Kelly Chemane Packard (born January 29, 1975) is an American actress and television personality. She is best known for her roles as Tiffani Smith on ''

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'' and April Giminski on ''

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'', as well as co-hosting ''

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''. She also co-hosted the late segment of ''

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'' from September 15, 2008 until November 28, 2008. Packard also guest starred in the television series ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Step by Step'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. As a child, she was also a contestant on the

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' daytime version of ''

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'', during "Young People's Week".

Personal life

Packard joined

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as a teenager. In 1997, she married and was

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(an LDS rite) to Darrin Privett, an Emergency Medicine physician. They have four children together – three daughters and one son – Aubrey, Dallin, Halle, and Delaney and live in

Newhall, California Newhall is the southernmost and oldest community in the city of Santa Clarita, California. Prior to the 1987 consolidation of Canyon Country, Santa Clarita, California, Canyon Country, Saugus, Santa Clarita, California, Saugus, Newhall, and Val ...

with their many pets. Packard is an animal lover and a vegetarian. On April 29, 2014, Packard and her family appeared in an episode of ''

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'', in which she switched places with actress

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Filmography

Films

Television

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Packard, Kelly Living people 1975 births 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses Actresses from Los Angeles American child actresses American film actresses American Latter Day Saints American television actresses Television personalities from Los Angeles American women television personalities Contestants on American game shows Converts to Mormonism People from Newhall, Santa Clarita, California