Kelly Packard
American actress, television personality
Kelly Chemane Packard (born January 29, 1975) is an American actress and television personality. She is best known for her roles as Tiffani Smith on California Dreams and April Giminski on Baywatch, as well as co-hosting Ripley's Believe It or Not!. She also co-hosted the late segment of GSN Live from September 15, 2008 until November 28, 2008.
Packard also guest starred in the television series The Wonder Years, Blossom, Step by Step, Boy Meets World, USA High and The Wild Thornberrys.
As a child, she was also a contestant on the Bob Eubanks's daytime version of Card Sharks, during "Young People's Week".
On May 29, 2026, it was announced that Packard will reprise her role as April Giminski on Baywatch rebooted series in a recurring role.
Personal life
Packard's family moved to Arizona, where she spent her childhood, before moving to Canyon Country back in California, and attended Canyon High School. Packard joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as a teenager. In August 1996, she married and was sealed (an LDS rite) to Darrin Privett, an Emergency Medicine physician. They have four children together – three daughters and one son – Aubrey, Dallin, Halle, and Delaney and live in Newhall, California, with their many pets.
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