Personal Life
Kelly was born in Totton near Southampton, Hampshire, and moved to a farm on the Isle of Wight with her family,her mother's birthplace and where her father and mother first met. She attended Newchurch Primary, Solent Middle and Sandown High.
Her first musical appearance was in Bugsy Malone in middle school. She studied with a local singing teacher, Barbara Walters, who cast Kelly in amateur productions at local theatres,including Shanklin Stagecoach of Performing Arts School.
Kelly is divorced from choreographer Nick Winston, whom she married in 2001.
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