Though the Top Gun: Maverick team passed up on the opportunity to bring her back and make the sequel one big reunion, McGillis has a bright future — both on and off screen — ahead.
She has two daughters, Kelsey Lauren and Sonora Ashley, with her second husband, Fred Tillman, whom she divorced in 2002.
Prior to moving to North Carolina, she also worked at the New Jersey-based Seabrook House Drug Alcohol Rehab Center, where she aided drug addicts and alcoholics on their journey to recovery.