Kelly Overton

I first met Kelly Overton through Vanessa Van Helsing, and what stays with me is the trajectory rather than the role. She came from small-town Wilbraham, Massachusetts, and didn't settle for being in front of the camera. Stage actor, screen actor, then screenwriter and director. I have an instinctive respect for performers who cross over into building the story themselves, because it takes a different kind of courage to surrender the spotlight for the control booth. There's a toughness in her on-screen heroines and, I suspect, a careful, detail-minded patience behind the scenes. I find myself quietly rooting for whatever she chooses to make next.

Name (English)

Kelly Overton

Name (Japanese)

ケリー・オーバートン

Reading

けりー・おーばーとん

Born

August 28, 1978 (age 47)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Horse

Origin

Wilbraham, Massachusetts, United States

Occupation

film director / screenwriter / stage actor / film actor / television actor

High school

Minnechaug Regional High School

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly%20Overton
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q461131

Tags

• Massachusetts
• film director
• screenwriter
• stage actor

Last updated

2026-06-23

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.