Kelly McGillis

{{Infobox person

| name = Kelly McGillis

| image = Kelly McGillis on RealTVFilms.jpg

| caption = McGillis at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|7|9}}

| birth_place = Newport Beach, California, U.S.

| education = Allan Hancock College
Juilliard School (BFA)

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 1976–present

| notable_works = Filmography

| spouse = {{plainlist|

{{marriage|Boyd Black|1979|1981|reason=divorced}}
{{marriage|Fred Tillman|1989|2002|reason=divorced}}

}}

| partner = Melanie Leis (2010–2011)

| children = 2

}}

Kelly Ann McGillis{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/kelly-mcgillis/credits/3000000106/|work=TV Guide|title=Kelly McGillis Biography|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220204025441/https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/kelly-mcgillis/credits/3000000106/|archive-date=February 4, 2022|access-date=July 3, 2022}} (born July 9, 1957){{Cite web|publisher=United Press International|url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2023/07/09/UPI-Almanac-for-Sunday-July-9-2023/5921688839314/|title=On This Day in History – UPI Almanac for Sunday, July 9, 2023|author=United Press International Staff|date=July 9, 2023|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20231108034009/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2023/07/09/UPI-Almanac-for-Sunday-July-9-2023/5921688839314/|archive-date=November 8, 2023}}{{cite web |title=McGillis, Kelly 1957- |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/mcgillis-kelly-1957 |website=Encyclopedia.com |publisher=Cengage |access-date=April 12, 2022}} is an American actress. She is known for her film roles such as Rachel Lapp in Witness (1985), for which she received Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations; Charlie in Top Gun (1986); Made in Heaven (1987); The House on Carroll Street (1988); and as Katheryn Murphy in The Accused (1988).{{Cite news|url=http://people.com/archive/cover-story-memoir-of-a-brief-time-in-hell-vol-30-no-20/|title=Cover Story: Memoir of a Brief Time in Hell – Vol. 30 No. 20|date=November 14, 1988|work=People|access-date=June 29, 2017|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906163400/http://people.com/archive/cover-story-memoir-of-a-brief-time-in-hell-vol-30-no-20/|archive-date=September 6, 2017|url-status=live}} In her later career, she has starred in horror films such as Stake Land (2010), The Innkeepers (2011), and We Are What We Are (2013).

Early life

McGillis was born on July 9, 1957, in the Southern California suburb of Newport Beach, the eldest of three daughters born to Virginia Joan (née Snell), a homemaker, and Donald Manson McGillis, a physician.{{cite news | url = https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/453033732.html?dids=453033732:453033732&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Dec+10%2C+1955&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Miss+Snell+Picks+Date&pqatl=google | title = Miss Snell Picks Date | newspaper = Los Angeles Times | date = December 10, 1955 | access-date = September 29, 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121105010154/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/453033732.html?dids=453033732:453033732&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Dec+10%2C+1955&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Miss+Snell+Picks+Date&pqatl=google | archive-date = November 5, 2012 | url-status=dead }} Her direct paternal descent is Scots-Irish, including German and Welsh ancestry.{{cite web|url=https://www.collectors.com/entertainment-item/kelly-mcgillis-out-of-ireland-pbs-original-press-glossy-mov/-8733482004185975670|title=Kelly McGillis 'Out Of Ireland' PBS|accessdate=10 April 2022}} She attended Newport Harbor High School.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jun-03-ss-56663-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|date=June 3, 1998|title=Newport Harbor High|archive-date=February 4, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220204024522/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jun-03-ss-56663-story.html|access-date=July 3, 2022|url-status=live}}

McGillis attended the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts at Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria, California.{{cite news | url = http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20089958,00.html | title = Kelly McGillis Plays the Amish Love of Harrison Ford in Witness—and Kisses Waitressing Goodbye | first = John | last = Stark | date = February 18, 1985 | work = People | access-date = April 13, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121120183415/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20089958,00.html | archive-date = November 20, 2012 | url-status=live }} After dropping out of high school in 1975, she obtained her GED and then moved to New York City to study acting at the Juilliard School,{{cite news | url = http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20100476,00.html | title = Memoir of a Brief Time in Hell | first = Kelly | last = McGillis | date = November 14, 1988 | work = People | access-date = April 13, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120423040551/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20100476,00.html | archive-date = April 23, 2012 | url-status=live }} where she graduated in 1983, Group 12.{{cite news|url=http://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/movies/top-gun-actress-kelly-mcgillis-working-for-nj-non-profit-enjoying-life |title='Top Gun' actress Kelly McGillis working for N.J. rehab, enjoying life |first=Alicia |last=Cruz |publisher=NewJerseyNewsRoom.com |date=May 23, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130212004200/http://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/movies/top-gun-actress-kelly-mcgillis-working-for-nj-non-profit-enjoying-life |archive-date=February 12, 2013 }}

