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Kelly Rutherford Profile |
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Birth Date: November 6, 1968
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Birth Place: Elizabethtown, Kentucky, USA
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Birth Name: Kelly Deane Melissa Rutherford
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Height: 5'8"
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Biography |
Kelly Rutherford is an American actress known for her roles
of Stephanie "Sam" Whitmore on Generations, Megan Lewis on
Melrose Place from 1996 to 1999 and Lily van der Woodsen on
Gossip Girl from 2007 to the present.
Rutherford was born in Elizabethtown, the seat of Hardin
County, in central Kentucky. She is the daughter of Ann
Edwards, a model and writer, who is divorced from
Rutherford's father. She has a younger brother, Anthony, and
two younger sisters, Courtney and Lindsey.
Rutherford was married to Carlos Tarajano from June 30,
2001, to January 11, 2002. In summer 2001, shortly after her
wedding, her then-31-year-old husband had an unexpected
cardiac arrest--he recovered. She left Tarajano a week
before an InStyle Special on celebrity weddings that
included footage of their wedding.
Rutherford married her second husband, German businessman
Daniel Giersch (b. 1973), in August 2006. She gave birth to
their first child, a boy named Hermés Gustaf Daniel Giersch
on October 18, 2006 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los
Angeles. Kelly and her husband are currently expecting their
second child, due June 2009. On December 30, 2008, Kelly
filed for divorce from Giersch. She cited irreconcibale
differences on the paperwork, which was submitted to a judge
at Los Angeles Superior Court.
She is friends with The O.C. actress Kelly Rowan and also
practices yoga together with Lisa Rinna and Marcia Cross. |
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Other
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Kelly Rutherford has been and still is a famous celebrity in
Turkey. Her role in the short-lived, but highly acclaimed TV
series "Generations" (1989) , made an impression in the
cultural psyche of the Turkish people so much so that
allusions to Sam, her character, are commonly applied in
daily life. If you ask the devout fans they'll readily
attribute the success of the drama entirely to her presence.
She followed her fame by recording various commercials for
the Turkish market, and even appeared in a nationally
broadcast music festival. Rutherford's kindness has very
much endeared her to the Turkish people.
Shortly after her wedding her then 31-year-old husband had
an unexpected cardiac arrest - he recovered. [Summer 2001]
Left her then-husband Carlos a week before the airing of an
In Style special on celebrity weddings that included footage
of their wedding.
Practises yoga together with Lisa Rinna and Marcia Cross.
At age 37, gave birth to her first child. Son, Hermés Gustaf
Daniel Giersch was born on 18 October 2006 in Los Angeles.
He weighed 8.5 lbs. and was 22 inches long.
Her husband, Daniel Giersch, is a businessman.
Friends with "The O.C." (2003) actress Kelly Rowan.
Expecting her second child, due in June, 2009 [December 1,
2008]. |
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since January 9, 2009