- Didn't talk as a toddler, so her father enrolled her into a theater program, where she came out of her shell.
- Though their characters had a love-hate relationship on Family Matters (1989), in real life she and Jaleel White were good friends during the taping of the show.
- Ate lunch with her co-star Jaleel White every day, and they shared an on-set tutor.
- Middle name is pronounced "Sha-neen".
- Despite playing his younger sister on Family Matters (1989), Kellie is actually over one month older than co-star Darius McCrary.
- Majoring in psychology at UCLA (June 2000)
- In July 2012, she gave birth to son John Ervin Jackson.
- In June 2010 she gave birth to daughter Hannah Belle Jackson.
- When Family Matters (1989) was on hiatus and Kellie went back to her hometown, all her friends would ask questions about Jaleel White such as, "Is that boy really a nerd?" She was upset about it at first but later got used to it.
- Kellie has moved back to Washington, DC, where she has just launched a new fine-arts program for youth at Howard University's Children's Theater. (November 2006)
- She has a younger sister, Marti, and a younger brother, Donte.
- Born on exactly the same date as Reese Witherspoon.
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