Kelly Rutherford

Biography

Kelly Rutherford was born in the small bluegrass town of Elizabethtown in Kentucky on November 6, 1968. Eventually, she made her way to California where, in the late 1980's, she began appearing in various soap operas and making guest appearances on a few TV series. She became a regular on "Homefront" and "The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.," then Aaron Spelling discovered her and she made her way into a number of his shows, including "Melrose Place" and "Kindred: The Embraced."

Although her beauty is stunning and she is still a big hit in Turkey for her role in the show "Generations," the big movie roles have eluded Ms. Rutherford.

On June 30, 2001, she married Carlos Tarajano following a whirlwind romance after he spied her across the room at a restaurant just eight months earlier. But shortly after their wedding, the 31-year-old Carlos suffered a cardiac arrest. Kelly never left his hospital bed as he recovered, but when he returned home, he depended on her completely, and the new wife grew ever distant, until she finally left him and filed for divorce the following January, just a week before an "Instyle" Special on Celebrity weddings included footage of her wedding to Carlos.