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We first fell in love with Minka Kelly when she was shaking her pompons with Panther pride as head cheerleader Lyla Garrity on the epically underrated series Friday Night Lights. Kelly’s character has since graduated, but unfortunately her career has not. With all the tools of a leading lady (charisma, sex appeal and acting chops), Kelly has been stuck in Hollywood’s version of purgatory; a string of guest roles on mediocre shows, and an inability to transition to the big screen. Will her latest role on the TV remake of Charlie's Angels, which airs tonight, finally give her career the legs it's been looking for?

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There’s no denying that Minka Kelly is sexy. From her days as quarterback-kissing Lyla Garrity on Friday Night Lights, to her brief appearance as a light at the end of Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s tunnel in the indie smash (500) Days of Summer, Kelly has been igniting school boy crushes in men of all ages (go on, ask your dad). But much like her character in FNL, Kelly only goes for star athletes, in this case Derek Jeter, who began dating in 2008, although the couple recently called it quits.

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Minka Kelly’s career got off to a promising start when she landed a lead role in Peter Berg’s small screen adaptation of his big screen hit Friday Night Lights. The aspiring nurse and struggling actress suddenly found herself part of a young, talented, smoldering ensemble on a critically acclaimed show that no one watched.

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Minka Kelly looks so small out there on the water, bobbing at the end of the towrope. She's a head. Her brown hair is pulled tight, and a perfect ponytail rises and falls to the surface like a question mark. She's smiling — you can see her teeth from the boat. The sun feels good, and an offshore breeze curdles the waves on the Great South Bay of Long Island, an hour or so outside the city. The 385-horse MasterCraft hums in the water, and the excitement that had built during the drive from Manhattan is all right there in her bobbing, far-off smile. She can't wait.

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Minka Kelly wore that ponytail the first time most people ever saw her — on her television show, Friday Night Lights, season one, episode one. She was the high school cheerleader, kissing the quarterback in the driveway. That was four years ago, when she was twenty-six in real life and working as a scrub nurse — C-sections, amputations, craniotomies (a bone flap is temporarily removed from the skull to access the brain), gunshot wounds, organ harvests, boob jobs, tummy tucks — before getting the call that she'd been picked for a principal role in a new network drama. In the pilot, the floodlight on the garage illuminated her from behind as she giggled and looked into the quarterback's eyes and flipped her hair and made you want to be in high school again.

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Now, here, Minka Kelly ready. Zach, the boat's driver — good dude, owner of an outfit called Island Riders that'll take you out and teach you to wakeboard — gives her the thumbs-up and eases the throttle forward. A white wake churns up behind the boat, and Minka's smile dissolves into the stern, jutted-chin look of a fighter waiting for a punch. She knows what her muscles have to do, knows where it'll hurt tomorrow. Friday Night Lights was filmed entirely in Austin, and a couple who worked as camera operators lived on Lake Austin and had a boat. One day she went over and tried it, and after that Minka wakeboarded every chance she got.

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The bay is pretty here — tidy cottages on postage-stamp lots jutting into the water like crown molding. As we were putting out of the harbor, she sat back and took in the seagulls roller-coastering in the sky and the collar of houses along the channel. The hot-pink straps of her bikini top clung to her tan shoulders, her toes wiggled in her flip-flops, and she smiled the least-awkward smile in the history of the Sexiest Woman Alive. She appeared to be actually having fun. Then she squinted up at an airplane and said, "You wouldn't want to jump out of that?" She was mocking me, and I looked down, waiting for it to pass. "That would be incredible, and what a beautiful day for it," she said. And she glared at me through her big sunglasses and smiled, all cherry-tomato cheeks and exquisite chin.

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About that: She'd wanted to go skydiving today. And, yes, I'd said no. Not a chance. I have kids. I don't even like flying, but I'd rather stay in the plane. So Minka came back with the wakeboarding idea and everybody — me, her, my family — was happy. But of course she had to make this crack, and then Zach chimed in and said, "Oh, man, I would do that in a second," because of course anyone who runs a wakeboarding company would think skydiving was awesome, and so now he was cool and I was lame. "Live in fear if you want to," Minka added helpfully.

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Now she is on her back in the water, knees to her chest, wakeboard in front of her, arms outstretched, weight away from the boat. (At the surf shop, when we were buying bathing suits and going over the basics, I had said casually, "You lean forward, right?" She looked at me like, Hoo, boy.) The boat surges, cuts through the waves, the towrope straightens, and she is yanked forward. As our speed picks up, she pushes the board hard with her legs, and little walls of water rise and fall before her. She pulls on the towrope hard, as if she's trying to pull all 385 horses back through the water. Her face winces and contorts with the effort. The board fishtails, and before she's up, she's down.

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As Lyla Garrity on Friday Night Lights, Minka Kelly was a picture of perfection: head cheerleader, dating the high school quarterback, born again Christian, and eventual college student. It was hard to believe that Kelly’s own upbringing didn’t somehow mirror her coming of age on the show. Well, not quite.

