Kelli Christine O'Hara (born April 16, 1976) is an American actress and singer, most known for her work on the
Broadway
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* Broadway Theatre (disambiguation)
* Broadway theatre, theatrical productions in professional theatres near Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
** Broadway (Manhattan), the street
** Broadway Theatre (53rd Stre ...
and
opera
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stages.
An eight-time
Tony Award
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nominee, O'Hara won the
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical
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for her performance as
Anna Leonowens
Anna Harriette Leonowens (born Ann Hariett Emma Edwards; 5 November 1831 – 19 January 1915) was an Anglo-Indian or Indian-born British travel writer, educator, and social activist.
She became well known with the publication of her memoirs, ...
in the
Lincoln Center Theater
The Vivian Beaumont Theater is a Broadway theatre, Broadway theater in the Lincoln Center complex at 150 West 65th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S. Operated by the nonprofit Lincoln Center Theater (LCT ...
revival of ''
The King and I
''The King and I'' is the fifth musical by the team of Rodgers and Hammerstein. It is based on Margaret Landon's novel '' Anna and the King of Siam'' (1944), which is in turn derived from the memoirs of Anna Leonowens, governess to the childr ...
'' at the 69th Tony Awards in 2015. She also received Tony nominations for her performances in ''
The Light in the Piazza'' (2005), ''
The Pajama Game
''The Pajama Game'' is a musical based on the 1953 novel '' 7½ Cents'' by Richard Bissell.
The book is by George Abbott and Richard Bissell; the music and lyrics are by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. Dances were staged by Bob Fosse in his chor ...
'' (2006), ''
South Pacific
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'' (2008), ''
Nice Work If You Can Get It'' (2012), ''
The Bridges of Madison County
''The Bridges of Madison County'' (also published as ''Love in Black and White'') is a 1992 best-selling Romance novel, romance novel by American writer Robert James Waller that tells the story of an Italian-American World War II war bride livi ...
'' (2014), ''
Kiss Me, Kate
''Kiss Me, Kate'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and a book by Bella and Samuel Spewack. The story involves the production of a musical version of William Shakespeare's ''The Taming of the Shrew'' and the conflict on and off- ...
'' (2019), and ''
Days of Wine and Roses'' (2024).
O'Hara received the
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in theatre across collective Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City.
F ...
in 2024 for ''Days of Wine and Roses.'' She was nominated for the
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical
The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical is an annual award presented by the Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial London theatre. The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre A ...
for her performance as Anna Leonowens in the
West End revival of ''The King and I'' at the
2019 Laurence Olivier Awards
The 2019 Laurence Olivier Awards was held on 7 April 2019 at the Royal Albert Hall. The ceremony was hosted by Jason Manford.
Eligibility
Any new production that opened between 22 February 2018 and 19 February 2019 in a theatre represented in th ...
.
O'Hara made her debut at
The Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera is an American opera company based in New York City, currently resident at the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center, situated on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Referred to colloquially as the Met, the company i ...
in a 2014 production of
Franz Lehár
Franz Lehár ( ; ; 30 April 1870 – 24 October 1948) was an Austro-Hungarian composer. He is mainly known for his operettas, of which the most successful and best known is '' The Merry Widow'' (''Die lustige Witwe'').
Life and career
L ...
's ''
The Merry Widow
''The Merry Widow'' ( ) is an operetta by the Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár. The Libretto, librettists, Viktor Léon and Leo Stein (writer), Leo Stein, based the story – concerning a rich widow, and her countrymen's ...
''. In 2018, she played the role of Despina in the Met Opera's production of
Mozart
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's ''
Cosi fan tutte
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''. In 2022, she returned to the Met, starring as Laura Brown in
Kevin Puts
Kevin Matthew Puts (born January 3, 1972) is an American composer, best known for his opera ''The Hours (opera), The Hours'' and for winning a Pulitzer Prize in 2012 for his first opera ''Silent Night (opera), Silent Night'' and a Grammy Award i ...
'
''The Hours'', a role she and co-stars
Renee Fleming and
Joyce DiDonato
Joyce DiDonato (née Flaherty; born February 13, 1969) is an American opera singer and recitalist. A coloratura mezzo-soprano, she has performed operas and concert works spanning from the 19th-century Romantic era to those by Handel and Mozart.
...
reprised for eight performance in May 2024.
She has also played roles in television series, such as ''
Masters of Sex
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,'' ''
13 Reasons Why
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'', and ''
The Gilded Age
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'', receiving a nomination for the
for her starring role in the 2017 web drama series ''The Accidental Wolf'' at the
70th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
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in 2018.