Career

= Film =

After making her film debut in Reuben, Reuben{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YnUfSocAlpYC&q=reuben+reuben+1983+debut+mcgillis&pg=PA274|title=Movie Lists: 397 Ways to Pick a DVD|first=Paul|last=Simpson|date=May 26, 2011|publisher=Profile Books|isbn=978-1847653550|access-date=July 28, 2018|via=Google Books|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728131333/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YnUfSocAlpYC&pg=PA274&lpg=PA274&dq=reuben+reuben+1983+debut+mcgillis&source=bl&ots=pNHLNcSrjV&sig=On2xSqNSX_MoP93YELFHGl2Lt_0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwix-dqNqcrYAhUIK8AKHawFD-MQ6AEIZTAO#v=onepage&q=reuben+reuben+1983+debut+mcgillis&f=false|archive-date=July 28, 2018|url-status=live}} in 1983, McGillis's breakout role was that of an Amish mother in Witness (1985) for which she received Golden Globe and BAFTA award nominations. Her next high-profile role was that of flight instructor Charlotte Blackwood (call sign "Charlie") in the 1986 fighter-pilot film Top Gun starring Tom Cruise.{{Cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/lesser-known-facts-top-gun-gallery-1.3179710|title=Lesser-known facts about 'Top Gun' that will take your breath away|work=NY Daily News|access-date=May 22, 2017|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170521142634/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/lesser-known-facts-top-gun-gallery-1.3179710|archive-date=May 21, 2017|url-status=live}}

File:Kelly McGillis on the set of Witness (1984).jpg

In 1987, McGillis acted in the romance film Made in Heaven, directed by Alan Rudolph, which was produced by Lorimar Productions.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/made-in-heaven-1987|title=Made in Heaven Movie Review & Film Summary (1987) {{!}} Roger Ebert|last=Ebert|first=Roger|website=www.rogerebert.com|language=en|access-date=June 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630074808/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/made-in-heaven-1987|archive-date=June 30, 2017|url-status=live}}

McGillis played the part of caretaker for Miss Venable (Jessica Tandy) in 1988's The House on Carroll Street, which also starred Jeff Daniels. She overhears a suspicious conversation in the house next door and suspects that she's stumbled on a conspiracy to smuggle Nazi war criminals into the United States.

After 1988's The Accused, she appeared in Cat Chaser with Peter Weller, a film she despised and which discouraged her from pursuing an acting career.{{cite news|last=Hasted |first=Nick |date=March 29, 2001 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/kelly-mcgillis-the-star-who-threw-herself-to-earth-689394.html |title=Kelly McGillis: The star who threw herself to earth |work=The Independent |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111024232138/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/kelly-mcgillis-the-star-who-threw-herself-to-earth-689394.html |archive-date=October 24, 2011 }}{{cite book | last = Davis | first = Steven Paul | year = 2001 | title = The A-Z of Cult Films and Film-makers | publisher = Batsford | isbn = 978-0-7134-8704-6}} McGillis appeared in dozens of television and film roles throughout the 1990s before taking a break from acting for a few years.

McGillis played the part of Babe Ruth's second wife, Claire Merritt Ruth, in The Babe (1992). From the late-1980s to the mid-1990s, McGillis appeared in Winter People (1989), and North (1994), her second Amish part in television or film, as well as several made-for-TV films.

In 1999, McGillis co-starred with Val Kilmer (who plays Virgil, a blind man), for a second time as his over protective sister in At First Sight.{{Cite web|url=http://www.planetkilmer.com/movies/afs/articles/mrshowbiz/showbiz.html|title=Val Kilmer - At First Sight - Interview with Mr. Showbiz|date=December 21, 2005|access-date=June 4, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051221113015/http://www.planetkilmer.com/movies/afs/articles/mrshowbiz/showbiz.html|archive-date=December 21, 2005}}

She played the suspect in the disappearance of a young woman in The Monkey's Mask, an international lesbian cult film from 2000 starring Susie Porter. The film is based on the verse novel of the same name by Australian poet Dorothy Porter.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/27/movies/film-in-review-the-monkey-s-mask.html|title=FILM IN REVIEW; 'The Monkey's Mask'|last=Scott|first=A. O.|date=July 27, 2001|work=The New York Times|access-date=June 4, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316182921/http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/27/movies/film-in-review-the-monkey-s-mask.html|archive-date=March 16, 2016|url-status=live}}

= Television =

McGillis's early television roles included a part on the daytime soap One Life to Live in 1984.

