<P> Kelly LeBrock (born March 24, 1960) is an American - born English actress and model . Her acting debut was in The Woman in Red (1984), co-starring comic actor Gene Wilder . She also starred in the films Weird Science (1985), directed by John Hughes, and Hard to Kill (1990), with Steven Seagal . </P> <P> Kelly LeBrock was born on March 24, 1960 in New York City but was brought up in the upscale Kensington area of London . She has a French - Canadian father and an Irish mother, Maria . She had a brother, Harold, who died of cancer in 2010 . LeBrock was named after her grandmother, Mary Helen Kelly from Keady, County Armagh, Ireland, who married John Traynor . </P> <P> LeBrock began her career as a model at age 16 in her native New York City . Her breakthrough came at 19, when she starred in a 24 - page spread in Vogue magazine . Shortly afterwards, she contracted with Christian Dior to work for that fashion label for 30 days a year . She subsequently appeared on numerous magazine covers and in fashion spreads, and became one of Eileen Ford's most sought - after models . She became especially recognizable as the Pantene shampoo commercial spokeswoman whose line, "Don't hate me because I'm beautiful" became a pop - culture catchphrase . </P> <P> LeBrock was cast as the "perfect" or "fantasy" woman in films such as The Woman in Red (1984) and Weird Science (1985). As a result, she was considered one of the sexiest women in Hollywood in the 1980s . In 1990, she starred opposite her then - husband, Steven Seagal, in Hard to Kill . LeBrock also appeared in Betrayal of the Dove (1993), Tracks of a Killer (1995), and Hard Bounty (1995). </P>

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