Early life
Kelli O'Hara was born in
Tulsa
Tulsa ( ) is the second-most-populous city in the state of Oklahoma, after Oklahoma City, and the 48th-most-populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tul ...
, Oklahoma, and grew up in
Elk City, Oklahoma
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in an Irish American family.
[ Shenton, Mark]
"''The King and I'' star Kelli O'Hara: 'Doing work that feels like it has a message is very satisfying'"
''The Stage
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'', June 6, 2018 She graduated from Deer Creek High School and also attended
Oklahoma City University
Oklahoma City University (OCU) is a private university historically affiliated with the United Methodist Church and located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
The university offers undergraduate bachelor's degrees, graduate master's degrees and docto ...
, graduating with a bachelor's degree in music in vocal performance/opera. O'Hara studied voice with
Florence Birdwell, who also taught
four years earlier. O'Hara and Chenoweth are both alumnae of the
Gamma Phi Beta
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sorority.
Career
Early career
One of O'Hara's earliest professional roles was in a U.S. national tour of the musical ''
Jekyll & Hyde''.
[ She went on to play the role of Young Hattie Walker in the 2001 ]Broadway
Broadway may refer to:
Theatre
* Broadway Theatre (disambiguation)
* Broadway theatre, theatrical productions in professional theatres near Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
** Broadway (Manhattan), the street
** Broadway Theatre (53rd Stre ...
revival of ''Follies
''Follies'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Goldman.
The plot centers on a crumbling Broadway theater, now scheduled for demolition, previously home to a musical revue (based on the ''Ziegfeld Follies ...
'', and then played the role of Young Phyllis Rogers Stone. She next appeared in the 2002 Broadway production of ''Sweet Smell of Success
''Sweet Smell of Success'' is a 1957 American film noir Satire (film and television), satirical drama (film and television), drama film directed by Alexander Mackendrick, starring Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, and Martin Milner, ...
'' as Susan Hunsecker. In 2003 she played Albertine in the Off-Broadway Playwrights Horizons
Playwrights Horizons is a not-for-profit American Off-Broadway theater located in New York City dedicated to the support and development of contemporary American playwrights, composers, and lyricists, and to the production of their new work.
...
production of the musical '' My Life with Albertine'', and, in 2004, Lucy Westenra
Lucy Westenra is a fictional character in the 1897 novel ''Dracula'' by Bram Stoker. She is the 19-year-old daughter of a wealthy family and is Mina Harker, Mina Murray's best friend. Early in the story, Lucy gets proposed to by three suitors, A ...
in the Broadway production of ''Dracula, the Musical
''Dracula, the Musical'' is a musical based on the original 1897 Victorian novel by Bram Stoker. The score is by Frank Wildhorn, with lyrics and book by Don Black and Christopher Hampton.
The show had its regional premiere at the La Jolla ...
''.
She starred as Clara Johnson in the 2005 Broadway production of '' The Light in the Piazza'' at Lincoln Center
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (also simply known as Lincoln Center) is a complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. It has thirty indoor and outdoor facilities and is host to 5  ...
's Vivian Beaumont Theatre
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. She had appeared in a workshop of the musical at the Theatre Lab at Sundance
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* Sundance, Manitoba, a ghost town
;United States
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, and in tryouts in Seattle and Chicago, as the character of Franca Naccarelli. She received a 2005 Tony Award
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ce ...
nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical at the 59th Tony Awards
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. O'Hara has been nominated for, or won, a Tony Award for every subsequent role she has played on Broadway.["Kelli O'Hara Broadway"]
Playbillvault.com, accessed May 7, 2015 In her next Broadway musical, she played Babe Williams in the 2006 revival of ''The Pajama Game
''The Pajama Game'' is a musical based on the 1953 novel '' 7½ Cents'' by Richard Bissell.
The book is by George Abbott and Richard Bissell; the music and lyrics are by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. Dances were staged by Bob Fosse in his chor ...
'', for which she was nominated for Best Leading Actress in a Musical at the 60th Tony Awards
The 60th Annual Tony Awards were held at Radio City Music Hall on June 11, 2006. The award ceremony was broadcast live on the CBS television network in the United States. The 2006 Tony Awards did not feature a host, but instead over 60 stars pre ...
. For this performance, ''New York Times
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'' reviewer Ben Brantley
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wrote that O'Hara "rockets past the promising ingénue
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status she attained with ''Light in the Piazza''".
In 2007, O'Hara played the role of Dot/Marie in the Los Angeles Reprise! concert staging of ''Sunday in the Park with George
''Sunday in the Park with George'' is a 1984 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. It was inspired by the French pointillist painter Georges Seurat's painting '' A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La G ...
