Rae'Ven L Kelly
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Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly (born June 28, 1985) is an American
film and television actress
. Among her awards are both a 1993 and 1994 win of a Young Artist Award
for the television series
I'll Fly Away
, and 2 wins in 1995 for her role in Sweet Justice
and Lily in Winter.
She attended Hillcrest Christian School in Granada Hills, California.
Was a cheer captain of her high school cheerleading squad.
Attended Mount St. Mary's College in Brentwood.
Holds 3 Degrees.
Graduate of UCLA in Westwood.
Vice President of Scholarship: Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society.
Member of Christian sorority, Alpha Delta Chi, the oldest sorority at UCLA.
She performed in a several film and television projects such as John Grisham's A Time to Kill
, How to Make an American Quilt
, and What's Love Got to Do with It as young Tina Turner
with Laurence Fishburne
, Angela Bassett
. Kelly has also appeared in guest-starring roles on shows like E.R.
, Living Single
, and Roseanne
.
United States
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film and television actress
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. Among her awards are both a 1993 and 1994 win of a Young Artist Award
Young Artist Award
The Young Artist Award is an accolade bestowed by the Young Artist Foundation, a non-profit organization founded in 1978 to recognize and award excellence of youth performers, and to provide scholarships for young artists who may be physically and/or financially challenged.The Young Artist...
for the television series
Television program
A television program , also called television show, is a segment of content which is intended to be broadcast on television. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series...
I'll Fly Away
I'll Fly Away
"I'll Fly Away", is a hymn written in 1929 by Albert E. Brumley and published in 1932 by the Hartford Music company in a collection titled Wonderful Message...
, and 2 wins in 1995 for her role in Sweet Justice
Sweet Justice
Sweet Justice is an American legal drama television series starring Cicely Tyson and Melissa Gilbert. The hour-long series ran from September 15, 1994 to April 22, 1995 on NBC.-Premise:...
and Lily in Winter.
Early life and career
Graduated Valedictorian from Sunland Christian Academy in Sunland, California.She attended Hillcrest Christian School in Granada Hills, California.
Was a cheer captain of her high school cheerleading squad.
Attended Mount St. Mary's College in Brentwood.
Holds 3 Degrees.
Graduate of UCLA in Westwood.
Vice President of Scholarship: Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society.
Member of Christian sorority, Alpha Delta Chi, the oldest sorority at UCLA.
She performed in a several film and television projects such as John Grisham's A Time to Kill
A Time to Kill
A Time to Kill is a 1989 legal suspense thriller by John Grisham. Grisham's first novel, it was rejected by many publishers before Wynwood Press eventually gave it a modest 5,000-copy printing...
, How to Make an American Quilt
How to Make an American Quilt
How to Make an American Quilt is a 1995 movie which was directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse and stars Winona Ryder, Maya Angelou, Ellen Burstyn and Anne Bancroft...
, and What's Love Got to Do with It as young Tina Turner
Tina Turner
Tina Turner is an American singer and actress whose career has spanned more than 50 years. She has won numerous awards and her achievements in the rock music genre have led many to call her the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll".Turner started out her music career with husband Ike Turner as a member of the...
with Laurence Fishburne
Laurence Fishburne
Laurence John Fishburne III is an American film and stage actor, playwright, director, and producer. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Morpheus in the Matrix science fiction film trilogy, as Cowboy Curtis on the 1980's television show Pee-wee's Playhouse, and as singer-musician Ike Turner...
, Angela Bassett
Angela Bassett
Angela Evelyn Bassett is an American actress. She has become well known for her biographical film roles portraying real life women in African American culture, including singer Tina Turner in the motion picture What's Love Got to Do with It, as well as Betty Shabazz in the films Malcolm X and...
. Kelly has also appeared in guest-starring roles on shows like E.R.
ER (TV series)
ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television...
, Living Single
Living Single
Living Single is an American television sitcom which aired for five seasons on the Fox network from August 29, 1993 to January 1, 1998. The show centered on the lives of six friends who share personal and professional experiences while living in a Brooklyn brownstone.Throughout its run, Living...
, and Roseanne
Roseanne (TV series)
Roseanne is an American sitcom broadcast on ABC from October 18, 1988 to May 20, 1997. Starring Roseanne Barr, the show revolved around the Conners, an Illinois working class family...
