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Kelly Ann McGillis net worth is
$7.5 Million

Kelly Ann McGillis Wiki Biography

Kelly Ann McGillis, born on the 9th July 1957, is an American actress who became famous through her roles in the movie “Witness”, “Top Gun”, and “The Accused.”

McGillis’ net worth stands at around $7.5 million as estimated by authoritative sources in mid-2016. This wealth was acquired from her years of acting on stage, movie, and television, as well as through her ownership of a restaurant and her work as an acting teacher.

Kelly Mcgillis Net Worth $7.5 million

She was born in Newport Beach, California, to Virginia Joan and Donald Manson. She had a passion for acting from a young age and honed her skills at the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts in Santa Maria, California, and later at the Drama Division of the Julliard School in New York, where she graduated in 1983.

Immediately after graduation, McGillis secured a supporting role in the film “Reuben, Reuben”, which was her debut movie and played a key role in raising her net worth and opening numerous opportunities in the film and television industry. Her breakthrough came in 1985 with the box-office hit thriller “Witness” alongside Harrison Ford, leading to her nominations in the Golden Globes’ and BAFTA.

Following the success of “Witness,” she also starred in the top-grossing film “Top Gun” alongside Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer, cementing her status as a leading woman. This was followed by another award-winning movie, “The Accused,” with actress Jodie Foster, further contributing to her growing wealth and rising popularity.

After a series of successful films, McGillis shifted her focus to television, taking on fewer movie roles to spend more time with her family. Some of her projects in the 1990s included “Cat Chaser”, “North”, “At First Sight” and “The Monkey’s Mask,” all of which helped sustain her career and wealth.

In 2004, she returned to the stage, portraying Mrs. Robinson in the production of “The Graduate,” and later participating in the stage play “Little Foxes” produced by the Pasadena Playhouse. In 2010, she toured the United Kingdom with “Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune.”

McGillis has also been involved in working with the Seabrook House Drug Alcohol Rehab Center in Bridgeton, New Jersey, where she assists alcoholics and drug addicts. Her passion for acting has also led her to become a teacher at The New York Studio for Stage and Screen NYS3.

Aside from her acting career, McGillis is also an entrepreneur. She and her former husband Fred Tillman opened “Kellys’ Caribbean Bar Grill & Brewery,” adding to her net worth.

In her personal life, McGillis was briefly married to Boyd Black in 1979, one of her classmates at Julliard, before their divorce in 1981. In 1989, she married Fred Tillman, with whom she has two daughters, but the relationship ended in 2002. She also had a brief relationship with bartender Melanie Leis in 2010, but they separated in 2011.