She Dropped Out of College to Move to New York
18-year-old Kelly briefly attended Camden County College where she studied psychology, but she eventually dropped out. Her real love was performing, so she packed her bags and moved to New York to make a name for herself. She landed her first serious acting role in 1990 as bad girl Hayley Vaugh on ABC’s soap opera, All My Children.
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Kelly played the role for 11 years and claims that she’s forever grateful to the show. In an interview for Variety she stated, “The training ground that All My Children provided me was second to none. It taught professionalism.” The show didn’t only affect her professional life, but it completely changed the course of her personal life as well. On the set of her first big role on TV, Kelly met her husband, Mark Consuelos.