Kelly Rutherford
TV Actress
Widely known for her roles as Lily van der Woodsen on the CW series Gossip Girl and Megan Lewis on FOX's Melrose Place. She also played Sam Whitmore on the soap opera Generations.
She made her acting debut in a 1992 television movie called Breaking the Silence.
She starred in the film Scream 3 as Christine Taylor.
Her mother, Harriet Ann Edwards, was a model and a writer. For six months, she was married to Carlos Tarajano. She then married Daniel Giersch in 2006, and the couple had two children before divorcing in 2010.
She starred as the mother of Blake Lively's character on CW's hit show Gossip Girl.