<Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.kellyrutherford.com </Td> </Tr> <P> Kelly Rutherford (born November 6, 1968) is an American actress . She is known for her television roles as Stephanie "Sam" Whitmore on the NBC daytime soap opera Generations (1989--91), as Megan Lewis on the Fox primetime soap opera Melrose Place (1996--99), and as Lily van der Woodsen on The CW series Gossip Girl (2007--12). </P> <P> Rutherford was born in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, on November 6, 1968, daughter of Ann Edwards . She has a brother named Anthony . Rutherford attended Corona del Mar High School in Newport Beach, California . She later studied at HB Studio in New York City, and the Beverly Hills Playhouse in California . </P>

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