The Weird Science icon turned heads this week when she walked the red carpet at the Vanderpump Foundation Dog Gala in Beverly Hills. Dressed in a sharp blazer, leather pants, and custom cowboy boots stamped with her initials, LeBrock looked confident and comfortable, even as she admitted that public events are no longer her world.
The annual charity gala is hosted by Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum Lisa Vanderpump, and raises funds to rescue, rehabilitate, and rehome dogs. For LeBrock—who lives surrounded by animals on her ranch—it was one of the few reasons she’d leave home.
“I don’t really go out anymore,” she told The Daily Mail on the red carpet. “I’m sort of a bit of a recluse, but I like it like that.”
From Hollywood to Ranch Life
LeBrock famously walked away from Hollywood years ago after a painful and very public divorce from action star Steven Seagal. Today, she lives on a remote ranch in Santa Ynez, California, about three hours north of Los Angeles, where she cares for horses, cattle, dogs, chickens—and the land itself.
“I gave up diamonds for dirt,” she said, explaining that she mostly manages the ranch on her own, with just one helper who comes by once a week. She’s lived there for 35 years and calls it “a little gem of its own.”
“I live in church,” she added. “The countryside there is so incredible.”
Her decision to attend the gala was also personal. LeBrock revealed she’s had a frightening brush with skin cancer, which made her even more committed to supporting meaningful causes while she can.
A Face That Defined an Era
Born in New York, LeBrock began her career as a model and quickly rose to fame as the face of Christian Dior. Hollywood followed soon after, casting her as the ultimate fantasy figure in two iconic films of the 1980s.
In The Woman in Red, she played a woman so breathtaking that Gene Wilder’s character nearly destroys his life chasing her through San Francisco. A year later, she became pop culture legend in Weird Science, portraying the “perfect woman” created by two teenage boys, played by Anthony Michael Hall and Ilan Mitchell-Smith.
Despite instant stardom, LeBrock appeared in only a handful of films afterward, choosing privacy over fame.
Choosing Her Children Over the Camera
LeBrock’s personal life was often under harsh public scrutiny. After divorcing The Woman in Red producer Victor Drai, she married Seagal and had three children: Annaliza, Dominic, and Arissa. Their 1994 divorce became tabloid fodder—and that was the breaking point.
“When I split with Steven, the divorce was very ugly, and details of the case were on the evening news,” she previously explained. “I didn’t want my kids seeing it.”
So she turned off the TV, left Los Angeles, and raised her children away from celebrity culture. “I wanted them to grow up with real people,” she said—families far removed from Hollywood fame.
A Rare Return, on Her Own Schedule
While acting is no longer her focus, LeBrock has made the occasional appearance. In 2015, she appeared in the Starz holiday film A Prince for Christmas, playing a queen in a fictional European kingdom.
Still, her appearance at the Dog Gala wasn’t about a comeback. It was about animals, health, and showing up for something that matters to her.
For Kelly LeBrock, stepping back into the spotlight isn’t about reliving the past—it’s about standing firmly in the life she chose.
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