Minka Kelly (born June 24, 1980) is an American actress. She currently stars in the NBC series Friday Night Lights as Lyla Garrity. Kelly was born in Los Angeles, California,and was raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She is the daughter of former Aerosmith guitarist Rick Dufay,who had abandoned her and her mother.According to Kelly, her childhood was “pretty rough,” and that’s why she resents Dufay. However, at seventeen, she decided to try and reconcile and invited him out to New Mexico.
