Kelly Preston

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Kelly Preston

Preston talks with Navy family members at the USO holiday party at Rockwell Hall Gym on Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Va, December 3, 2005.
Born Kelly Kamalelehua Palzis
October 13, 1962 (1962-10-13) (age 45)
Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Occupation model (1976-1983)
actress (1983-present)
Spouse(s) Kevin Gage (1986-1988)
John Travolta (1991 - Present)

Kelly Preston (born October 13, 1962) is an American actress and former model married to John Travolta since 1991.

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[edit] Early life

Preston was born as Kelly Kamalelehua Palzis in Honolulu, Hawaii.[citation needed] Her mother, Linda Carlson,[1] was an administrator of a mental health center, and her father, who worked for an agricultural firm, drowned when Preston was three years old.[2] Her adoptive father was Peter Palzis, a personnel director, and her stepfather was Lee Carlson.[3][4] She spent time living in Iraq and Australia as a result of her biological father's work when she was a child. While living in Australia, she attended Pembroke School in Adelaide. She later attended Punahou School and studied drama and theater at the University of Southern California.[5]

[edit] Career

She began her modeling career as a teenager. At sixteen, she was discovered by a fashion photographer who helped her get acting work in commercials and other small parts, which eventually developed into a successful movie career. She is a spokesperson for Neutrogena and appears in print and television ads.[citation needed]

She was featured in the chart-topping Maroon 5 music video, "She Will Be Loved" in 2004. The video features a love triangle and romantic scenes between Preston and Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine.

[edit] Personal life

[edit] Marriage & family

Her former boyfriends include George Clooney and Charlie Sheen.[citation needed] After living with Sheen for one year (and receiving a very large diamond ring from him), she ended the relationship in 1990 shortly after an incident in which Sheen accidentally shot her in the arm.[6]. She was married to Kevin Gage from 1986 to 1988.[citation needed]

She is currently married to John Travolta. They have a son, Jett Travolta (b. April 13, 1992), and a daughter, Ella Blue Travolta (b. April 3, 2000). Travolta married her twice. Their first wedding (September 5, 1991) was performed by a French Scientologist minister, but it was later declared legally invalid. They married again within the month. Both Travolta and Preston are Scientologists, and Preston appeared in the film Battlefield Earth (produced by Travolta, based on the novel by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard).

[edit] Health research

Recently, she has taken up the issue of overmedication and children. She has advocated that schools are forcing or pressuring students and their families to medicate them for ADD unnecessarily. She has testified before the Florida state legislature encouraging the passage of a bill to ban such practice. A federal law to that effect became law in July 2005, though only schools receiving federal funding are subject to its terms.[citation needed]

She also devotes much of her time as a board member of the Children's Health Environmental Coalition (CHEC), a non-profit organization dedicated to educating parents about environmental toxins and potential health hazards for children with illnesses. She joined after her son Jett was diagnosed with Kawasaki syndrome, an illness that she suggests affects children and results in severe allergies and asthma attacks (although Kawasaki syndrome is known to cause coronary artery aneurysms if not treated but is not associated with causing asthma or allergies).[citation needed]

[edit] Filmography

Upcoming:

  • The Tenth Circle (2008) Lifetime TV Original movie
  • Old Dogs (2009)


[edit] CAT IN THE HAT [2007]

[edit] External links

Scientology Portal
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