Kelly Preston Biography

Fast Facts

• Supports numerous causes, including The Jett Travolta Foundation, Healthy Child, Healthy World, The Citizens Commission on Human Rights, Artists for Human Rights and Narconon Drug Prevention & Rehabilitation
• Supports parents and children's rights, drug rehabilitation, education and environmental issues
• Studied drama and theater at the University of Southern California
• Along with fellow alumni President Barack Obama, she graduated from Punahou High School
• Married John Travolta in Paris after meeting him on the set of "The Experts․"
• A fashion photographer discovered her when she was 16 and got her work in commercials and other small roles
• Has fluctuated between acting in off-beat comedic roles and dramas
• Came to prominence with her role as Marilyn McCauley in 1985's teen movie "Mischief․"
• Her interests include spending time with her loved ones, antiquing and traveling
• Was born and raised in Hawaii, but also lived in Iraq briefly during her childhood and Australia as a teen