She starred in the 1984 television movie Sweet Revenge (also known as Bittersweet Revenge) with Alec Baldwin.{{cite web |title=Sweet Revenge (1984 TV Movie) Release Info |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088211/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_dt_dt#akas |website=IMDb |publisher=Amazon.com |access-date=22 October 2020}}

Other television films during the 1980s included Private Sessions in 1985, and as a narrator in Santabear's First Christmas. She also narrated the documentary Out of Ireland for PBS in 1995.

= Stage =

While at Juilliard she performed in William Congreve's Love for Love, directed by John Bletchley.{{CN|date=September 2023}} She appeared in a couple of off-broadway and Broadway theater productions during the 1980s in New York City.

During the late-1980s{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/10/04/theater/review-theater-kelly-mcgillis-stars-in-twelfth-night.html|title=Review/Theater; Kelly McGillis Stars In 'Twelfth Night'|last1=Rich|first1=Frank|date=October 4, 1989|work=The New York Times|access-date=October 22, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023071355/http://www.nytimes.com/1989/10/04/theater/review-theater-kelly-mcgillis-stars-in-twelfth-night.html|archive-date=October 23, 2017|url-status=live}} and through the mid-2000s, McGillis was a featured actress at the prestigious Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington DC.{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/patrick-page-and-kelly-mcgillis-are-mr-and-mrs-macbeth-at-dcs-shakespeare-theatre-aug-31-com-121639|title=Patrick Page and Kelly McGillis Are Mr. and Mrs. Macbeth at DC's Shakespeare Theatre Aug. 31 {{!}} Playbill|website=Playbill|language=en|access-date=October 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023115919/http://www.playbill.com/article/patrick-page-and-kelly-mcgillis-are-mr-and-mrs-macbeth-at-dcs-shakespeare-theatre-aug-31-com-121639|archive-date=October 23, 2017|url-status=live}} In 2002, she appeared in production of John Webber's play "The Duchess of Malfi" at the Shakespeare Theatre, Washington, DC.

In 2004, she appeared in the stage play The Graduate as Mrs. Robinson, touring the United States.{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/09/kelly-mcgillis-photos_n_1651750.html|title=What Does This 'Top Gun' Bombshell Look Like Now?author=Shana Honig|date=July 9, 2012|website=The Huffington Post|access-date=July 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701101247/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/09/kelly-mcgillis-photos_n_1651750.html|archive-date=July 1, 2016|url-status=live}} McGillis starred in a Pasadena Playhouse stage production of The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman in May 2009, co-starring with Julia Duffy.{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/mcgillis-duffy-lee-pierson-are-greedy-brood-in-pasadena-little-foxes-opening-may-29-com-161319|title=McGillis, Duffy, Lee, Pierson Are Greedy Brood in Pasadena Little Foxes, Opening May 29|website=Playbill|access-date=July 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820024726/http://www.playbill.com/article/mcgillis-duffy-lee-pierson-are-greedy-brood-in-pasadena-little-foxes-opening-may-29-com-161319|archive-date=August 20, 2016|url-status=live}}

Her stage work includes: Don Juan (1982), The Sea Gull (1985), Peccadillo (1985), The Merchant of Venice (1988), Twelfth Night (1989), Mary Stuart (1990), The Merry Wives of Windsor (1990), Hedda Gabler (1994), Mourning Becomes Electra (1997), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999), Measure for Measure (1999) and The Graduate (2004), together with additional roles in Love for Love, Six Characters in Search of an Author, Three Sisters and The Winter's Tale.

