<P> McGillis was born July 9, 1957, in Newport Beach, California, the daughter of Virginia Joan (née Snell), a homemaker, and Dr. Donald Manson McGillis, a doctor . </P> <P> McGillis was raised in Los Angeles, and attended the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts in Santa Maria, California . After graduating from high school in 1975, she moved to New York City to study acting at the Juilliard School, where she graduated in 1983, Group 12 . </P> <P> After making her film debut in Reuben, Reuben in 1983, McGillis' breakout role was that of an Amish mother in the 1985 film Witness with Harrison Ford, for which she received Golden Globe and BAFTA award nominations . Her next high - profile role was that of flight instructor Charlie in the 1986 fighter - pilot film Top Gun with Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer . </P> <P> In 1987, McGillis acted in the fantasy - comedy film Made in Heaven, directed by Alan Rudolph, which was produced by Lorimar Productions . The film also co-stars Oscar winner Timothy Hutton . </P>

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