Kelly Rutherford was born on November 6, 1968 in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. She is an American actress.

Rutherford starred in the early 1990s Homefront as Judy Owen, in 1995's The Great Defender as Frankie Collet, in 1996's Kindred: The Embraced as Caitlin Byrne, in 2003's Threat Matrix as Special Agent Frankie Ellroy Kilmer, and had a recurring role in The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. as Dixie Cousins.

She had a small role on Scream 3 in 2000 and also starred as in TV series E-Ring. Rutherford currently stars in the CW teen drama Gossip Girl. She is best known for her roles in Melrose Place from 1996 to 1999.

Rutherford was married to Carlos Tarajano from June 30, 2001 to January 11, 2002. now he married her second husband, Daniel Giersch.

Filmography

• "Gossip Girl" (7 episodes, 2007)
• Tell Me No Lies (2007)
• "E-Ring" (10 episodes, 2005-2006)
• "Threat Matrix" (16 episodes, 2003-2004)
• "The District" (6 episodes, 2002-2003)
• Eastwick (2002)
• Swimming Upstream (2002)
• "Night Visions" (1 episode, 2001)
• "The Fugitive" (3 episodes, 2000-2001)
• The Tag (2001)
• Acceptable Risk (2001)
• Angels Don't Sleep Here (2001)
• "The Outer Limits" (1 episode, 2000)
• The Chaos Factor (2000)
• Sally Hemings: An American Scandal (2000)
• Scream 3 (2000)
• "Get Real" (4 episodes, 1999-2000)
• "Nash Bridges" (1 episode, 1999)
• "Melrose Place" (90 episodes, 1996-1999)
• The Disturbance at Dinner (1998)
• The Perfect Getaway (1998)
• Six Months of Darkness, Six Months of Light (1997)
• Dilemma (1997)
• Cyclops, Baby (1997)
• Buried Secrets (1996)
• "Kindred: The Embraced" (7 episodes, 1996)
• No Greater Love (1996)
• "Courthouse" (4 episodes, 1995)
• "The Great Defender" (1995)
• I Love Trouble (1994)
• "The Adventures of Brisco County Jr." (7 episodes, 1993-1994)
• Tis a Gift to Be Simple (1994)
• Amberwaves (1994)
• "Homefront" (20 episodes, 1992-1993)
• "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures" (1 episode, 1992)
• "Bodies of Evidence" (1 episode, 1992)
• Breaking the Silence (1992)
• Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge (1989)
• "Generations" (1989)
• Shakedown (1988)
• "Loving" (1987)