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Jaclyn Smith Biography

Birth Name:
Jaclyn Ellen Smith
Birth Place:
Houston, Texas, United States
Profession
Actor, model

Fast Facts

  • Appeared as "the Breck Girl" in the early 1970s in print and TV ads for Breck hair-care products
  • Created her own line of clothing for K-Mart beginning in 1985
  • Developed her own scent, Jaclyn Smith's California, for Max Factor in 1989
  • Landed on People magazine's first edition of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World in 1990
  • Played Kelly Garrett for the entire five-year run of Charlie's Angels (the only Angel to do so); reprised her role for an uncredited cameo in the 2003 movie Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
  • Met her husband, cardiothoracic surgeon Bradley Allen, when he treated her father for a heart condition
  • Launched her bed and bath collection for K-Mart in 2008

Awards

  • 1982Golden Globe-Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television: nominated

Relationships