Biography
Justyna Kelley is an American actress, producer, singer and songwriter. She is known for her roles in Devil's Due, Rosemary's Baby, Twice, Les Petits Secrets Entre Voisins and many others. She was born into a musical and artistic family in Nashville, Tennessee, the daughter of Irene Kelley, a country music artist and songwriter, and Patrick Kelley, a publisher and writer. Her grandfather was Jay Hilary Kelley, a distinguished Professor, WWII Lieutenant, Dean of Engineering and White House science advisor during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. Her aunt, Sheila Kelley, and uncle-in-law, Richard Schiff, are professional actors.
Justyna attended University of the South on a cross-country athletic scholarship. She graduated Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in Theatre and French in 2009. During college, she participated in a year-long acting program with the esteemed Michael Howard Studios (under whom her aunt had also studied) in New York City and was briefly involved in the off-Broadway scene in the West 50's neighborhood where she lived. One night while singing to herself in the S Factor dance studio where she worked, she was overheard by Charles Koppelman of CAK Entertainment and brought into the studio to record several songs, one that she had written with a friend from high school.
From those recordings, she was signed to Huge American Music for development and publishing in 2010. Although she grew up singing with her mother on the road, she made her first solo album in 2011 and embarked on her first international tour in 2012. After signing a record deal with 13 Bis Records (Warner France) in 2013, she relocated to Paris, France to continue a career in music and film. Justyna was signed to the Cindy Brace Agency in Paris in 2014, and in 2015, she was signed to publishing at Universal France. In 2016, she scored the lead role in independent French film, "Il Ne Restera Que Les Etoiles," for which she was nominated for "Best Actress" at the Top Indie Film Awards. In 2017, she and long-time friend, Eddie Gore, launched a Nashville-based production and publishing company (Eddie and Justy) that develops and records artists as well as music for TV and film. She works as an international singer, songwriter, actress, producer and voice over artist.
