Kelly LeBrock (born March 24, 1960) is an American actress and model. Her acting debut was in The Woman in Red (1984), alongside Gene Wilder. She also starred in the John Hughes film Weird Science (1985), and in Hard to Kill (1990), opposite her then-husband Steven Seagal.
Early life
Kelly LeBrock was born in New York City, and was brought up in the Kensington area of London. Her father was French-Canadian, and her mother, Maria, is of Irish descent. LeBrock was named after her grandmother, Mary Helen Kelly, from Keady, County Armagh.
Career
Modelling
LeBrock began her career as a model at age 16 in her birth city of New York. whose line, "Don't hate me because I'm beautiful", became a pop culture catchphrase.
Film
LeBrock was cast as the "perfect" or "fantasy" woman in the films The Woman in Red (1984) and Weird Science (1985). As a result, she was considered one of the sexiest women in Hollywood in the 1980s, and was in high demand, but took a hiatus from acting until 1990. She and her daughter Arissa were featured on the Lifetime docuseries Growing Up Supermodel which debuted in August 2017.
In popular culture
British band Bastille released the song "Good Grief" in 2016, which samples two of LeBrock's lines from Weird Science: "So what would you little maniacs like to do first?" and "If you want to be a party animal, you have to learn to live in the jungle. Now stop worrying and go and get dressed."