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Kelly Preston - a life in pictures

Kelly Preston, whose long acting career included hits such as Twins, Jerry Maguire and What a Girl Wants, has died, her husband, John Travolta, said. She was 57.

• Peter Bradshaw on Kelly Preston: a classy actor who graduated from teen-movie roles to darker and funnier parts

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Mon 13 Jul 2020 04.23 EDT Last modified on Mon 13 Jul 2020 18.08 EDT

  • SpaceCamp, 1986

    An early role for Preston (right) as one of a group of kids who accidentally go into space, with Lea Thompson and Tate Donovan

  • Twins, 1988

    Preston played Arnold Schwarzenegger’s girlfriend Marnie in the hit comedy directed by Ivan Reitman.

  • The Experts - 1989

    Kelly Preston and John Travolta met on the set of the spy comedy directed by Dave Thomas.

  • Preston and Travolta married in 1991 in Paris.

  • Preston and Travola with child actor Lorne Sussman in 1994.

  • Jerry Maguire, 1996

    Preston plays Tom Cruise’s fiancée Avery.

  • Holy Man, 1998

    Preston played a shopping-channel presenter in the Eddie Murphy comedy.

  • For Love of the Game, 1999

    Kevin Costner is an aging baseball pitcher brooding on his failing relationship with Preston’s single mother.

  • What a Girl Wants, 2003

    Preston plays Amanda Byne’s wedding-singer mum in a successful teen comedy.

  • Joey, 2004

    Preston made a string of guest appearances on TV shows; here she is on the Friends spin-off.

  • Preston also made a memorable appearance in Maroon 5’s She Will Be Loved music video in 2004.

  • Preston with Prince Charles at a polo game in 2003.

  • Preston and Travolta with Nelson Mandela at a dinner in Mandela’s honour in New York in 2005.

  • Preston, Travolta and their daughter Ella Bleu Travolta at the world premiere of Old Dogs in 2009 in Los Angeles.

  • Preston photographed in the Deadline Portrait Studio, at the Cannes film festival in 2018.

  • Gotti, 2018

    Preston’s most recent film credit was opposite Travolta in the gangster biopic, as John Gotti’s wife Victoria; with her final film, Off the Rails, yet to be released.
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