Kelsey Keel
- Actress
Kelsey Keel is a teenager from Northern Virginia who won an Emmy Award
for her performance in the Showtime Original Picture for All Ages
My Louisiana Sky (2001).
Kelsey was nominated in the same category with
Hume Cronyn,
Juliette Lewis,
Stephen Rea and
Kevin Clash. This was Kelsey's first
project. Following that, she did a production of "Trudy Blue" at the
Studio Theatre in Washington, D.C. by the Pulitzer Prize winning
playwright, Marsha Norman. She recently received her High School
Diploma. Kelsey has three older brothers, Jon-Michael Downing, Patrick
Downing, and Frankie Keel. She also has a sister in-law, Val Downing,
and a niece, Jana Downing, whom she adores. Kelsey enjoys spending time
with her family. Her father, Wade Keel, owns a custom picture framing
business, which keeps expanding, and a beverage store in D.C. In her
free time she goes into work and spends time with her dad. She also
enjoys watching her brother Frankie play lacrosse, which he is
excellent at, and football. When Kelsey travels for acting she travels
with her mother, Karen Keel, who also owns a dance school, in Fairfax,
Virginia. Kelsey has lots of hobbies. She enjoys shopping! She has
played the drums for 8 years, the piano for 11 years and has been
dancing since she was 4.