Laura Kelly: Inside The Life Of Tori Kelly’s Mother

Who Is Tori Kelly’s Mother, Laura Kelly?

Laura Kelly is the mother of singer-songwriter Victoria Loren “Tori” Kelly. Laura’s daughter Tori Kelly is known for hits such as “Nobody Love”, “Dear No One”, “Should’ve Been Us”, and “Never Alone”. She is a voice actress known for voicing the character Meena in the animated film Sing (2016), which she reprised in the 2021 sequel, Sing 2. She signed with the record label, Capitol Records.

Laura Kelly: Bio Summary

Laura Kelly is the daughter of James C. Richards and Priscilla Holman but her date of birth is unknown. She is of Irish and German descent. Much is unknown about her childhood and family. She is famous as the mother of successful singer-songwriter, actress, and voice actress Tori Kelly but Tori is not her only child. She has a son Noah James Kelly who is Tori’s younger brother. Noah lives a quiet life.

Laura Kelly had both Tori and Noah with her now ex-husband Allwyn Kelly. Allwyn is a construction worker who owns his business, AK Builders. He is of Afro-Jamaican and Puerto Rican ancestry. Laura and Allwyn were married on March 2, 1991. Their daughter Tori Kelly born Victoria Loren Kelly shared a throwback photo of her parents’ then-newlyweds as she celebrated their 23rd anniversary in the year 2014, in March.

“my beautiful parents celebrated 23 years of marriage today. inspirational,” Tori wrote as she shared the photo on X which used to be Twitter, adding, “and nice mullet, dad.” Laura and Allwyn were married for several years before getting separated. They got divorced but the reason for their divorce is unknown. According to PEOPLE, by September 2019, Allwyn and Laura had divorced.

Their separation influenced their daughter Tori Kelly’s album Inspired by True Events. “It wasn’t intentional,” Tori said of the album in an interview with Forbes. “I had been writing for this album for gosh, two-and-a-half years or so, with breaks in between. But there was just so much that went on in the last couple of years that seemed to happen all at once. I mean, everything. My parents separated, which was very hard. And my grandfather passed away, which was also very hard.”

Laura Kelly Is A Nurse

Laura Kelly works as a nurse. She is an aesthetic nurse at A New You Aesthetics. She is trained and certified in neuromodulators, fillers, PRP therapy, and the Plasma Pen. She used to work in nephrology, with more than 25 years of experience. Her expertise ranges from acute and chronic hemodialysis, hypertension, and disease management, sources say.

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Laura Kelly uses social media to promote her work. She regularly shares posts regarding her work on her Instagram account. She shares before and after photos of her clients. She is a cosmetologist and entrepreneur. She also has an interests in music. According to Amomama, she was an instrumentalist who played piano and saxophone.

Laura Kelly Influenced Her Daughter’s Music Career

Laura Kelly has served as one of the foundational pillars of her daughter Tori Kelly’s rise to fame. She and her ex-husband Allwyn Kelly who are both into music influenced Tori’s career. Laura and Allwyn exposed Tori to a variety of music while she was growing up. They helped instill a love of music in her. Tori once said of her parents:

my beautiful parents celebrated 23 years of marriage today. inspirational.
and nice mullet, dad pic.twitter.com/QKmWfUKNHV

— tori kelly (@torikelly) March 3, 2014

“I give them a lot of credit for just playing all different genres, and no genre was off limits.” Laura Kelly has fully supported her daughter’s career from the start. Tori doesn’t shy away from letting the world know that her parents have had a huge, positive impact on successful career. Tori told Esquire Philippines: “I remember singing as always being second-nature to me. Some of my earliest memories involved music.”

“My dad is a musician and my mom was really into music, too, so I’m grateful to them for exposing me to music so early. Christian music was a presence in our household so I gravitated towards that.” Tori Kelly has shared that her parents, Laura Kelly and Allwyn Kelly have been her biggest supporters. She said she still gets her parent’s wisdom all the time. She added:

“Even if I wasn’t doing music and we weren’t all so invested in it, I think just as parents, they always say like, “This is all great that we’re working together, but we’re your parents first and foremost,” and I respect that so much about them. They really put family first. All the glitz and the glam and all the different things that we do like all these shows, that’s all amazing but I love that they never put that in front of being good parents.”

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“It’s been really cool. We have our struggles just like any other family does that are growing pains but I love them so much.” Laura Kelly has regularly promoted Tori’s work on her social media handles. Laura and her famous daughter have a great bond.