She also appeared in a production of Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune by Terrence McNally, which toured the United Kingdom in 2010.{{Cite web|url=http://www.searchnetworth.com/kelly-mcgillis-net-worth/|title=Kelly McGillis Net Worth|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823032251/http://www.searchnetworth.com/kelly-mcgillis-net-worth/|archive-date=August 23, 2016|url-status=dead}}

= Return to film and TV =

File:KellyMcGillisSept10TIFF.jpg]]

She began working in television again in 2006, then in 2007 joined the cast of Showtime's The L Word for its fifth season.{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/greg-archer/kelly-mcgillis-i-have-to_b_5413034.html|title=Kelly McGillis: 'I Have to Be True to Myself'|author=Greg Archer |date=May 29, 2014|website=The Huffington Post|access-date=July 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911122350/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/greg-archer/kelly-mcgillis-i-have-to_b_5413034.html|archive-date=September 11, 2016|url-status=live}}

She had a role in the 2010 vampire film Stake Land,{{cite web|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/33307/kelly-mcgillis-a-top-gun-stake-land|title=Kelly McGillis a Top Gun in Stake Land|date=September 2, 2009 |access-date=July 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329061937/http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/33307/kelly-mcgillis-a-top-gun-stake-land|archive-date=March 29, 2012|url-status=live}} directed by Jim Mickle,{{cite web|url=http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/19830|title=Massive Set Visit Report: A Trip to 'Stake Land' - Bloody Disgusting!|date=April 14, 2010|access-date=April 14, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100417131818/http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/19830|archive-date=April 17, 2010|url-status=live}} starring alongside Nick Damici, Connor Paolo and Danielle Harris.{{cite web|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/34400/badass-stake-land-teaser|title=IFC Infected by Cronenberg's Antiviral - Dread Central|date=June 6, 2012|access-date=November 6, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091108104647/http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/34400/badass-stake-land-teaser|archive-date=November 8, 2009|url-status=live}}

McGillis was featured in a breast cancer docu-drama titled 1 a Minute, released in 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/indian-star-rallies-celebrity-support-for-cancer-movie_1118440|title=Indian Star Rallies Celebrity Support For Cancer Movie|date=October 8, 2009|access-date=November 25, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091030002804/http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/indian-star-rallies-celebrity-support-for-cancer-movie_1118440|archive-date=October 30, 2009|url-status=live}}

She starred in Ti West's 2011 thriller The Innkeepers{{cite web|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/37448/first-images-ti-wests-the-inkeepers|title=Awaken to Another American Horror Story: Asylum Promo Teaser - Dread Central|date=September 14, 2012|access-date=May 11, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100514182553/http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/37448/first-images-ti-wests-the-inkeepers|archive-date=May 14, 2010|url-status=live}}, We Are What We Are and Tio Papi in 2013, Grand Street, Love Finds You in Sugarcreek, Ohio (which was McGillis's third Amish-themed film), Z Nation, and an episode of Sisters of Mercy in 2014, and Blue in 2015.

An Uncommon Grace on Hallmark Channel was McGillis's fourth Amish themed film{{Cite web|url=http://www.hallmarkmoviesandmysteries.com/an-uncommon-grace|title=An Uncommon Grace {{!}} Hallmark Movies and Mysteries|website=Hallmark Movies and Mysteries|access-date=June 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607040606/http://www.hallmarkmoviesandmysteries.com/an-uncommon-grace|archive-date=June 7, 2017|url-status=live}} and she had the lead role in Mother of All Secrets in 2017 as Rose Lewis.{{Cite web|url=http://www.royalgazette.com/news/article/20170526/trailer-released-for-film-featuring-island|title=McGillis in Mother Of All Secrets|date=May 26, 2017 |publisher=royalgazette.com|access-date=May 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170526164941/http://www.royalgazette.com/news/article/20170526/trailer-released-for-film-featuring-island|archive-date=May 26, 2017|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=http://soapcentral.com/days/news/2017/0526-kate_mansi_mother_of_all_secrets_trailer.php|title=Mother Of All Secrets Trailer|access-date=May 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602063107/http://soapcentral.com/days/news/2017/0526-kate_mansi_mother_of_all_secrets_trailer.php|archive-date=June 2, 2017|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=http://bernews.com/2017/06/mother-of-all-secrets/|title=Trailer For New Thriller Features Bermuda - Bernews.com|date=June 26, 2017|work=Bernews.com|access-date=June 29, 2017|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701044026/http://bernews.com/2017/06/mother-of-all-secrets/|archive-date=July 1, 2017|url-status=live}}

