Lisa Robin Kelly (March 5, 1970 - August 15, 2013)[1] was an American actress. She was best known for her role as Laurie Forman on the TV series That '70s Show.

Kelly was born and raised in Southington, Connecticut.[2][3] Her parents were Thomas Carl Kelly and Linda Diane (née Grimm) Kelly.[1]

Career

Kelly made her debut in the 1992 Married... with Children episode "Kelly Doesn't Live Here Anymore". She appeared again in 1994 in episodes of Silk Stalkings and on Charmed in 1999, as well as in direct-to-video and television films such as Amityville Dollhouse, Late Last Night and Jawbreaker.

Kelly played Laurie Forman, the older sister of Eric Forman, on That '70s Show. She abruptly left the show midway through the third season, and her character was written out of the show to "attend beauty school". She returned to the show in the fifth season for four episodes but was replaced with Christina Moore in the sixth season. In an interview with ABC News, she admitted that "with That '70s Show I was guilty of a drinking problem, and I ran", blaming her alcoholism on the loss of a baby.[4]

Legal issues

In August 2010, Kelly was arrested in North Carolina on a charge of driving under the influence.[5] In November 2010, she pleaded guilty and was fined and sentenced to 12 months of unsupervised probation.[6]

On March 31, 2012, Kelly was arrested on a felony charge of corporal injury upon a spouse and was released on $50,000 bail. The charge was based on a complaint filed by her ex-boyfriend, John Michas.[7][8] She later made public statements saying that she was the one who had been assaulted and denied Michas' claim that she assaulted him.[8][9] The Los Angeles County District Attorney declined to file charges.[10]

In November 2012, police in Mooresville, North Carolina, arrested the 42-year-old Kelly and her 61-year-old husband, Robert Joseph Gilliam, after responding to a disturbance at their home. Both were charged with assault and released on bond.[11][12] She later filed for divorce and a restraining order against Gilliam.[13]

On June 23, 2013, Kelly was arrested for a suspected DUI when law enforcement responded to a call about a parked car blocking a lane of traffic on the I-5 freeway. She subsequently failed a field-sobriety test.[14]

Death

Days after checking into Pax Rehab House in Altadena, California, Kelly died in her sleep at the facility on August 15, 2013, aged 43.[1] On January 3, 2014, the Los Angeles Department of Coroner concluded that her death was due to an accidental unspecified oral "multiple drug intoxication".[15][16][17][18] In June 2014, Kelly's estranged husband filed a lawsuit against the rehabilitation center where she was being treated and subsequently died, claiming negligence.[13][19] The lawsuit was eventually settled for unspecified terms.[20]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes	Sherrie	N/A
1995	Payback	Teenage Girl	N/A
1996	Amityville Dollhouse	Dana	N/A
1997	Performance Anxiety[21]	N/A	N/A
1998	The Survivor[21]	N/A	N/A
1999	Kill the Man	Nan	N/A
	Jawbreaker	Cheerleader #2	N/A
	Clubland	Carla	N/A
2005	The Food Chain: A Hollywood Scarytale[21]	N/A	N/A
2012	SUX2BME[22]	N/A	Short film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Married... with Children	Carol	Episode: "Kelly Doesn't Live Here Anymore"
1994	Silk Stalkings	Gina Nelson	Episode: "Killer Cop"
	Renegade	Debbie	Episode: "Sheriff Reno"
	Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story	Charlie Greenwell's Girlfriend	Television film
1995	Platypus Man	Brandi	Episode: "NYPD Nude"
	ABC Afterschool Special	Ashley	Episode: "Fast Forward"
	Sisters	Kristy	Episode: "Deceit"
	Murphy Brown	Student	Episode: "The Feminine Critique"
	Spring Fling![21]	N/A	Television film
	Terror in the Shadows[21]	N/A	Television film
1996	The X-Files	Terri Roberts	Episode: "Syzygy"
	Hope and Gloria	Debbee	Episode: "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Funicular"
	Days of Our Lives	Jill Stevens	N/A
	Suddenly[21]	N/A	Television film
1997	Married... with Children	Heather Talrico	Episode: "Breaking Up is Easy to Do: Part 1"
	Jenny	Real World Actress	Episode: "A Girl's Gotta Live in the Real World"
	Alone[21]	N/A	Television film
1998	Poltergeist: The Legacy	Janine Kinsey	Episode: "Hell Hath No Fury"
	Fantasy Island	Regina	Episode: "Pilot"
	Buddy Faro	Rita Nardo	Episode: "Ain't That a Kick in the Head"
	The Net	Lucy	Episode: "Lucy's Life"
	Young Hearts Unlimited[21]	N/A	Television film
1998-2003	That '70s Show	Laurie Forman	Recurring role, 44 episodes
1999	Charmed	Daisy	Episode: "Love Hurts"
	Late Last Night	Tristan	Television film
2002	Alikes[21]	N/A	Television film

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