Kelly Marie Monaco (born May 23, 1976) is an American model, actress, and reality television personality. She is the Playboy Playmate for the April 1997 issue of Playboy magazine. Monaco portrayed the character Livvie Locke on the ABC soap opera Port Charles from 1997 until the show's cancellation in 2003; that same year she began playing Sam McCall on General Hospital, a role in which she remains today. In 2005, Monaco was a contestant on and the winner of the first season of the reality TV competition series Dancing with the Stars.

Biography

When Monaco was a junior in high school, she met Mike Gonzalez, and began a relationship with him. They worked together as lifeguards at a local resort and attended community college together. They remained together for 18 years. They broke up in 2009, but as seen in the premiere episode of the reality television series Dirty Soap in 2011, she was still mourning the loss of this relationship. Monaco's General Hospital costar Kirsten Storms counseled her through her feelings on that episode by convincing her to burn her prom dress.

On April 25, 2009, Monaco's apartment at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino was ransacked by burglars.