Kelly Patton

Kelly Cameron was born in Anchorage, Alaska to accountant Mark Cameron and homemaker Jane (Swetnam) Cameron. She and her older sister, Crystal (Cameron) King, began singing together at 3 and 4 years old, first in church and then in competitive choirs. When Kelly was 9, her sister was signed up for a summer acting camp and Kelly begged to join in. She and her sister did theater and performed church dramatics through the rest of their education. At 16, Kelly began her commercial acting career with several local television spots. The summer after graduating high school, Kelly traveled to Scotland to perform with a local troupe in the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, then booked a lead role in a touring theater group, staying in Scotland for 8 months. She enrolled in Asbury College and as a freshman took the female lead as Roxanne in Cyrano de Bergerac. She transferred to the University of Alaska, Anchorage to finish her degrees and was very active in the theatre department, garnering lead ro