Kelly Lebrock was the first to make a name for herself by posing for a camera with an attractive model from big brands. In the 1980s, she became a household name in Hollywood thanks to the success of the films The Woman in Red (1984) and Strange Science (1985) which saw her labeled as a prostitute symbol. Along with her illustrious career, Kelly Lebrock would go on to generate a lot of media attention due to the men she was romantically involved with, including action star Steven Seagal.
Kelly Lebrock biography
Kelly Lebrock was born on March 24, 1960 in New York, into the well-to-do family of famous businessman Harold Arthur Le Brock, of French-Canadian origin, and his Irish wife, Mary Cecilia Traynor. She was raised in an upscale neighborhood of Kensington, London.
Modeling wasn’t a path Lebrock had initially hoped to walk until a chance encounter with a man at a party who was looking for models. He took an interest in her and featured her in an advertisement for British Airways in the Seychelles. She was about 16 at the time. With the support of his father, Lebrock employed the services of agent, Eileen Ford, and launched what would become a hugely successful modeling career.
She found instant success with modeling and would soon be on the covers of Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue among others. She moved to New York and became particularly well known for the Pantene shampoo commercial which manufactured the line; “Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful” becomes a pop culture slogan.
When modeling got too exhausting, Lebrock took up acting and immediately found success with the films The Woman in Red (1984) and Strange Science (1985). Lebrock’s personal issues would force her to retreat from the limelight in the 90s. Since then, she has made only rare media appearances.
ex-husbands, husband
Kelly Lebrock has been married three times in her life, the second of which she wishes hadn’t happened. A young model whose career was moving at the speed of light, Lebrock met and fell in love with up-and-coming French-American film producer Victor Drai, who would later add restaurateur to his repertoire. They married in 1984.
As Lebrock would later recall, she went to Paris with Drai where they fell in love while watching a bunch of French movies together. It was one of these movies that inspired Drai to conceive the idea, the Woman in Red
The film could have been a huge success for Draimais unfortunately it indirectly cost him his wife. With the fame linked to the success of the film, Kelly Lebrock became a sex symbol and began to attract the attention of many men. Distracted by the constant attention, her relationship with Drai began to sour and in 1986, after only two years of marriage, the two would go on to divorce. Drai, who would become a renowned nightclub owner, would marry Loryn Locklin in 1990, but they divorced in 1998. Almost two decades later, in 2016, he married Yolanda Krupiarz.
Of all the men who would come ringing for Lebrock’s attention, she was totally smitten with action star Steven Seagal, who would become her number two husband. They met in 1986 in Japan, where Lebrock was doing a 24-page feature for American Vogue and Seagal was visiting his ex-wife Miyako Fujitani who had yet to grant him a divorce.
Lebrock’s publicist Dick Gutman introduced them to each other and soon the couple began a romantic relationship. After finalizing his divorce from his estranged wife, Seagal married Lebrock in September 1987. Unfortunately, what initially seemed like the perfect marriage ended in disaster. Lebrock would later reveal that she endured a lot of trauma in marriage for the sake of her children.
She eventually filed for divorce in 1994, citing irreconcilable differences. The high-profile divorce was finalized in 1996. A decade later, Lebrock found love again in Fred Steck, a retired investment banker. They have been married since 2007.
Children, girl
Kelly Lebrock has three children, all from her marriage to Steven Seagal. They include; Annaliza, daughter born in the spring of 1987, her son Dominic, born in June 1990, and another daughter, Arissa, born in 1993.
In an effort to raise her children away from Hollywood, following her ugly divorce from her heir father, Lebrock moved to a ranch in Santa Barbara where she raised her children without a television for more than two decades.
Lebrock’s youngest daughter, Arissa, has recently caught the eye due to her interest in modeling. Kelly appears with her ambitious plus-size model daughter in the Lifetime series, Growing Up Supermodel which debuted in August 2017.
Net value
Kelly Lebrock may not have gone on to have the consistent career many had hoped for. However, she managed to keep her fortune afloat even after years away from the industry. In recent years, his net worth has been pegged at $2 million.