.
Filmography
- I'll Fly AwayI'll Fly Away"I'll Fly Away", is a hymn written in 1929 by Albert E. Brumley and published in 1932 by the Hartford Music company in a collection titled Wonderful Message...
(19 episodes, 1991–1993) (TV) - What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)
- Class of '61Class of '61Class of '61 is a 1993 television film produced by Steven Spielberg as a projected television series about the American Civil War. The film was filmed in Charleston, South Carolina and Atlanta and was the first collaboration between Spielberg and cinematographer Janusz Kaminski.-Plot:The film...
(1993) (TV) - Living SingleLiving SingleLiving Single is an American television sitcom which aired for five seasons on the Fox network from August 29, 1993 to January 1, 1998. The show centered on the lives of six friends who share personal and professional experiences while living in a Brooklyn brownstone.Throughout its run, Living...
(1 episode, 1993) (TV) - I'll Fly Away: Then and Now (1993) (TV)
- MontyMonty (TV series)Monty is a short lived American sitcom that aired on the FOX network in 1994. The series starred Henry Winkler as a loud, obnoxious conservative TV commentator , Monty had also written a best-selling book tilted I'm Right. I'm Right. I'm Right. Shut Up...
(1 episode, 1994) (TV) - RocRoc (TV series)Roc is an American comedy-drama television series which ran on Fox from August 1991 to May 1994. The series stars Charles S. Dutton as Baltimore garbage collector Roc Emerson and Ella Joyce as his wife Eleanor.-Early episodes:...
(1 episode, 1994) (TV) - Sweet JusticeSweet JusticeSweet Justice is an American legal drama television series starring Cicely Tyson and Melissa Gilbert. The hour-long series ran from September 15, 1994 to April 22, 1995 on NBC.-Premise:...
(1 episode, 1994) (TV) - Roseanne (1 episode, 1994) (TV)
- Lily in Winter (1994) (TV)
- Touched by an AngelTouched by an AngelTouched by an Angel is an American drama series that premiered on CBS on September 21, 1994 and ran for 211 episodes and nine seasons until its conclusion on April 27, 2003. Created by John Masius and produced by Martha Williamson, the series stars Roma Downey, as an angel named Monica, and Della...
(1 episode, 1994) (TV) - Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildHappily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildHappily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child is an American animated television series that premiered March 26, 1995, on HBO. Narrated by Robert Guillaume, the series aired 39 episodes from 1995 to 2000, and is currently airing on the HBO Family digital cable television channel in the United...
(1 episode) (TV) - How to Make an American QuiltHow to Make an American QuiltHow to Make an American Quilt is a 1995 movie which was directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse and stars Winona Ryder, Maya Angelou, Ellen Burstyn and Anne Bancroft...
(1995) - Ghosts of MississippiGhosts of MississippiGhosts of Mississippi is a 1996 American drama film directed by Rob Reiner and starring Alec Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg, and James Woods. The plot is based on the true story of the 1994 trial of Byron De La Beckwith, the white supremacist accused of the 1963 assassination of civil rights activist...
(1996) - America's Dream (1996) (TV)
- ERER (TV series)ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television...
(1 episode, 1996) (TV) - A Time to KillA Time to KillA Time to Kill is a 1989 legal suspense thriller by John Grisham. Grisham's first novel, it was rejected by many publishers before Wynwood Press eventually gave it a modest 5,000-copy printing...
(1996) - The SentinelThe Sentinel (TV series)The Sentinel is a Canadian-produced television series that aired on UPN in the United States from 1996 to 1999. It premiered on March 20, 1996, and ran for 65 episodes . The series later reaired on Syfy.-Plot and characters:...
(1 episode, 1996) (TV) - The Ditchdigger's Daughters (1997) (TV)
- Ms. Scrooge (1997) (TV)
- The Last Weekend (1998)
- Milo (1998)
- Maximum BobMaximum BobMaximum Bob was a short-lived television series that debuted in 1998 on ABC TV. Starring Beau Bridges, the show was based on Elmore Leonard's 1991 novel with the same title.-Premise:...
(7 episodes, 1998) (TV) - Blossoms and Veils (1998)
- Any Day Now (1 episode, 1999) (TV)
- Freedom SongFreedom SongFreedom Song is a 1982 live album by Oscar Peterson, recorded in Japan.-Track listing:# "'Round Midnight" – 6:41...
