Slovenska pisateljica minka kelly biography

When it comes to setting the scene for her life story, Minka Kelly is taking a seat in the director’s chair.

Kelly, who became a household name thanks to her role as cheerleader Lyla Garrity on the TV sports drama “Friday Night Lights,” offers an unflinching close-up of her tumultuous upbringing and career in her debut memoir “Tell MeEverything” (Henry Holt,  pp., out Tuesday).

Kelly, 42, spares no detail from her turbulent life, including her unlikely career transition from orthopedic nurse to actress, her emotionally dysfunctional relationship with “Friday” co-star Taylor Kitsch and her unstable childhood with a mother who worked as a stripper and battled drug addiction.

“I’d wanted to tell my story since I was in high school, not yet aware it might hopefully mean something to someone somewhere, struggling to find her place in this world, struggling to understand the cards t