Good films become such due to good actors and their unsurpassed play. There are not so few now who really put their soul into every role that they play.
One such actress is Kelly McGillis. Photos, biography, films - you can get acquainted with all this in this article.
Biography
Kelly Ann McGillis is a native of California, Newport Beach. Born in 1957 on July 9.
She has the most ordinary parents: father Donald McGillis is a general practitioner, and mother Joan is a housewife. To become an actress, Kelly dropped out of school, but after she entered the Institute of Musical Arts - Juliard in New York. This is one of the largest American universities. After him, she studied acting at Santa Monica.
Creative way
From the very beginning, a career for Kelly McGillis went up. The very first film of the actress, in which she took part, was called "Ruben, Ruben" (1983). The film was nominated for an Oscar, and the actress's play was universally recognized. After that, a large number of projects, including television, began to appear.
The next notable role was in the 1985 thriller Witness, featuring Harrison Ford. After which the actress was nominated for a Golden Globe
In the movie "Top Gun" with Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer, she perfectly played the role of a pilot instructor.
Then came “The Accused” (1988), after which she starred in Peter Weller’s film “Cat Chaser,” which, by the way, she did not like because he discouraged her from acting in films.
In the 1990s, she played many roles in the cinema and took part in various works and projects on television. After that, Kelly took a break for several years in order to be able to devote more time to the family.
It is interesting that in 1992 she passed tests for the main role in the film "Basic Instinct", but lost to Sharon Stone.
In 2004, she played a role in the production of "Graduate" on the theatrical stage of Broadway.
Since 2006, she worked on television and took part in the series "Sex in another city."
Personal life
She married Boyd Black in 1979 and divorced after two years.
In 1982, Kelly McGillis was assaulted and raped in her own home. However sad it may sound, when in the future she played the role of the prosecutor supporting the heroine Jodie Foster in the film “The Accused,” this experience helped the actress get used to the role.
For a long time, the actress tried to cope with the internal aggression that these memories evoked. She said that she thought that this did not affect her communication with others, but this was far from the case. She was able to step over herself and seek help only when she realized that she was engaged in self-destruction. The first step for her, she says, was to understand that the attack was not specifically directed at her. She just ended up in the wrong place at the wrong time. This was the first step to get rid of all those hostile feelings that she had. In her opinion, the one who became a victim of a violent crime, when someone took control of this person’s life, at least for a moment, is unlikely to ever fully recover.
In 1989, she married again, this time with Fred Tilman, and they had two daughters - Kelsey and Sonora. She gave birth to her first daughter, Kelsey, at the age of thirty-two, and the second, Sonora, at the age of thirty-five. In 2002, the couple broke up and they divorced.
In April 2009, Kelly McGillis told in an interview that she was a lesbian. She also said that she always felt this in herself, but the pressure of society forbade her to show herself. Now, when the children grew up, and she did not need to worry about the future, she was able to admit it.
After which she lived with her close friend Melanie Lace. They met when she worked as a bartender in the restaurant of Kelly and her second husband. In 2010, they got married, and broke up in 2011.
Kelly mcgillis now
Once in 2016, she was assaulted, returning home. She found there a woman who entered her house to attack her. The woman was detained on charges of assault and harassment. After that, on the advice of friends, Kelly signed up for courses on the proper handling of weapons and practiced shooting and, as proof, posted this information on social networks.
Now she has stopped acting in films, instead she teaches aspiring actors. Above in the photo is Kelly McGillis now.