ACTOR

Kelly Preston

1962 - 2020

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Kelly Kamalelehua Smith (October 13, 1962 – July 12, 2020), known professionally as Kelly Preston, was an American actress. She appeared in more than 60 television and film productions, including Mischief (1985), Twins (1988), Jerry Maguire (1996), and For Love of the Game (1999). She married John Travolta in 1991, and collaborated with him on the comedy film The Experts (1989) and the biographical film Gotti (2018). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kelly Preston has received more than 24,323,537 page views. Her biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Kelly Preston is the 824th most popular actor (up from 1,035th in 2019), the 1,490th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,868th in 2019) and the 398th most popular American Actor.

Kelly Preston is most famous for being married to John Travolta.

Memorability Metrics

  • 24M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.03

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 53

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Kelly Preston ranks 824 out of 13,578. Before her are Orlando Bloom, Michael Madsen, Hiroyuki Sanada, Kristin Scott Thomas, Michael Rooker, and Ljubiša Samardžić. After her are Jean-Claude Pascal, Claude Gensac, Stewart Granger, Omar Sy, Charlotte Gainsbourg, and Gabriele Ferzetti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Kelly Preston ranks 35. Before her are Joan Laporta, Evander Holyfield, Viktor Tsoi, Stephen Chow, Jeff Bennett, and Thomas Kretschmann. After her are Ales Bialiatski, Matteo Messina Denaro, Milo Đukanović, Matthew Broderick, Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este, and Dino Merlin. Among people deceased in 2020, Kelly Preston ranks 73. Before her are Stirling Moss, Jack Steinberger, Ulay, Amadou Toumani Touré, Clive Cussler, and Eddie Van Halen. After her are Kang Kek Iew, Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Lee Kun-hee, Terry Jones, Momčilo Krajišnik, and Quino.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kelly Preston ranks 1,490 out of 20,380. Before her are Clive Cussler (1931), Red Cloud (1822), Michael Rooker (1955), J. J. Cale (1938), Bessie Smith (1894), and W. Eugene Smith (1918). After her are David McClelland (1917), Thomas J. Sargent (1943), Stonewall Jackson (1824), William Nordhaus (1941), Erskine Caldwell (1903), and Herbert Blomstedt (1927).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Kelly Preston ranks 398. Before her are Tom Skerritt (1933), Bubba Smith (1945), Dennis Quaid (1954), Joseph Cotten (1905), Michael Madsen (1957), and Michael Rooker (1955). After her are David Graf (1950), Macaulay Culkin (1980), Patrick McGoohan (1928), Matt LeBlanc (1967), Jake Gyllenhaal (1980), and James Brolin (1940).

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Television and Movie Roles

Jerry Maguire
Avery Bishop
Jerry Maguire used to be a typical sports agent: willing to do just about anything he could to get the biggest possible contracts for his clients, plus a nice commission for himself. Then, one day, he suddenly has second thoughts about what he's really doing. When he voices these doubts, he ends up losing his job and all of his clients, save Rod Tidwell, an egomaniacal football player.
Dec 13o 19966.961 / 10
Twins
Marnie Mason
Julius and Vincent Benedict are the results of an experiment that would allow for the perfect child. Julius was planned and grows to athletic proportions. Vincent is an accident and is somewhat smaller in stature. Vincent is placed in an orphanage while Julius is taken to a south seas island and raised by philosophers. Vincent becomes the ultimate low life and is about to be killed by loan sharks.
Dec 9o 19886.013 / 10
Sky High
Josie Stronghold / Jetstream
Set in a world where superheroes are commonly known and accepted, young Will Stronghold, the son of the Commander and Jetstream, tries to find a balance between being a normal teenager and an extraordinary being.
Jul 29o 20056.238 / 10