Actress Kelly Preston was first seen on a national basis in the
last-billed role of a general's daughter on the weekly 1983 TV drama For
Love and Honor. She established herself as an agreeable comedienne in such
films as Mischief (1985) and Secret Admirer (1985), then became lost in
the turgid melodramatics of 52 Pick-Up (1986). Her big movie break was
supposed to have been her co-starring stint with Arnold Schwarzenegger and
Danny DeVito in Twins (1988), but the role was too nondescript to engender
any enthusiasm. Nonetheless, Preston persevered, delivering great
performances in such offbeat fare as the 1993 made-for-cable movie Arthur
Miller's The American Clock. In the latter half of the 1990s, Preston's
perseverence began to pay off, first with a substantial role in Cameron
Crowe's widely acclaimed Jerry Maguire. She continued to do comedy,
appearing in Nothing to Lose (1997), Addicted to Love (1997), and Holy Man
(1998), before switching back to drama in 1999 as Kevin Costner's
girlfriend in For Love of the Game. The same year, she starred opposite
real-life husband John Travolta in Gus Van Sant's Standing Room Only. On
April 3, 2000, Preston gave birth to a daughter, her second child while
married to Travolta. |