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Kelly was born out of wedlock; her mother was an exotic dancer in Vegas and her father a sometime guitarist for Aerosmith. Kelly was raised by her mother in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and her childhood was, in her own words, “pretty rough” (Stinka Smelly rolls right off the tongue, doesn’t it?). But with the support of her mother -- with whom she was close -- Kelly graduated high school and moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in show business.

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During a model casting, Minka Kelly was approached by a former Playmate, who offered to manage the young ingenue. The plan was to have Kelly work as a receptionist at a plastic surgeon’s office until she earned herself a pair of fake breasts, making her a shoo-in for Playboy’s Playmate of the Year honors. The only problem was that Kelly liked the way she looked, and canceled the surgery days before it was scheduled. Instead, she decided to pursue a career in nursing, and save for a few small roles on some bargain-bin television shows, Kelly seemed destined for a life of changing diapers and bedsheets.

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In an industry that fetishizes youth, a 26-year-old Minka Kelly was already over-the-hill when she was cast as head cheerleader Lyla Garrity in NBC’s football drama Friday Night Lights, especially since she was charged with the task of playing a high school student. But play her she did, with as much conviction, poise and heart as some of Hollywood’s most seasoned actresses. Even The New York Times called the young actress’ performance “heartbreaking.”

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When Kelly left the show after four seasons, she had all the momentum of most young actresses coming off hit shows, except that she was already pushing 30, and the offers weren’t coming in. Bit parts opposite Jamie Foxx in The Kingdom and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in (500) Days of Summer proved that Kelly was equipped with the tools to command the big screen, but the offers just weren’t coming.

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Past winners of Esquire’s “Sexiest Woman Alive” have starred in films like Match Point, Monster’s Ball and Mr. and Mrs. Smith. They’ve worked with directors like Woody Allen, Oliver Stone and Paul Haggis. They’ve been nominated for and won Oscars. Minka Kelly has appeared in episodes of American Dreams, What I Like About You and Parenthood. Her biggest claim to fame is her now fizzled relationship with one of the winningest baseball players of all time, Derek Jeter. OK, so maybe we’re being a little hard on Minka Kelly. Her figure is near perfect and her face is liable to start wars, but isn’t she just a more syrupy version of another brunette whose name rhymes with Fegan Mox?

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Perhaps her selection as 2010's "Sexiest Woman Alive" was Esquire’s way of “thinking outside the box,” or maybe no A-list actresses were willing to appear on the cover, for fear that it might forever relegate them to that dreaded “sexpot” category. Or maybe Esquire knew all along that Minka's career would finally get the steam it needed, thanks to this fall's Charlie's Angels, which premieres tonight on TV. Minka Kelly will play bad-girl-turned-angel Eve French. Only time will tell if it will be enough to finally make Kelly a household name.

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Minka Kelly’s split from New York Yankees star Derek Jeter was confirmed Friday, but it sounds like he may have struck out several weeks prior. At the TCAs Aug. 7 – where Kelly, 31, was promoting her upcoming Charlie’s Angels TV reboot – the actress seemed to foreshadow her split from Jeter, 37. When asked to complete this sentence: “I don’t need a man to …,” Kelly was quick with her response. “I don’t need a man to validate me,” she told PEOPLE. She and Jeter dated for three years before their amicable split. “They care about each other,” says another source. “They’re still friends.”

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Derek Jeter and Minka Kelly have called it quits after three years together, JustJared.com can confirm. “The split was amicable,” sources exclusively tell JJ of the 37-year-old Yankees superstar and 31-year-old actress. “But they remain friends. They still really care for each other.” When JJ contacted her reps, they did confirm the split. Last month, HBO premiered Deter Jeter 3K, a documentary that chronicles Derek’s journey of becoming the second player to reach 3,000 hits as a shortstop (the first was Honus Wagner). Minka is busy in Miami shooting the ABC reboot of the classic show Charlie’s Angels, which is being produced by Drew Barrymore and Leonard Goldberg. Charlie’s Angels, which co-stars Rachael Taylor and Annie Ilonzeh, premieres Thursday, September 22, at 8/7c.

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In the new ABC reboot of the classic show “Charlie’s Angels,” Minka Kelly plays Eve French, a street racer with a mysterious past who becomes one of the new Angels. At the Television Critics Association summer press tour on Sunday, the actress talked to reporters about her character and how she’s similar to Eve. “The thing about about Eve is that because she was an orphan and she was on her own her entire life and she had to fight for herself, defend herself and sort of survive, I think I have a lot in common with her,” said Kelly. “(My mom and I) moved around a lot. I also understand what it is to create your own family.” Kelly said that all the moving as a child made her more adaptable, but that’s not all. “I think it’s made me a great person,” she said. “I think I’ve lived a lot more than maybe people my age have, and seen a lot more. Hopefully that will help bring a lot of depth to this character, and give her a lot of layers.”“Charlie’s Angels” premieres Sept. 22 at 8 p.m. It also stars Rachel Taylor as Angel Abby Sampson, Annie Honzeh as Angel Kate Prince, and Ramon Rodriguez as John Bosley.

