Kelly Le Brock

Kelly LeBrock (born March 24, 1960 ) is an American actress and model. Her acting debut was in The Woman in Red, alongside Gene Wilder. She also starred in the John Hughes film Weird Science (1985), and in Hard to Kill (1990), opposite her then-husband Steven Seagal.

Early life Kelly LeBrock was born in New York City, and was brought up in the Kensington area of London. Her father was French-Canadian, and her mother, Maria, is of Irish descent. LeBrock was named after her grandmother, Mary Helen Kelly, from Keady, County Armagh.

Career Modelling LeBrock began her career as a model at age 16 in her birth city of New York. whose line, "Don't hate me because I'm beautiful", became a pop culture catchphrase.

Film LeBrock was cast as the "perfect" or "fantasy" woman in the films The Woman in Red (1984) and Weird Science (1985). As a result, she was considered one of the sexiest women in Hollywood in the 1980s, and was in high demand, but took a hiatus from acting until 1990. She and her daughter Arissa were featured on the Lifetime docuseries Growing Up Supermodel which debuted in August 2017.

In popular culture British band Bastille released the song "Good Grief" in 2016, which samples two of LeBrock's lines from Weird Science: "So what would you little maniacs like to do first?" and "If you want to be a party animal, you have to learn to live in the jungle. Now stop worrying and go and get dressed."

Personal life quote=I'm more for my family. My family's going to be around when the movies aren't. If I don't build my family, I'm going to be a lonely 'hot' movie star, and I don't want that. — Kelly LeBrock, 1989 Orange Coast magazine profile Their son Dominic was born in June 1990 The following year, LeBrock filed for divorce.

In July 2007, LeBrock married retired investment banker Fred Steck; they divorced the following year. By 2011, LeBrock lived on a ranch in California's Santa Ynez Valley.

Filmography 1984: The Woman in Red as Charlotte 1985: Weird Science as Lisa 1990: Hard to Kill as Andrea "Andy" Stewart 1993: Betrayal of the Dove as Una 1993: David Copperfield (TV) as Clara (voice) 1995: Tracks of a Killer as Claire Hawkner 1995: Hard Bounty as Donnie 1998: Wrongfully Accused as Lauren Goodhue 2001: The Sorcerer's Apprentice as Morgana 2005: Zerophilia as woman in RV 2006: Gamers: The Movie as Angela's Mom 2007: The Mirror as Mary Theophilu 2009: Prep School as Miss Waters 2015: 10 Days in a Madhouse as Miss Grant 2015: A Prince for Christmas as Queen Ariana 2019: Charlie Boy as Donna