Keelay Moore James was born in the District of Columbia, but immediately moved to Atlanta GA with her parents John and Yvonne Moore. She was introduced to the entertainment industry at the fresh age of 11, in her first appearance on the big screen in the hit series In the Heat of the Night. She has also appeared in commercials for Adonis productions for hair salon promo and WC Productions for the stage play “The Lost Son.” Keelay has several years of theater experience, she has performed in supporting roles in WCP’s stage plays “The Lost Son”, and “It’s a Thin Line: Five Wise Five Foolish”, and also played a lead role in Petronia Brown Production “Caught in the Fire” as Sandra. In film she has appeared in the movie “Stomp the Yard” and is currently working on her first web series deriving from her play, “I Need Help.”

Keelay has appeared in music videos for local artists such as Rasheeda, Pastor Troy, Ludacris, and the Grammy Award winning Outkast. At age 18 Keelay ventured into the modeling scene. She performed runway modeling for companies such as Urban Style Production, Beauty in a Blink, Marcus Bling, and the Bronner Bros. She also trained up and coming models to rip the runway using High Fashion Couture and Local Urban walks.
Keelay’s passion is drama and education. She wants to teach drama to at risk kids in metro Atlanta area, to give children an outlet and safe place to study the arts.

Keelay is a wife and mother of three beautiful daughters her hobbies includes her being an avid writer of poetry, theater, and short stories. She is focusing on acting, producing stage plays, and film. Keelay wrote, directed, produced, and début in her first production “I Need Help” and also her second stage play “Where is the Love?” She is now working on two musicals “Finding My Identity” and “The Block” for 2014. Keelay is working on her first novel Where is the Love?, derived from the stage play. She will appear on the Web series Bonded and will be the writer/producer of an internet radio show, Worst Behavior on RocklanOne radio.

Keelay co-owns Angels Disguise Productions LLC with her husband Terrence James.