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The Minka Kelly Web Photo Gallery has been updated with 423 HQ and MQ photos of Minka Kelly from the most recent events that she attended. There is photos from the Primetime Emmy Awards on the red carpet, backstage, in the audience, presenting and at the Governor’s Ball. Also added are photos of Minka Kelly at the “Late Show With David Letterman” taping yesterday.

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A crew member on the "Charlie's Angels" set has been fired after slapping Minka Kelly's butt. There's a report out that the guy was holding a $100 bill when he slapped her, and that she retaliated later by slapping him, but our sources say that's NOT true. What did happen ... according to sources directly connected to the production ... is that the man did indeed slap Kelly, and sources at ABC tell us, she responded by telling him, "Please don't ever disrespect me or any other woman like that again."

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As you may or may not know by now, some morons thought it would be a good to remake Charlie’s Angels for like the fifteenth time or so, but this time using some hot young tail. Again. How many times do we have to go through this garbage? Anyhow, Here’s Minka Kelly outside the Letterman studios yesterday giving us a little preview of the hotness we can expect this season. Obviously the show’s going to be terrible, but that doesn’t mean I’m not going to Tivo the crap and watch Minka’s scenes in slow motion with the sound off. Maybe I’ll crack open a box of wine, put on some Michael Bolton tunes and make a night of it. Good times.

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I guess this Charlie’s Angels thing is really happening, I would have thought it would be cancelled already, but what do I know. Here’s Minka Kelly flashing her lady parts on the set the other day. I guess now that she’s shaken off the Jeter stank, she’s loosening up a little. Although, wearing giant granny panties isn’t exactly loosening up as much as I’d like, but it’s a start. There’s just something about hot girls wearing skirts in the wind that I really like. Well done.

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Minka Kelly has skyrocketed herself up my list of favorite hotties over the last year or so, how can she not with looks like this. The woman is perfect, well almost perfect, she lets Derek Jeter put his grubby hands all over her pretty much whenever he wants. Gross. I bet her breasts smell like pine tar after a night with that douche. Anyhow, she looks amazing in her little dress with the sun shining on her like that’s what it was invented for. So hot.

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I almost forgot I had these pictures of sexy starlet Minka Kelly from the Spike TV Guy’s Choice Awards held the other night, but I just had to share them with you anyway. I hate myself for overlooking such a fine piece of tail, I don’t know how I let this happen, but it’s better late than never. I think she’s getting better and better looking now that she’s got her own show coming out, once she drops that Jeter douche she’ll be exquisite. I can’t wait.

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Take a super hot chick, remove her bra, put her in a loose fitting tank top and send her out on the windy streets of New York City and what do you get? Minka Kelly almost flashing us her beautifully perfect breasts. Sadly the girl’s got some cat like reflexes and manages to keep the thing from blowing completely off, but not before we get a nice little peek at about two inches of her cute little belly… Not cool Minka, not cool.

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I’m really loving all this attention Minka Kelly is getting these days, the girl just gets better and better looking every time I see her. Here she is taking her cute sweater puppies out for a walk in New York City the other day in a nice tank top dress. I love it. If she needs anyone to take care of those things while she’s out of town, I’m more than happy to puppy sit. I’ll make sure to take them for walks and bathe them and give them lots and lots of love and attention… They can even sleep in my bed with me.

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It’s about time we’re finally getting a look at the new Charlie’s Angels chicks. Here are Minka Kelly and…… Ummm, the two other chicks hanging on set in their sexy white dresses. I really don’t have the slightest idea who the other two women are, don’t email me their names because I don’t care, the only angel that matters to me is sweet sweet Minka Kelly. Heavenly. I know that’s sounds corny, but it works. Enjoy.

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I don’t really know what the hell is going on in some of these pictures, but I’m really jealous of that fat chick spraying whatever it is all over Minka Kelly’s legs. For the sake of this post I’m going to say that it’s some sort of lubricant and that the other chick is about a hundred pounds lighter. Much better. Anyhow, Minka is still on the set of her Charlie’s Angels remake crap looking as sexy as ever. Hopefully they make her run around in this outfit. I’ll set my Tivo. Hot.

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Here’s Minka Kelly heading back to her trailer during a break from shooting scenes for her new TV remake of Charlie’s Angels. I thought this was just a rumor too, but apparently it’s really happening. I’m not sure another updated version of a crappy 70′s TV show is what the world needs right now. Anyhow, I guess the good news is we’ll get to see a little more of Minka…. At least until this garbage gets cancelled and replaced with reruns of Super Nanny.