Kelly Rutherford
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| Kelly Rutherford | |
| Born | November 6, 1968 Elizabethtown, Kentucky |
Kelly Rutherford (born November 6, 1968) is an American actress known from her roles of Stephanie "Sam" Whitmore on Generations and Megan Lewis on Melrose Place from 1996 to 1999.
In addition to her work on Generations and Melrose Place, Rutherford also 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. Most recently, Rutherford starred as Samantha "Sonny" Liston, on the cancelled TV series E-Ring.
Rutherford was born in Elizabethtown, Kentucky to Ann Edwards, who is divorced from Rutherford's father. She has a younger brother, Anthony. Rutherford was married to Carlos Tarajano from June 30, 2001 to January 11, 2002. Shortly after her wedding her then 31-year-old husband had an unexpected cardiac arrest--he recovered. [Summer 2001] She left her husband Carlos a week before an InStyle Special on celebrity weddings that included footage of her wedding to Carlos.[1] She also practices yoga together with Lisa Rinna and Marcia Cross.
Rutherford married her second husband, Daniel Giersch, in August 2006. She gave birth to their first son named Hermés Gustaf Daniel Giersch on October 18, 2006 in Los Angeles.