Friday Night Lights and Titans actress Minka Kelly has been linked to a number of suitors throughout her life. While some relationships have never been confirmed, others have lasted for some time.
Kelly was born into showbiz seeing as her father is Aerosmith guitarist Rick Dufay. She first broke out into the acting scene at 26, playing cheerleader Lyla Garrity in the beloved NBC drama series Friday Night Lights. She’s starred in several films and television shows since, including 500 Days of Summer, Parenthood, Titans, and Euphoria. In May 2023, Kelly released her memoir titled Tell Me Everything: A Memoir, which became a New York Times non-fiction best-seller.
Who is Minka Kelly dating?
In 2023, Kelly is dating Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds. A source close to the couple told Us Weekly that the two are “in love” and slowly becoming more committed. The 43-year-old actress and the 35-year-old singer were first linked in November 2022, while out having dinner in Los Angeles.
Who has Minka Kelly dated in the past?
Minka Kelly dated Men of a Certain Age and Scandal actor Brian White from 2003 to 2004. In 2005, she got together with Scrubs actor Donald Faison, whom she dated for a year.
In 2006, Kelly was cast in Friday Night Lights, where she fell for co-star Taylor Kitsch, who played her love interest, Tim Riggins, on the show. In her 2023 memoir, the actress revealed the two “fell in lust fast and hard,” but couldn’t make it last. They would constantly break up and make the environment on set difficult for each other, and everyone around them. In the book, she says the relationship taught her to be more vulnerable about her feelings.
A year later, in 2007, Kelly was linked to Captain America star Chris Evans, but the two reportedly broke up soon after due to irreconcilable working schedules. Kelly dated John Mayer for a few months at the start of 2008, and baseball player Derek Jeter between 2008 and 2011, before getting back together with Evans in late 2012. According to Us Weekly, the two actors called it quits again in 2013.
The Euphoria actress was reportedly seeing How I Met Your Mother star Josh Radnor for a few months at the start of 2017 before she allegedly struck up a romance with Grey’s Anatomy beau Jesse Williams. The two met when they were shooting for Detroit: Become Human, a video game for which they were motion capture models. Despite only going public in the summer of 2017, Kelly had to deny the rumors that she had played a part in Williams’ split from wife Aryn Drake-Lee. On her Instagram, Kelly replied to a comment accusing her of cheating.
“[The cheating rumors] are not [true]. Hate for you to be disappointed. Glad I could clear that up for you. Now f**k off.”
When did Minka Kelly and Trevor Noah date?
In 2020, Kelly entered her most serious relationship since Derek Jeter, with The Daily Show host Trevor Noah. They began dating in August of that year, and by January, People reported they were planning for a future together. The two seemed to have an on-and-off relationship for the months that followed.
In December, Noah shared a photo of the two on a trip to South Africa together to his Instagram, which has since been deleted, followed by Kelly’s own post in January 2022. In May of 2022, almost two years after dating rumors were first sparked, a source confirmed to People that the relationship was “officially over.”
