Born Sept. 19, 1966, to Robert and Sharon Wright, she attended school in Onalaska, and graduated from Central High School, La Crosse, in 1984. She graduated from Cosmetology School in Minneapolis.

A photographer caught an impromptu kiss between Ed and Danette Baker, two staples in the Wichita theater community who were sparring for a photo shoot on a train under Kellogg in 2011.