Fans know her as the spoiled, rich cheerleader Lyla Garrity on Friday Night Lights or as the affluent, mysterious Samantha on the HBO megahit Euphoria. But as revealed for the first time in her highly anticipated New York Times best-selling memoir Tell Me Everything, Minka Kelly’s life has been anything but easy.

Raised by a single mother who worked as a stripper and struggled with addiction, Minka spent years waking up in strange apartments as she and her mom bounced around the country, relying on friends and relatives to take them in. In this deeply honest account she details how she at times lived in storage units, recalls her horrifying experience with domestic violence, overcame the loss of her mother to colon cancer, and her journey to forgiveness and self-acceptance through therapy.

Now an established actress and philanthropist, Minka takes this next step in her career as a writer, revealing the cycles of poverty and violence that many women in America experience in silence. She has poured her soul into this book, which ultimately tells a story of triumph over adversity, and how resilience and love are all we have in the end.

More About Minka Kelly

Minka Kelly’s career includes a variety of respected works across film and television. Kelly recently wrapped production on Blackwater Lane, a psychological thriller based on British author B.A. Paris’s bestselling novel, The Breakdown. The film will follow the story of a woman (Kelly) who drives by a stranded motorist later revealed to have been murdered.

Most recently, Kelly can be seen in the second season of HBO and Sam Levinson’s Euphoria. Prior, she can be seen as a series regular role of 'Dove' in the DC Comics television series Titans. Before that, she was seen alongside Henry Cavill and Alexandra Daddario in Nomis, written and directed by David Raymond. Kelly also appeared in the Jason Katims Universal Television/Hulu Original Series The Path, alongside Aaron Paul and Michelle Monaghan.

Kelly’s additional credits include Lee Daniels’ The Butler, Neil LaButte’s Full Circle for Direct TV, The Kingdom directed by Peter Berg, and (500) Days Of Summer directed by Marc Webb, among many others.

Kelly won the hearts of audiences as Lyla Garrity on NBC's hit show, Friday Night Lights. Her success in television continued with a significant recurring role as a behavioral therapist to children with Asperger's Syndrome in another NBC hit, Parenthood. Her other television work includes Man Seeking Woman, Almost Human, and Charlie's Angels.

Kelly is also a philanthropist. After a trip to Ethiopia in 2009, Kelly was inspired to help the countless women she met who are unable to provide for themselves and their families. She is a partner with ABLE, an organization which creates employment opportunities for women in Kenya, Ethiopia, Peru, Mexico and Nashville, TN through the production and sale of clothing and accessories.

As a global IFAW ambassador, Kelly is focused on raising awareness of big cat issues such as cub handling and pseudo-sanctuaries as well as advocating for federal legislation banning private ownership of big cats in the United States.

Kelly currently resides in Los Angeles.