Kelly McGillis Age, Net Worth, Husband, Family and Biography (Updated 2023)

September 26, 2024

Net Worth	$10 Million
Name	Kelly McGillis
Date of Birth	9 July 1957
Age	65 Years Old
Gender	Female

Kelly McGills Net Worth

$10 Million

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Kelly McGillis aka Kelly Ann McGillis is an American screen and stage actress. As of 2023, Kelly McGills’s net worth is $10 million. She is notably known for her roles. She taught acting at the New York studio for stage and screen NYS3 in Ashville, North Carolina. She belongs to Welsh, Scots-Irish, English, and German ancestry. She works in different jobs while pursuing her passion just like waitressing, involving some stage roles.

She owned her business, a restaurant to take care of her family and try to spend time with family. She is solely a mother and a very hard-working lady. She lived her passion and did unforgettable work in American cinema. Her career is full of ups and downs. During the 80s, she didn’t achieve anything remarkable from her beginning roles.

Then after snagging a few stage roles, she was nominated for Academy Award for her film ‘REUBEN’ (1983). That gives her a new recognition as an actress and the role opposite Harrison Ford is a Major hit of that time making her take a big step in the industry.

Kelly McGillis Wiki/Biography

Born on 9 July 1957, Kelly McGillis’s age is 65 Years Old as of 2023. She is born and raised in Newport Beach, California, United States. She holds an American nationality and has her belief in Christian religion. She is the eldest daughter of her family. She completed his early schooling at Newport Harbor High School in Los Angeles California, United States of America.

Kelly McGillis Childhood Pic

Then she enrolled herself in the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts at Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria, California. After that she get his GED and dropped high school in 1975, she starts studying acting in New York at the Juilliard School; graduated in 1983. She always has had a desire to become a popular actress. She was involved in acting classes while pursuing her studies. She roles in stage shows and television show to gain experience.

Name	Kelly McGillis
Full Name	Kelly Ann McGillis
Net Worth	$10 Million
Date of Birth	9 July 1957
Age	65 Years Old
Birth Place	Newport Beach, California, United States
Currently Live In	Hendersonville, North Carolina
Profession	Screen and Stage Actress
Debut	TV Series: Daytime Soap (1984) Film: Reuben, Reuben (1983)
Years Active	1976 – Present
Famous Role	Rachel Lapp in the Film Witness (1985)
Nationality	American
Religion	Christian
Ethnicity	Scots-Irish, German and Welsh Descent
Hometown	Newport Beach, California
Zodiac Sign	Cancer
School/High School	Newport Harbor High School in Los Angele, California, United States Juilliard School, New York
College/University	Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts at Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria, California
Education Qualification	Graduate

Family, Husband & Relationships

Kelly McGillis’s parents are Donald Manson and Virginia Joan McGillis. Kelly McGillis’s father’s name is Donald Manson McGillis, who is a Physician by profession.

Kelly McGillis’s mother’s name is Virginia Joan McGillis, who is a homemaker. Her paternal ancestry is Scots-Irish and her maternal side is related to German ancestry. She is also related to English and Welsh ancestry.

She also has two siblings. Her younger sister’s names are Karen McGillis and Kathleen McGillis.

Kelly McGillis’s marital status is divorced. She was in a relationship with Boyd black and married him in 1979 get divorced in 1981.

Kelly McGillis with her Ex-Husband (Boyd black)

Then she married Fred Tillman in 1989 and they have two daughter’s are Kelsey and Sonora, but the couple separated in 2002.

Kelly McGillis with her Ex-Husband (Fred Tillman)

She came out as a lesbian in 2009 in the show SHE WIRED, after she married Melanie Leis in 2010; but their cessation in 2011.

Kelly McGillis with her Ex-Wife (Melanie Leis)

Father Name	Donald Manson McGillis
Mother Name	Virginia Joan McGillis
Brother Name	–
Sister Name	Karen McGillis Kathleen McGillis
Boyfriend	Boyd black (Ex) Fred Tillman (Ex)
Girlfriend	Melanie Leis (Ex)
Marital Status	Divorced
Husband Name	Boyd black (Ex) Fred Tillman (Ex)
Wife Name	Melanie Leis (Ex)
Children	Kelsey Tillman (Daughter) Sonora Tillman (Daughter)

Physical Appearance

The young Kelly McGills is a beautiful-looking and gorgeous girl with an attractive and charming personality. She owns a beautiful, hot, and curvaceous figure with attractive body measurements and a beautifully slimed body type. Her figure measurements are 30-23-32 inches approximately.

She is about 5ft 10 inches or 1.78m in height and her body weight is around 60 kgs. She has short and shiny black color hair and also has delightful brown color beautiful and blistering eyes.

Height (approx)	in centimeters: 182 cm in meters: 1.82 m in feet inches: 5’ 10”
Weight (approx)	in kilograms: 60 kg in pounds: 132 lbs
Eye Colour	Brown
Hair Colour	Black

Career

She started her career in stage roles and television shows. She takes classes for acting and while pursuing her career, she does jobs as a waitressing and a few stage roles. She is passionate. She takes classes at Juilliard school of acting and completed the course in 1983.

In 1983, she play role of “Geneva Spofford” in the film titled “Reuben, Reuben”.

In the year 1985, she play role of “Rachel Lapp” in the film titled “Witness”.

Her beginning roles were in a film like Top Gun (1986), and The Accused(1988) but these major roles and hits didn’t give her popularity.

The films were nominated for various awards and they were the highest-grossing films at that time but they overlook the role of Kelly McGills.

She remained in the cinema without any complaints. Then she was able to specify her career by major hits movies during the 1980s she play roles infamous William Shakespeare play “The Merchant of Venice”. In the 1990s she takes a break from movies, before that she played several roles in movies like ‘The Babe (1992)’, ‘Winter people (1989)’, ‘North (1994)’, ‘Amish(1989)’.

After a break she returned to her film career with ‘At First Sight (1999)’, further she plays the suspect role of a young woman in ‘The Monkey Mask ’ it is a lesbian cult film of 2000. This film is based on an Australian novel written by Dorothy Porter.

She featured in John’s Webber play ‘The Duchess of Malfi’, ‘Mrs. Robinson’, ‘Pasadena Playhouse’, ‘The Little foxes’, ‘Don Juan’, ‘The Seagull’, ‘Peccadillo’, ‘Twelfth night’, ‘The Merry wives of Windsor’, ‘Mary Stuart’, ‘Hedda Gabler’, ‘A Mourning Becomes Electra’, ‘A Midsummer Night’s dream’, ‘Measure for Measure’, ‘Love for love’, ‘Six Characters in search of an Author’, ‘Three sisters’ and ‘The Winter Tales’. All the above mentioned is her stage shows she appeared in.

The film with Harrison Ford is ‘WITNESS’ (1985); directed by Peter Weir.

Then she started working with Jerry Bruckheimer in the mega-hit movie ‘TOP GUN’, (1986). This movie is a blockbuster and makes her a popular actress. All these movies didn’t help Kelly to establish her career in cinema hardly.