Keely Shay Smith - American actress, journalist, writer and TV presenter is better known to the general public as the wife of Hollywood star Pierce Brosnan. But despite her modest accomplishments in acting, Keely Smith boasts one of the strongest stellar marriages and successful reporting.
Biography and career
Keely Shaye Smith was born on September 25, 1963 in the USA in Vallejo, California. The childhood years of the actress also passed there.
Already at 23, the girl began her career as a journalist. In 1986, she got a job as an environmental correspondent for ABC's Home Show. For 6 years of journalistic activity, Keely Smith received two special awards at the Genesis Awards environmental festival in 1991. She also won a nomination from the Environmental Media Association EMA.
In 1994, the girl continued her career as a correspondent for the popular primetime show Unsolved Mysteries on NBC. Smith's main activity was to provide the public with updated information on undisclosed stories. For 4 years, the TV presenter with her show aired on NBC, covering all the new facts.
Acting career and creativity
Keely Smith got her first role in Huey Lewis's video clip Stuck with You on MTV in 1986, where she played the performer's girlfriend Wee Lewis. The video lasted three weeks at number one on the Hot-100.
A year later, the actress got a role in the comedy film Norman's Corner directed by Paul Miller. But then she received an offer to play herself - a reporter - in the American TV series "Unsolved Mysteries" based on her work on the show on NBC. In 1988, Keely Smith got small but interesting roles in two comedy films at once.
In 1989, the actress appeared in the TV series General Hospital, playing Valerie Freemann in one of the seasons. She also starred in episodes of the American motion picture Nothin 'Goes Right and the Italian film Qualcuno paghera. Then there was a rather long break in her acting career. And only in 1995, the charming Keely Smith starred in two comedies: "Mad Television" produced in the USA and "Very Important Pennis", Great Britain.
From an early age, Keely Shay Smith is fond of gardening, and even published several publications on this topic. Also, the journalist, as in her youth, takes an active part in various environmental projects.
Personal life
In the spring of 1994 in Mexico, Keely Shaye Smith had a chance to interview the famous actor Pierce Brosnan. It was this meeting that predetermined the fate of both. They began a romantic relationship. The journalist won the heart of the actor who was widowed at that time.
Pierce Brosnan at that time had already played his star James Bond and was rightfully considered a Hollywood handsome man and sex symbol, so his choice was somewhat surprising for the public. Keely Shay did not have a model appearance and could not boast of great success in cinema.
But as time has shown, the main thing in marriage is not beauty and sexuality, but love. For 7 years, the couple tested their relationship for strength and finally on August 4, 2001, Keely Shay Smith and Pierce Brosnan formalized their relationship. The couple have two sons: Dylan Thomas Brosnan, born in 1997 and Paris Beckett Brosnan, born in 2001.
The wedding ceremony of the couple took place in an old Catholic church in the west of Ireland, where Brosnan spent his childhood. The Hollywood star himself calls his relationship and marriage with Keely his lucky luck, he, both in his youth and after more than 20 years of dating, publicly demonstrates his love for his wife everywhere.
Keely Smith, in addition to her two children, helped her husband raise the actor's children from his first marriage. Contrary to Hollywood stereotypes, this celebrity couple has been living in perfect harmony for over 25 years. And the secret of such family happiness, of course, largely lies in the character of Keely Smith.
Brosnan himself, in numerous interviews about his wife, always notes: “I am very lucky to have met Keely. She has a great many virtues, I am especially attracted by the fact that she is a self-sufficient woman and can easily do without me if we suddenly break up. Perhaps that is why I am ready to do everything to prevent this from happening."
Transformation of a TV reporter
Keely Shay Smith's appearance according to Hollywood beauty canons is far from perfect. After giving birth, Smith's figure has changed a lot, she gained extra pounds. And if in her youth, with a weight of 60 kg and a height of 170 cm, Keely Shay looked quite decent, now her weight is all 120 kg.
Such a transformation of the journalist and the wife of James Bond caused an ardent discussion in the press of her person. Passions ran high when the paparazzi filmed the overweight Keely Shea in Hawaii in a revealing swimsuit. A scandal erupted among journalists and fans. Someone compared the journalist to a "whale stranded on the shore", but there were publications that spoke out in support of Keely.
Despite such discussions in the press of her appearance, the TV presenter herself has repeatedly said that she does not feel ugly, does not feel discomfort from the weight and, of course, does not fear being left without a husband. For her, appearance is not the basis of family happiness, the main thing is love and understanding.
Therefore, in her 43 years, when Keely Smith was offered to appear for the fashion magazine Vogue, she happily took part in the photo shoot and proudly showed off her curvaceous forms. Smith still wears clothes with a revealing neckline and does not refuse open swimsuits on the beaches.
