimsical comedy featuring the Pope deciding to attend the wedding of a troubled couple so as to brighten his own public image.

1979 At age 20 was in a head-on automobile accident that crushed her legs and took a year s recovery during which time she became addicted to painkillers (date approximate)

1985 Film acting debut (as title character) in Osa

1988 First role in a major feature, Bright Lights, Big City

1989 Garnered attention for her performance as Matt Dillon s junkie wife in Drugstore Cowboy

1991 Starred in the John Hughes comedy Curly Sue with James Belushi

1993 Co-starred with William Baldwin and Sherilyn Fenn in the romantic comedy Three of Hearts

1995 Starred opposite Denzel Washington in the sci-fi thriller Virtuosity

1998 Cast opposite Billy Bob Thornton and Hank Azaria in Homegrown written and directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal

2000 Featured in Charlie s Angels starring Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu; based on the popular 70 s TV show

2005 Cast in Dallas 362, the directorial debut of Scott Caan

2005 Cast in the thriller The Jacket with Adrien Brody

Modeled with New York s Elite Agency

Moved to New York City

Performed in the local Children s Theatre Company in Minneapolis MN

Was a flight attendant for Northwest Airlines

Worked as a disco dancer and taught dancing at Arthur Murray dance studios

Worked directing at Guthrie Theater as apprentice.