Kay Lawrence, played by Julie Adams, is a character in the film Creature from the Black Lagoon.
Kay joins Dr. David Reed, Dr. Mark Williams, Dr. Carl Maia, and Dr. Edwin Thompson on an expedition to the Amazon to find more evidence of amphibious human. They charter a boat called Rita, captained by the scruffy Lucas.
Before long the Gill-Man takes notice of Kay who is swimming in his lagoon and he follows Rita, killing those aboard one by one in order to get to Kay.
Eventually Kay is taken by the creature to a subterranean cave where Maia, Reed and Williams confront the creature and rescue Kay.