Kelly and her mother often moved to different communities, before settling in Albuquerque, New Mexico by the time Kelly was in junior high school. When Kelly was 19, after graduating from Valley High School in Albuquerque, Kelly returned to Los Angeles. While on a test shoot for a modeling agency, she was approached by a former Playboy Playmate interested in managing her, and who placed Kelly as a receptionist at a surgeon’s office who would provide Kelly breast augmentation in exchange for hours worked. She ultimately decided against the procedure, leading to her being fired. However, the exposure to the medical field prompted her to attend school for a year to become a surgeon’s assistant; afterward, she worked as a scrub tech. in the interim, she had small roles in movies and shows, including the film State’s Evidence, and a recurring guest role on the TV sitcom What I Like About You. She was a member of the ensemble quartet that starred in the CBS comedy pilot Mad Love, playing Kate, a Midwestern girl who falls in love with Henry at the top of the Empire State Building, but was replaced by Sarah Chalke.
Valderrama ‘minka Kelly Is An Old Friend’ TV star Wilmer Valderrama has played down rumours he’s romancing actress Minka Kelly, insisting they’re just good friends. The former That ’70s Show a… [link]
