Kelly was born on June 8, 1959 in Covina, California. Oldest of five children, after high school she began nude modeling to pay her way through Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. She played small roles in regular Hollywood films, such as the Toolbox Murders and was Jessica Lange's double in the 1976 remake of King Kong. After meeting William Margold and Chuck Vincent, she began her career in the adult film industry with the movie That Lucky Stiff, in 1979. Since then she has starred in over 50 adult features, and has been awarded the Best Actress Award by the Adult Film Association of America for her work in the 1983 film In Love. In 1993 she was presented with a Life Time Achievement Award by the Free Speech Coalition and in 1996 she was inducted into the Erotic Legends Hall of Fame.

Currently she is a makeup artist for the adult film industry, and is working on writing and producing her own line of videos. She resides in southern California with her two children and adult director Wesley Emerson.

Update 2009* Kelly is making somewhat of a return to porn by doing her first sex scene in about 25 years. Legendary performer Kelly Nichols does Tom Byron in the forthcoming Seasoned Players 8.

How long her return to porn will last is still up in the air.

 

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