| Lesli Kay joined the cast of the CBS daytime drama AS THE WORLD TURNS on March 1, 1997 as Molly Conlan, Holden Snyder's former girlfriend with whom he unknowingly shared a child. Reunited with the daughter she gave up for adoption, she is hoping to put her vixenish past behind her and begin anew with Jake McKinnon.
The Charleston, West Virginia-born actress earned a Daytime Emmy Award in 2001 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. She began modeling in New York when she was 15, worked at MTV and later attended Colorado State University where she earned a B.A. in theater and speech communications.
Kay was seen in leading roles in the films Charades, Guarded Secrets and Forbidden Games. Her primetime television credits include High Tide, Women Series, Nowhere Man, True Blue, Hunter, Secret Service, Counterstrike, and The Big Easy. She also appeared on the daytime dramas Ryan's Hope, One Life to Live, and Loving.
On stage, Kay appeared in regional theater productions of Grease, Romeo and Juliet and My Sister in this House. She was also in Pushkin: One Woman Show, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Children's Hour, Flowers for Algernon and A Chorus Line, all at Colorado University, as well as The Art of Self-Defense at Carnegie-Mellon University.
The actress recently received her first Soap Opera Digest Nomination, in the category of Outstanding Scene-Stealer. Her birthdate is June 13.
In her spare time, Kay enjoys working out and rollerblading but her favorite hobby is watching sports on TV. She and former co-star Keith Coulouris recently welcomed their first child, Jackson William Coulouris (b. 2/22/00). |
