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Jean Louisa Kelly

Jean Louisa Kelly

Actor · Born March 9, 1972 (54) · Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Jean Louisa Kelly (born March 9, 1972) is an American actress and singer. She is perhaps best known for her long-running role as Kim Warner on the television sitcom Yes, Dear. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean Louisa Kelly, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia .

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 9, 1972 (54)
From
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
44 on MovieCove · 55 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Up 27% in 30 days

What are Jean Louisa Kelly's films like?

Across their 27 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Drama5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 85th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 59th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 56th percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 56th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 50th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Animation2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 51st percentile
: browse their Animation movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 72nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
34%
Self
21%
Survival
15%
Morality
14%
Society
13%
Power
2%
Ideas
1%
Family bonds11 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love6 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age5 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption4 titles, browse their movies with this themePrejudice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 25 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 13 · Serious 4 · Dark 8

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 18 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 3

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 8 · Charged 13 · Intense 4

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 16 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 13 · Some laughs 10 · Funny 2

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 14 · Even-paced 10 · Relentless 1

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 18 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 1

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 11 · Affecting 9 · Heavy 5

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 22 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

11 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 5 of 11 analyzed roles.

Ally
5 of 11
Hero
3 of 11
Mentor
2 of 11
Herald
1 of 11
Show the 11 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Warm
12
Tense
11
Hopeful
10
Dread
5
Joyful
6
Other
24

How their films linger

Hopeful18 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy12
  • Bittersweet11
  • Ambiguous3
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Jean Louisa Kelly's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 32 of their 44 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (11).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Jean Louisa Kelly's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

55 credits, 44 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Angel and the Badman(2026)

    as Irene Worth

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Girl in the Attic(2025)

    as Debbie

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Lux Freer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Actor

  • Top Gun: Maverick(2022)

    as Sarah Kazansky

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Malignant(2021)

    as Jane Doe

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • The Neighbor(2017)

    as Lisa

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • The Call of the Wild(2020)

    as Katie Miller

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Out of the Wild(2019)

    as Jessie King

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The Bachelors(2017)

    as Barbara Westman

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • The Good Doctor(2017)

    Show 1 episode · as Brecca's Mom

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Can't Buy My Love(2017)

    as Veronica

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Ant-Man(2015)

    as Buyer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Zoe Gone(2014)

    as Det. Patricia Henderson

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • 1000 to 1: The Cory Weissman Story(2014)

    as Tina Weissman

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Chance at Romance(2014)

    as Roz

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • The Good Mother(2013)

    as Rachel

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • The Fosters(2013)

    Show 2 episodes · as Pastor Nicole

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

  • LEGO Hero Factory: Brain Attack (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Natalie Breez (voice)

  • Lego Hero Factory: Savage Planet(2011)

    as Waspix (voice)

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • LEGO Hero Factory: Ordeal of Fire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Natalie Breez (voice)

  • Lego Hero Factory: Rise of the Rookies(2010)

    as Natalie Breez (voice)

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • LEGO Hero Factory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 17 episodes · as Natalie Breez

  • Locked Away (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Chloe

  • The Three Gifts(2009)

    as Cherie Green

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Surviving Suburbia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Gary Unmarried(2008)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows

  • Eli Stone(2008)

    Show 1 episode · as Julie Lazer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • Burn Notice(2007)

    Show 1 episode · as Emily

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Ghost Whisperer(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Jennifer Quinlan / Nora Sutherland

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows

  • Grey's Anatomy(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Rose Ward

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • CSI: Miami(2002)

    Show 1 episode · as Amy Wells

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows

  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation(2000)

    Show 1 episode · as Sheila DeMarcus

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • Yes, Dear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 122 episodes · as Kim Warner

  • The Fantasticks(2000)

    as Louisa Bellamy

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • A Stranger in the Kingdom(1999)

    as Athena Allen

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Cold Feet(1999)

    Show 4 episodes · as Shelley Sullivan

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Cyberstalking (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Holly Moon

  • The Day Lincoln Was Shot(1998)

    as Lucy Hale

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Ruby Bridges(1998)

    as Jane Coles

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Origin of the Species(1998)

    as Laura

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Ally McBeal(1997)

    Show 1 episode · as Lisa

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows

  • Stolen Women, Captured Hearts(1997)

    as Sarah White

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Harvest of Fire(1996)

    as Rachel

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Mr. Holland's Opus(1995)

    as Rowena Morgan

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Starla and the Jewel Riders(1995)

    Show 26 episodes · as Princess Gwenevere

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows

  • Tad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Julia Taft

  • Breathing Lessons(1994)

    as Daisy

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • One More Mountain(1994)

    as Mary Graves

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Homicide: Life on the Street(1993)

    Show 1 episode · as Sarah Langdon

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Mad About You(1992)

    Show 3 episodes · as Diane the Nurse

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows

  • American Shaolin(1991)

    as Maria

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Law & Order(1990)

    Show 1 episode · as Coral Galvin

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Uncle Buck(1989)

    as Tia Russell

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Show 1 episode · as Daisy

  • White Sands (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 97th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 54 titles, 53 of them dated from 1951 to 2026; peak year 2021.

Biggest box office

The Call of the Wild (2020)

$111M worldwide

Highest rated

Stolen Women, Captured Hearts (1997)

Midcredits 88th

Most popular right now

Angel and the Badman (2026)

Film career

19512026

Peak 2021 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting54 of 54: 54 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score56th

By decade

1950s1 · acting1980s1 · acting1990s17 · acting2000s11 · acting2010s16 · acting2020s7 · acting

Billing

usually 7th · top billed in 0% of 15 roles
8999

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Jean Louisa Kelly's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 56th percentile, the median of all 29; across their 25 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 53rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

53rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 25

Approval · how many liked their films

55thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 25

Reach · how many have seen their films

61stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 25

Midcredits score across 44 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up14
  • 50th to 74th12
  • 25th to 49th15
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

17 of their 44 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic7
  • Crowd Pleaser17
  • Mixed15

Most divisive · actor

Cold Feet (1999)

92nd percentile spread · 32% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

Midcredits 99th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the acting 61/100 in their films, across 23 reviewed titles; fans 74, detractors 36. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Jean Louisa Kelly's work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs heavier than most films and sex & nudity lighter.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore6 titles23–70 · median 37 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity6 titles9–40 · median 16 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity6 titles27–68 · median 57 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs6 titles9–45 · median 29 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense6 titles25–85 · median 36 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Jean Louisa Kelly work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jean Louisa Kelly's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; James W. Wrenn shares the most, 3.

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers

Mixed roles