(2000) (TV) - City of Angels (1 episode, 2000) (TV)
- OdessaOdessaOdessa or Odesa is the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the northwest shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 .The predecessor of Odessa, a small Tatar settlement,...
(2000) - Cover MeCover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI FamilyCover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family is an American television series which ran from March 5, 2000 to March 24, 2001 on the USA Network.-Premise:...
(1 episode, 2000) (TV) - Flossin (2001)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1 episode, 2001) (TV)
- Even StevensEven StevensEven Stevens is an American comedy television series that aired on Disney Channel with a total of three seasons and 65 episodes from June 17, 2000, to June 2, 2003...
(1 episode, 2002) (TV) - Good Girls Don't...Good Girls Don't...Good Girls Don't... is the third album from Finnish hard rock band Peer Günt released in 1987- Tracklist :# "Midnight Train" - 3:23# "Bartender" - 3:08# "Having A Party" - 3:10# "Big Brother" - 3:14# "Girls Are Gonna Play The Game" - 3:06...
(1 episode, 2004) (TV) - Hannah MontanaHannah MontanaHannah Montana is an American television series, which debuted on March 24, 2006 on the Disney Channel. The series focuses on a girl who lives a double life as an average teenage school girl named Miley Stewart by day and a famous pop singer named Hannah Montana by night, concealing her real...
(1 episode, 2006) (TV) - Tournament of Dreams (2007)
- Genius in Heels (2009)
- Preacher's KidPreacher's Kid (film)Preacher's Kid is a 2010 Christian film directed by Stan Foster, loosely based on the Parable of the Prodigal Son. Original songs and score are composed by recording artist and music producer Tim Miner. The film was written and directed by Stan Foster, and stars LeToya Luckett, Gregory Alan...
(2010)
Awards & nominations
- 1993, win, Young Artist AwardYoung Artist AwardThe Young Artist Award is an accolade bestowed by the Young Artist Foundation, a non-profit organization founded in 1978 to recognize and award excellence of youth performers, and to provide scholarships for young artists who may be physically and/or financially challenged.The Young Artist...
for 'Outstanding Actress Under Ten in a Television Series' for I'll Fly AwayI'll Fly Away (TV series)I'll Fly Away is a television series set during the late 1950s and early 1960s, in an unspecified Southern U.S. state. It aired on NBC from 1991 to 1993 and starred Regina Taylor as Lilly Harper, a black housekeeper for district attorney Forrest Bedford and his family... - 1994, win, Young Artist Award for 'Youth Actress Leading Role in a Television Series', for I'll Fly Away
- 1994, nomination, Young Artist Award for 'Best Youth Actress Co-Starring in a Motion Picture Drama', for What's Love Got to Do with It
- 1995, win, Young Artist Award for 'Best Performance by a Youth Actress in a TV Miniseries or Special' for Lily in Winter
- 1995, win, Young Artist Award for 'Best Performance by a Youth Actress - TV Guest Star' for Sweet JusticeSweet JusticeSweet Justice is an American legal drama television series starring Cicely Tyson and Melissa Gilbert. The hour-long series ran from September 15, 1994 to April 22, 1995 on NBC.-Premise:...
- 1997, nomination, Image Award for 'Outstanding Youth Actor/Actress' for A Time to KillA Time to KillA Time to Kill is a 1989 legal suspense thriller by John Grisham. Grisham's first novel, it was rejected by many publishers before Wynwood Press eventually gave it a modest 5,000-copy printing...
- 1997, nomination, Young Star Awards for 'Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Drama Film' for A Time to KillA Time to KillA Time to Kill is a 1989 legal suspense thriller by John Grisham. Grisham's first novel, it was rejected by many publishers before Wynwood Press eventually gave it a modest 5,000-copy printing...
- 1998, nomination, Young Artist Award for 'Best Performance in a TV Movie or Feature Film - Young Ensemble' for The Ditchdigger's Daughters
- 2000, nomination, Young Star Awards for 'Best Young Actress/Performance in a Miniseries/Made-For-TV Film' for Freedom SongFreedom SongFreedom Song is a 1982 live album by Oscar Peterson, recorded in Japan.-Track listing:# "'Round Midnight" – 6:41...