Minka Dumont Kelly (born June 24, 1980) is an American actress. She starred in the NBC series Friday Night Lights as Lyla Garrity from 2006 to 2009 and has also had roles in The Roommate and the reboot series Charlie’s Angels.

Ranked #42 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list.
Her grandfather is actor Richard Ney, co-star and ex-husband of Academy Award-winning actress, Greer Garson.
Ranked #54 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list.
After graduating from high school, she returned from New Mexico to Los Angeles with her father to pursue acting as a hobby while she went to school to become a surgical technician. However, after her first acting class, she got “hooked” and began pursuing acting as a career.
Her secret engagement to Derek Jeter, which became public in January 2010, ended in August 2011.
Named the “Sexiest Woman Alive” by Esquire magazine [October 11, 2010.