Kelly Preston (real name Kelly Kamalelehua Palzis) is an American actress and former model. She was born in 1962 at Honolulu, Hawaii. Kelly Preston was 'discovered' by a fashion photographer when she was sixteen and became a model. She auditioned for the starring role in the 1980 film 'The Blue Lagoon' but was rejecetd in gavour of Brooke Shields. In 1986 she married Kevin Gage, getting divorced two years later and marrying John Travolta in 1991 after which she decided to become a mother and housewife first, and an actress second. Research Kelly Preston