
Long before Kesha and Jennifer Lawrence, way back on the timeline before Ingrid Michaelson and Laura Linney, in a time Hope Solo, Sue Bird and Paula Creamer were just youth-league cuties ⦠there was the MCI girl.
Guys, this is Jean Louisa Kelly.
Her cute but creepy ad for the soon-defunct MCI became all sortsa Dream Weaver for me.Ā She resurfaced in Mr. Hollandās Opus, as star-dreaming Rowena Morgan in 1995. In 2000, you could see her in Yes, Dear, married to a dude even dweebier than yours truly.
I thought sheād disappeared after that feeble TV show.
Then I watched 1,000 to 1: The Cory Weissman Story. I resisted, invoking my āNo Movies That Star Kids From Disney Showsā clause. But ⦠Coryās mom looked, so sweetly familiar. The curls were now straight; her lipstick less pow than fire-engine red.