Biography
Minka Kelly is an American actress. She is known for her role as Lyla Garrity in the NBC series Friday Night Lights (2006–2009).
Kelly was born Minka Dumont Kelly on 24 June 1980 in Los Angeles. She is the only child of former Aerosmith guitarist Rick Dufay and the late Maureen Dumont Kelly. After working as a scrub nurse and studying to become a surgical technician, she took an acting class that led her to pursue the profession full time.
Her other credits include appearances in Drake & Josh (2004), The Kingdom (2007), (500) Days of Summer (2009), The Roommate (2011), The Butler (2013), Titans (2018) as Dawn Granger / Dove, and Euphoria (2019).
