Home   >   Movie Stars   >   M   >   Kelly McGillis

Kelly McGillis

A respected screen, stage and television actor for the past twenty-five years, Kelly McGillis follows up her recent appearance in the highly regarded Stake Land with a star turn a fading TV actress turned psychic in Ti West's THE INNKEEPERS.

Ms. McGillis has appeared in many popular films in her career, including Peter Weir's Witness with Harrison Ford, Tony Scott's Top Gun opposite Tom Cruise, Jonathan Kaplan's The Accused opposite Jodie Foster and Alan Rudolph's Made in Heaven with Timothy Hutton. She has also appeared in numerous television shows and mini-series, most notably in a guest-star arc on the Showtime series The L Word.

A graduate of Juilliard School's Drama Division, Ms. McGillis has also worked extensively in the theater, where she has performed in classics by Chekov, Shaw, Ibsen, Shakespeare and O'Neill. She has regularly appeared in starring roles with the prestigious Shakespeare Theatre of Washington, DC and also in a national tour of the stage play, The Graduate as Mrs. Robinson. Additional credit include starring roles in the California revival of Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes and the UK tour of Terrence McNally's Frankie and Johnny in The Claire de Lune.


Note: This profile was written in or before 2012.
Read earlier biographies on this page.

Kelly McGillis Facts

OccupationActress, Producer
BirthdayJuly 9, 1957 (66)
SignCancer
BirthplaceNewport Beach, California, USA
Height5' 10" (1m78)  How tall is Kelly McGillis compared to you?

Selected Filmography

Top Gun
Witness
Love Finds You In Sugarcreek
The Innkeepers
The Accused
The Monkey's Mask
Bonds of Love
The Babe
Continue » Find more details on the Kelly McGillis Movies page