Kelly Kamalelehua Smith (October 13, 1962 – July 12, 2020), known professionally as Kelly Preston, was an American actress

She appeared in more than 60 television and film productions, including Mischief (1985), Twins (1988), Jerry Maguire (1996), and For Love of the Game (1999).

She married John Travolta in 1991, with whom she collaborated on the comedy film The Experts (1989) and the biographical film Gotti (2018).

She also starred in the films SpaceCamp (1986), The Cat in the Hat (2003), What a Girl Wants (2003), Sky High (2005), and Old Dogs (2009).

Her mother, Linda, was an administrator of a mental health center.

Her father, who worked for an agricultural firm, drowned when she was three years old.

Her mother subsequently married Peter Palzis, a personnel director.

As a child, she lived in Iraq, and also Australia, where she attended Pembroke School, Adelaide

She then attended Punahou School in Honolulu, graduating in 1980, and studied drama and theater at the University of Southern California.