Kelly Rutherford (born November 6, 1968) is an American actress. She is known for her television roles as Stephanie "Sam" Whitmore on the NBC daytime soap opera Generations (1989โ1991), as Megan Lewis on the Fox primetime soap opera Melrose Place (1996โ1999), and as Lily van der Woodsen on The CW series Gossip Girl (2007โ2012).