Personal life

McGillis married fellow Juilliard student Boyd Black in 1979; the couple divorced in 1981.{{cite news|last=Mottram|first=James|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/kelly-mcgillis-i-would-cameo-in-top-gun-2-9141908.html|title=Kelly McGillis: 'I would cameo in Top Gun 2'|newspaper=The Independent |date=February 21, 2014|quote=McGillis moved to New York in 1979 to study acting at the prestigious Juilliard drama school, the same year she married fellow student Boyd Black. It was short-lived, the couple divorcing in 1981 |access-date=July 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160727031552/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/kelly-mcgillis-i-would-cameo-in-top-gun-2-9141908.html|archive-date=July 27, 2016|url-status=live}} In the mid-1980s, she dated Warren Beatty."[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/562419572 Walter Scott's Personality Parade]". April 7, 1985. She married Fred Tillman in 1989, and they have two daughters.{{Cite news|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/288867/MCGILLIS-LEAVES-HOLLYWOOD-FOR-KEY-WEST.html|title=McGillis leaves Hollywood for Key West|date=May 4, 1993 |work=Deseret News |access-date=May 23, 2017|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922100115/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/288867/MCGILLIS-LEAVES-HOLLYWOOD-FOR-KEY-WEST.html|archive-date=September 22, 2017|url-status=dead}} The couple divorced in 2002.

The Centurion, a 110-foot schooner valued at $1.5 million owned by McGillis and her then-husband, Fred Tillman, was destroyed by fire in April 1996 at a marina in Dania, Florida. The fire started on an adjacent boat at the Port LauDania marina on a Dania Cutoff Canal and spread to the schooner. Tillman had brought the boat from the couple's home in Key West in hopes of selling it at the Fort Lauderdale Boat Show.{{cite web |date=April 20, 1996 |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1996-04-20-9604200019-story.html| title = FIRE DESTROYS 2 MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR VESSELS IN DANIA |work=Sun-Sentinel }}

McGillis came out as a lesbian in 2009 during an interview with SheWired.{{cite web |first= Boo |last= Jarchow |date= April 30, 2009 |title= Kelly McGillis Says She's Gay on SheWired's 'Girl Rock' |work= SheWired |publisher= Here Media |url= http://shewired.com/Article.cfm?ID=22511 |access-date= April 30, 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090501234935/http://www.shewired.com/Article.cfm?ID=22511 |archive-date= May 1, 2009 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |first= Neal |last= Broverman |date= April 30, 2009 |title= Top Gun Star Comes Out: Not Tom |work= The Advocate| url= http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid81466.asp |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090502193509/http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid81466.asp |archive-date= May 2, 2009}} In 2010, she entered into a civil union with Melanie Leis, a Philadelphia sales executive. They had met in 2000 when Leis was a bartender at the Caribbean Bar Grill & Brewery{{Cite web |url=http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/pan-am-s-first-office |title=Pan Am's First Office |website=Atlas Obscura |language=en |access-date=June 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710063910/http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/pan-am-s-first-office|archive-date=July 10, 2017|url-status=live}} in Key West, Florida,{{Cite web |url=https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g34345-d117314-Reviews-Kelly_s_Caribbean_Bar_Grill_and_Brewery-Key_West_Florida_Keys_Florida.html |title=Kelly's Caribbean Bar, Grill and Brewery (Key West, FL): Top Tips Before You Go |publisher=Tripadvisor |access-date=June 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006013132/https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g34345-d117314-Reviews-Kelly_s_Caribbean_Bar_Grill_and_Brewery-Key_West_Florida_Keys_Florida.html|archive-date=October 6, 2017|url-status=live}} which McGillis owned with her then-husband.{{cite news | first = Paula | last = Schwartz | date = September 15, 2010 | title = Kelly McGillis, Melanie Leis | work = The New York Times | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/15/fashion/weddings/15MCGILLIS.html | access-date = September 29, 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171006062757/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/15/fashion/weddings/15MCGILLIS.html | archive-date = October 6, 2017 | url-status=live }}

McGillis worked full-time with drug addicts and alcoholics at Seabrook House Drug Alcohol Rehab Center, a rehabilitation center in Bridgeton, New Jersey, when she and Leis shared a home in Collingswood.{{Cite news | last = Nutt | first = Amy Ellis | title = Kelly McGillis traded Hollywood for Collingswood - and a contented existence | newspaper = The Star-Ledger | pages = 23, 25 | date = April 18, 2011 | url = http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2011/04/kelly_mcgillis_traded_hollywoo.html | access-date = April 19, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110521223218/http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2011/04/kelly_mcgillis_traded_hollywoo.html | archive-date = May 21, 2011 | url-status=live }}

