Minka Kelly Dumont born 24 June 1980 is an American actress.She played in NBCseries Friday Night Lights as Lyla Garrity 2006 to 2009. Kelly recalled his childhood as "pretty tough", she hated Dufay, as he had left her and her mother. She is of Irish and French descent.

Kelly spent four years in this profession, while auditioning as an actor before landing the new NBC television drama Friday Night Lights, based on high school football movie of the same name.She shot a cameo for Norway, with Jamie Foxx. Peter Berg, the creator and pilot director of Friday Night Lights, directed the film.

Minka teamed up with Alyson Hannigan, Jaime King, Emily Deschanel, and Katharine McPhee in a video slumber party featured onFunnyorDie.com promote regular breast cancer screenings for the organization Stand Up to Cancer.