Minka Kelly

Acting

Minka Kelly

Born 1980-06-24 · Los Angeles, California, USA

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.

Acting credits

(500) Days of Summer poster
7.3

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 passions in life.

(500) Days of Summer

2009

Just Go with It poster
6.7

While romancing Palmer, a much younger schoolteacher, plastic surgeon Danny Maccabee enlists his loyal assistant Katherine to pretend to be his soon to be ex-wife, in order to cover up a careless lie. When more lies backfire, Katherine's kids become involved, and everyone heads off for a weekend in Hawaii that will change all their lives.

Just Go with It

2011

Night Hunter poster
6.6

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.

Night Hunter

2019

The Kingdom poster
6.7

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

The Kingdom

2007

The Butler poster
7.3

Cecil Gaines was a sharecropper's son who grew up in the 1920s as a domestic servant for the white family who casually destroyed his. Eventually striking out on his own, Cecil becomes a hotel valet of such efficiency and discreteness in the 1950s that he becomes a butler in the White House itself. There, Cecil would serve numerous US Presidents over the decades as a passive witness of history with the American Civil Rights Movement gaining momentum even as his family has troubles of its own. As his wife, Gloria, struggles with alcoholism and his defiant eldest son, Louis, strives for a just world, Cecil must decide whether he should take action in his own way.

The Butler

2013

The Roommate poster
5.4

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 when Sara begins to branch out and make more friends on campus, Rebecca becomes resentful. Alarmed, Sara moves in with her new boyfriend, causing Rebecca's behavior to take a violent turn.

The Roommate

2011

Lansky poster
6.0

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. and the National Crime Syndicate.

Lansky

2021

Naked poster
5.8

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.

Naked

2017

Champagne Problems poster
6.1

A driven American exec heads to Paris determined to acquire a champagne brand by Christmas — and accidentally falls for the heir to the bubbly empire.

Champagne Problems

2025

Blackwater Lane poster
6.0

An American school teacher in England drives past an abandoned car late one night, unaware that the driver was the victim of a murder. As she comes to terms with the realization, seemingly supernatural events start to affect the gothic manor she lives in with her husband.

Blackwater Lane

2024

The Beach House poster
6.3

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, pregnant friend Toy in her charming beach house.

The Beach House

2018

The World Made Straight poster
5.6

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.

The World Made Straight

2015

Papa Hemingway in Cuba poster
5.4

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.

Papa Hemingway in Cuba

2015

Away and Back poster
6.1

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?

Away and Back

2015

Devil's Highway poster
3.9

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.

Devil's Highway

2005

She's in Portland poster
5.4

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."

She's in Portland

2020

The Roommate: The Next Generation of Stars poster
NR

Featurette produced for “The Roommate” DVD.

The Roommate: The Next Generation of Stars

2011

The Pumpkin Karver poster
5.2

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.

The Pumpkin Karver

2006

Obsession: The Making of "The Roommate" poster
NR

This featurette explores the development, casting and production of this slick thriller, and why a college campus was the perfect setting for this story about friendship and obsession.

Obsession: The Making of "The Roommate"

2011

State's Evidence poster
5.7

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.

State's Evidence

2004

The Roommate: Dressing Dangerously poster
NR

Featurette produced for “The Roommate” DVD.

The Roommate: Dressing Dangerously

2011

Searching for Sonny poster
3.9

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

Searching for Sonny

2011

The Turbo Charged Prelude for 2 Fast 2 Furious poster
6.1

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.

The Turbo Charged Prelude for 2 Fast 2 Furious

2003