Kelly Rohrbach (born January 21, 1990) is an American actress and model, best known for her role as C. J. Parker in the film ''

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''.

Early life

Was born in

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and raised in

Greenwich, Connecticut Greenwich (, ) is a town in southwestern Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. At the 2020 census, the town had a total population of 63,518. The largest town on Connecticut's Gold Coast, Greenwich is home to many hedge funds and other ...

. She is the daughter of Anne (née Wholly) and Clay Rohrbach, a financier. She attended

Greenwich Academy Greenwich Academy is an independent, college-preparatory day school for girls in Greenwich, Connecticut. Founded in 1827, it is the oldest girls' school in Connecticut. Greenwich Academy's motto is ''Ad Ingenium Faciendum,'' "Toward the Building o ...

. She played

golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...

for Greenwich and earned an athletic scholarship to

Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private research university in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789 as Georg ...

to play golf for the

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. She graduated from Georgetown in 2012 with a degree in theatre, and enrolled at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art to pursue acting.

Career

Rohrbach had small roles in the TV series ''

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'', '' The New Normal'', '' Rizzoli & Isles'', ''

Broad City ''Broad City'' is an American television sitcom created by and starring Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson. It was developed from their independent web series of the same name, which was produced between 2009 and 2011. The sitcom, like the web series ...

'', and '' Rush''. After working in Hollywood for two years, Rohrbach began modeling. She appeared in

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's 2014 holiday marketing campaign and for

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denim in 2015. She appeared in the 2015 ''

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, and was named its "Rookie of the Year". She played C. J. Parker in the 2017 feature film ''

'', which is based on the 1989–2001 TV series of the same name.

Personal life

Rohrbach dated actor Leonardo DiCaprio in 2015. In 2019, she married attorney and

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heir

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. In December 2021, it was announced that the couple were expecting their first child, a boy.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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