McGillis currently lives in Hendersonville, North Carolina. As of 2013, she has taught acting at the New York Studio for Stage and Screen (NYS3) in Asheville, North Carolina.{{cite web|last=Doty|first=Meriah|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-talk/kelly-mcgillis-recalls-top-gun-love-scene-lot-215315250.html|title=Kelly McGillis recalls 'Top Gun' love scene and 'a lot of partying' while filming|date=February 9, 2013 |publisher=Yahoo! Movies|access-date=July 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009100101/https://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-talk/kelly-mcgillis-recalls-top-gun-love-scene-lot-215315250.html|archive-date=October 9, 2014|url-status=live}}

=2016 home invasion=

McGillis was left scratched and bruised after she was assaulted by a woman who broke into her home on June 17, 2016.{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2016/06/24/actress-kelly-mcgillis-attacked-at-north-carolina-home/86347504|last=Puente|first=Maria|newspaper=USA Today|title='Top Gun' actress Kelly McGillis attacked at her North Carolina home|date=June 24, 2016|access-date=September 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621021126/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2016/06/24/actress-kelly-mcgillis-attacked-at-north-carolina-home/86347504/|archive-date=June 21, 2018|url-status=live}} She said the attack, as well as others which she has been a victim of in the past, led her to apply for a concealed carry permit to protect herself. Following the incident, a 38-year-old woman, Laurence Marie Dorn, was charged with second-degree burglary, misdemeanor larceny, misdemeanor stalking, assault and battery, and interfering with emergency communication. Later, Dorn was convicted of misdemeanor breaking and entering and sentenced to probation.{{cite news| url=http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/35457053/jury-convicts-woman-for-breaking-into-top-gun-actresss-home| title=Jury convicts woman for breaking into Top Gun actress's home| last=LaVorgna| first=Brandon| date=May 17, 2017| publisher=Fox Carolina| access-date=September 29, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620181229/http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/35457053/jury-convicts-woman-for-breaking-into-top-gun-actresss-home| archive-date=June 20, 2018| url-status=live}}

Filmography

Awards and nominations

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Association ! Category ! Nominated work ! Result
rowspan="4"\|1986 \|Golden Globe \|Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture \|Witness \|{{nom}}
BAFTA Award \|Best Actress \|Witness \|{{nom}}
Jupiter Award (film award) \|Best International Actress \|Witness \|{{nom}}
Bravo Otto \|Best Actress \|Top Gun \|{{won}}
rowspan="3"\|1987 \|Jupiter Award (film award) \|Best International Actress \|Top Gun \|{{nom}}
Bravo Otto \|Best Actress \|Made in Heaven \|{{won}}
Golden Ciak \|Best Actress \|Made in Heaven \|{{won}}
1988 \|Bravo Otto \|Best Actress \|The Accused \|{{won\|place=Bronze}}
1989 \|Jupiter Award (film award) \|Best International Actress \|The Accused \|{{nom}}
rowspan="2"\|2018 \|California Women’s Film Festival \|Best Supporting Actress \|Maternal Secrets \|{{nom}}
Southampton International Film Festival \|Supporting Actress in a Feature \|Maternal Secrets \|{{nom}}

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Association

! Category

! Nominated work

! Result

rowspan="4"|1986

|Golden Globe

|Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

|Witness

|{{nom}}

BAFTA Award

|Best Actress

|Witness

|{{nom}}

Jupiter Award (film award)

|Best International Actress

|Witness

|{{nom}}

Bravo Otto

|Best Actress

|Top Gun

|{{won}}

rowspan="3"|1987

|Jupiter Award (film award)

|Best International Actress

|Top Gun

|{{nom}}

Bravo Otto

|Best Actress

|Made in Heaven

|{{won}}

Golden Ciak

|Best Actress

|Made in Heaven

|{{won}}

1988

|Bravo Otto

|Best Actress

|The Accused

|{{won|place=Bronze}}

1989

|Jupiter Award (film award)

|Best International Actress

|The Accused

|{{nom}}

rowspan="2"|2018

|California Women’s Film Festival

|Best Supporting Actress

|Maternal Secrets

|{{nom}}

Southampton International Film Festival

|Supporting Actress in a Feature

|Maternal Secrets

|{{nom}}

References

External links

{{IMDb name|id=|name=Kelly Mcgillis}}
[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/kelly-mcgillis-52331 Kelly McGillis] on IBDB (Internet Broadway Database)
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{{Rotten Tomatoes person|kelly_mcgillis}}

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Category:Allan Hancock College alumni

Category:American film actresses

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