Line #20 Creator/MinkaKelly


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/minka__kelly.jpg]]
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3	Minka Kelly (born Minka Dumont Dufay; June 24, 1980 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress.
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5	Kelly is best known for her roles in television, particularly as Lyla Garrity in the [[Series/FridayNightLights television adaptation]] of ''Film/FridayNightLights'', which she portrayed from 2006 to 2009. Some of her other notable television credits include ''Series/{{Parenthood}}'', ''Series/CharliesAngels2011'', and ''Series/AlmostHuman''. In 2018, she debuted as Creator/DCComics heroine [[ComicBook/HawkAndDove Dawn Granger / Dove]] in the live-action Creator/DCUniverse series ''Series/{{Titans\|2018}}'', based on the ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' franchise.
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7	She's also known for her roles in thrillers and horror films, including the likes of ''Film/ThePumpkinKarver'' and ''Film/TheRoommate'', the latter of which she co-starred against [[CelebrityResemblance her Hollywood doppelgänger]], Creator/LeightonMeester.
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9	Her father, Rick Dufay, was briefly a member of the rock group Music/{{Aerosmith}} in UsefulNotes/TheEighties.
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13	! Filmography
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15	[[foldercontrol]]
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17	[[folder:Live-Action Films]]
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19	* ''[[Film/TwoFastTwoFurious The Turbo Charged Prelude for 2 Fast 2 Furious]]'' (2003) as The Girl
20	* ''Film/DevilsHighway'' (2005) as River
21	* ''Film/ThePumpkinKarver'' (2006) as Tammy Boyles
22	* ''Film/StatesEvidence'' (2006) as Girl #3
23	* ''Film/TheKingdom'' (2007) as Miss Ross
24	* ''Film/FiveHundredDaysOfSummer'' (2009) as Autumn
25	* ''Film/TheRoommate'' (2011) as Sara Matthews
26	* ''Film/JustGoWithIt'' (2011) as Joanna Damon
27	* ''Film/SearchingForSonny'' (2011) as Eden Mercer
28	* ''Film/TheButler'' (2013) as [[UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy Jackie Kennedy]]
29	* ''Film/TheWorldMadeStraight'' (2014) as Dena
30	* ''Film/PapaHemingwayInCuba'' (2015) as Debbie Hunt
31	* ''Film/AwayAndBack'' (2015) as Ginny
32	* ''Film/{{Naked}}'' (2017) as Callie
33	* ''Series/TheBeachHouse'' (2018) as Cara Rudland
34	* ''Film/{{Night Hunter\|2019}}'' (2019) as Angie
35	* ''Film/ShesInPortland'' (200) as Sarah
36	* ''Film/LanskyMaureen'' (200) as Maureen
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38	[[/folder]]
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40	[[folder:Live-Action Series]]
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42	* ''Series/CrackingUp'' (2004) as Monica
43	* ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'' (2004) as Stacey
44	* ''Series/AmericanDreams'' (2005) as Bonnie
45	* ''Series/WhatILikeAboutYou'' (2005) as Ricki
46	* ''Series/FridayNightLights'' (2006 -- 2009) as Lyla Garrity
47	* ''Series/{{Parenthood}}'' (2010 -- 2011) as Gaby
48	* ''Series/{{Entourage}}'' (2010) as Herself
49	* ''Series/CharliesAngels2011'' (2011) as Eve French
50	* ''Series/FullCircle'' (2013) as Bridgette Murphy
51	* ''Series/AlmostHuman'' (2013 -- 2014) as Valerie Stahl
52	* ''Series/ManSeekingWoman'' (2015) as Whitney
53	* ''Series/ThePath'' (2016) as Miranda Frank
54	* ''Series/JaneTheVirgin'' (2017) as Abbey Whitman
55	* ''Series/{{Bull}}'' (2017) as Kara Clayton
56	* ''Series/{{Titans\|2018}}'' (2018 -- Present) as [[ComicBook/HawkAndDove Dawn Granger / Dove II]]
57	* ''Series/DrunkHistory'' (2019) as Maurine Dallas Watkins / Florence Nightingale
58	* ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' (2020) as [[ComicBook/HawkAndDove Dawn Granger / Dove II]]
59	* ''Series/{{Euphoria}}'' (2022) as Samantha
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61	[[/folder]]
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63	[[folder:Voice Roles]]
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65	* ''VideoGame/DetroitBecomeHuman'' (2018) as North
66	* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' (2020) as Arya Stark, Mascot Judge
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68	[[/folder]]
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71	!! She provides examples of:
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73	* BrainyBrunette: In a lot of her roles.
74	* CastingGag: Played a humanoid robot [[MsFanservice meant for beauty]] that chooses to pursue a more dangerous lifestyle in both ''Series/AlmostHuman'' and ''VideoGame/DetroitBecomeHuman''
75	* StarMakingRole: Her role as Lyla in ''Series/FridayNightLights''.
76	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: She was one of the actresses considered to play the role of [[ComicBook/BlackCanary Laurel Lance]] on ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' when that show was still being conceptualized.

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