Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
- Keely Shaye Smith is an American journalist, author, T.V host, model and actress. Keely Shaye Smith was born on September 25, 1963 in Vallejo, California.
Family and Personal Life :
- Keely is married to Pierce Brosnan, an actor and film producer from Ireland, best known for portraying the role of ‘James Bond’ in official Bond movie series. He was the fifth actor who portrayed James Bond.
- Pierce was earlier married an Australian actress, Cassandra Harris, who passed away in December 1991 due to ovarian cancer.
- Pierce and Keely met on a beach in Mexico on April 8, 1994, and got married on August 4, 2001, after postponing their marriage three times.
- The couple and their family also includes – two children by the time of their marriage, Dylan Thomas Brosnan (born in 1997) and Paris Beckett Brosnan (born in 2001).
- She is the step-mother of Pierce and Cassandra’s son Sean Brosnan and to Pierce’s adopted children Charlotte and Christopher (Cassandra’s sons from her former husband Dermot Harris).
Movie Career :
- In 1986, Keely appeared in the music video ‘Stuck With You’ which was at number one position on Billboard’s ‘Hot 100’ list from September 20, 1985, to October 10, 1986.
- KiIn 1990, she appeared in the TV series ‘General Hospital’ portraying the role of ‘Valerie Freeman.’ Later, In 1994, she was seen in the NBC’s primetime hit show ‘Unsolved Mysteries’ where she worked as its correspondent for about three years (upto 1997).
- She also worked on ABC’s ‘The Home Show’ as its environmental correspondent for almost six years. She appeared as a gardening expert and correspondent for ABC’s shows Good Morning America and ‘Mike and Maty’.
- From 1995 to 2000, Keely and Pierce worked together with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the International Fund for Animal Welfare to stop a proposed salt factory from being built at Laguna San Ignacio, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
- She has also worked as an entertainment correspondent for NBC’s ‘Today Show,’ CBS’s ‘Entertainment Tonight,’ and HBO’s ‘World Entertainment Report’.
- She hosted a series for the Outdoor Life Network, ’Great Bears.’ Keely with her husband created and hosted an eco-friendly home and garden how-to show called ‘Home Green Home’ for PBS.
Interesting Facts and Trivia :
- She earned two Genesis Awards for her show, ’The Home Show,’ a ‘Special Achievement Award’ at the 1991 ‘Environmental Film Festival’ and a nomination from the Environmental Media Association (EMA).
- In 2001, she got nominated in ‘Women in Film Crystal Awards’ for the first time in her life and also won it.
- She has been honored by Women in Film, The Natural Resources Defense Council, EMA, Earth Communications Office, Heal the Bay, Oceana, Senator Barbara Boxer, Malibu Times, and Organic Style Magazine for her excellent work towards the environment.
- One of her articles has been published in ‘Los Angeles Confidential Magazine’.
