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Inside ‘Top Gun’ Star Kelly McGillis’ Quiet North Carolina Life Out of the Spotlight


Kelly McGillis left Hollywood to raise her daughters, get sober and find self-worth, but why didn’t she return for 'Top Gun Maverick'

The Juilliard School-trained actress burst onto screens with a riveting portrayal of an Amish woman dragged into a murder conspiracy in 1985’s Witness, which earned her Golden Globe Award nomination. McGillis continues to act sporadically, most recently making guest appearances in zombie apocalypse show Z Nation in 2014 and the true crime-inspired docudrama Dirty John in 2020. While archival footage of McGillis is included in Cruise’s long-awaited sequel Top Gun: Maverick, the actress did not film new scenes as her character Charlotte “Charlie” Blackwood.

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