Kelly Carlson is originally from Bloomington, Minnesota and attended school in Richfield, Minnesota at the Academy of Holy Angels. She is the daughter of a hair dresser mother and a late father who was a high school football coach.
Carlson went on to start acting in theater before making the step into screen performances. She first appeared in 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001) in a minor role. She got her first notable television role on the series Nip/Tuck (2003) and gained quick popularity for her character eventually becoming a regular cast member.
Her feature film roles include supporting cast work in the direct-to-video sequel Starship Troopers 2 (2004) and the WWE-produced action film Marine (2006) as the kidnapped wife of wrestling star John Cena. Carlson has established an obvious and noticeable collection of work in television across several series including Everwood (2002), Monk (2002), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000), Melrose Place (2009), CSI: Miami (2002), Castle (2009), Supernatural (2005) and Ghostfacers (2010).
Outside of acting, Carlson is a member of the Smile Network, a humanitarian organization based in her home state that provides reconstructive surgeries and related health care services to impoverished children and young adults in developing countries. In 2010, in keeping with her love of horses, Carlson lobbied for a bill to prevent the inhumane transport of American horses to slaughterhouses in Mexico and Canada as well as roundups of wild horses by government authorities. Carlson also has been a model, working in company ad projects with Miller Lite, Rembrandt, and Oliver Peoples sunglasses. She has appeared in magazine publications including the August 2004 issue of Maxim and the October issue cover of Stuff.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
The Haunting of... (2012)
Guest starring as Kelly Carlson
- Episode 1x04: Kelly Carlson (Nov 24, 2012)
The Finder (2012)
Guest starring as FBI Special Agent Gail McHottie
- Episode 1x10: The Conversation (Apr 20, 2012)
Celebrity Ghost Stories (2009)
Guest starring as Kelly Carlson
- Episode 1x08: Ali Landry, Gina Gershon, Ernie Hudson, Kelly Carlson, Anson Williams (May 12, 2009)
Melrose Place (2009)
Guest starring as Wendi Mattison
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x14: Stoner Canyon (Mar 16, 2010)
- Episode 1x06: Shoreline (Oct 13, 2009)
- Episode 1x05: Canon (Oct 6, 2009)
- Episode 1x04: Vine (Sep 29, 2009)
Nip/Tuck (2003)
Starring as Kimber Henry
(17 episodes)
- Episode 6x19: Hiro Yoshimura (Mar 3, 2010)
- Episode 6x18: Edith and Walter Krieger (Feb 24, 2010)
- Episode 6x17: Christian Troy II (Feb 17, 2010)
- Episode 6x16: Dr. Griffin (Feb 10, 2010)
- Episode 6x15: Virginia Hayes (Feb 3, 2010)
- Episode 6x14: Sheila Carlton (Jan 27, 2010)
- Episode 6x13: Joel Seabrook (Jan 20, 2010)
- Episode 6x12: Willow Banks (Jan 13, 2010)
- Episode 6x09: Benny Nilsson (Dec 9, 2009)
- Episode 6x07: Alexis Stone II (Nov 25, 2009)
- Episode 6x06: Alexis Stone (Nov 18, 2009)
- Episode 6x05: Abigail Sullivan (Nov 11, 2009)
- Episode 6x04: Jenny Juggs (Nov 4, 2009)
- Episode 6x03: Briggitte Reinholt (Oct 28, 2009)
- Episode 6x02: Enigma (Oct 21, 2009)
- Episode 6x01: Don Hoberman (Oct 14, 2009)
- Episode 5x16: Gene Shelly (Jan 13, 2009)
Guest starring as Kimber Henry
(11 episodes)
- Episode 2x15: Sean McNamara (Sep 28, 2004)
- Episode 2x14: Trudy Nye (Sep 21, 2004)
- Episode 2x12: Julia McNamara (Sep 7, 2004)
- Episode 2x11: Natasha Charles (Aug 31, 2004)
- Episode 2x10: Kimber Henry (Aug 24, 2004)
- Episode 2x04: Mrs. Grubman (Jul 13, 2004)
- Episode 1x13: Escobar Gallardo (Oct 21, 2003)
- Episode 1x09: Sophia Lopez II (Sep 23, 2003)
- Episode 1x07: Cliff Mantegna (Sep 9, 2003)
- Episode 1x06: Megan O'Hara (Sep 2, 2003)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Jul 22, 2003)
Everwood (2002)
Guest starring as Ada
(3 episodes)
- Episode 4x16: Truth... (May 1, 2006)
- Episode 4x15: The Land of Confusion (Apr 24, 2006)
- Episode 2x16: Unspoken Truths (Feb 23, 2004)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
Guest starring as Sally
- Episode 6x23: Bang Bang (May 11, 2006)