'' and Eliza Doolittle
Eliza Doolittle is a fictional character and the protagonist in George Bernard Shaw's play '' Pygmalion'' (1913) and its 1956 musical adaptation, ''My Fair Lady''.
Eliza (from Lisson Grove, London) is a Cockney flower seller, who comes to Prof ...
in the New York Philharmonic
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's semi-staged production of ''My Fair Lady
''My Fair Lady'' is a musical theatre, musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story, based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play ''Pygmalion (play), Pygmalion'' and on the Pygmalion (1938 film), 1938 film ...
'' at Avery Fisher Hall
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The facility, designed by Max Abramovitz, was o ...
. She was the voice of producer Beth Totenbag on PBS
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' 2008 animated series ''Click and Clack's As the Wrench Turns
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''. From 2008 to 2010, O'Hara starred as Nellie Forbush in the Broadway revival of ''South Pacific
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'' at Lincoln Center
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's Vivian Beaumont Theater
The Vivian Beaumont Theater is a Broadway theatre, Broadway theater in the Lincoln Center complex at 150 West 65th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S. Operated by the nonprofit Lincoln Center Theater (LCT ...
, for which she was nominated for her third Tony Award at the 62nd Tony Awards
The 62nd Tony Awards ceremony was held on June 15, 2008. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American theatre. CBS television broadcast the event from Rad ...
. She took maternity leave in March 2009 and returned to the musical in October 2009.
O'Hara played the role of Ella Peterson in the 2010 New York City Center
New York City Center (previously known as the Mecca Temple, City Center of Music and Drama, and the New York City Center 55th Street Theater) is a performing arts center at 131 West 55th Street (Manhattan), 55th Street between Sixth Avenue, Six ...
''Encores!
Encores! is a Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre, Tony-honored concert series dedicated to reviving United States, American Musical theatre, musicals, usually with their original orchestrations. Presented by New York City Center since 1994, E ...
'' concert presentation of '' Bells Are Ringing''. She played the role of Ellen in the film ''Sex and the City 2
''Sex and the City 2'' is a 2010 American romantic comedy film written, co-produced, and directed by Michael Patrick King. It is the sequel to the 2008 film ''Sex and the City','' which was based on the 1998–2004 HBO television series of ...
'' (2010), and in 2011 she appeared in "Mercy", the first episode of the second season of the CBS
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show ''Blue Bloods
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''. Also in 2011, she played the role of Amalia Balash in a benefit concert of ''She Loves Me
''She Loves Me'' is a musical with a book by Joe Masteroff, music by Jerry Bock, and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick.
The musical is the third adaptation of the 1937 play '' Parfumerie'' by Hungarian playwright Miklós László, following the 1940 f ...
'', presented by the Roundabout Theater Company
The Roundabout Theatre Company is a non-profit theatre company based in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, affiliated with the League of Resident Theatres.
History
The company was founded in 1965 by Gene Feist, Michael Fried and Elizabeth Owens ...
, in honor of the company's 20th anniversary. Scott Ellis
Scott Ellis (born April 19, 1957) is an American stage director, actor, and television director.
Life and career
Ellis graduated from Goodman School of Drama at the Art Institute of Chicago (now at DePaul University) in Chicago. directed, and the musical director was Paul Gemignani
Paul Gemignani (born November 8, 1938) is an American musical director with a career on Broadway and West End theatre spanning over forty years.
Career
Gemignani began his career in 1971 as a replacement musical director for Stephen Sondheim's ' ...
. She had performed one of the best known songs from the show, "Will He Like Me?", the previous evening at Kennedy Center
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in honor of Barbara Cook
Barbara Cook (October 25, 1927 – August 8, 2017) was an American actress and singer who first came to prominence in the 1950s as the lead in the original Broadway musicals '' Plain and Fancy'' (1955), ''Candide'' (1956) and ''The Music Man'' ( ...
.
She starred on Broadway as Billie Bendix in '' Nice Work If You Can Get It'' from April 2012 to March 2013 and received her fourth Tony Award nomination at the 66th Tony Awards. In 2012, at the New Year's Eve concert, "Celebrating Marvin Hamlisch
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", at Lincoln Center, she sang "At the Ballet", from ''A Chorus Line
''A Chorus Line'' is a 1975 musical conceived by Michael Bennett with music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Edward Kleban, and a book by James Kirkwood Jr. and Nicholas Dante.
Set on the bare stage of a Broadway theater, the musical is cent ...
'', along with Audra McDonald
Audra Ann McDonald (born July 3, 1970) is an American singer and actress. Primarily known for her work on the Broadway stage, she has won six Tony Awards, more performance wins than any other actor, and is the only person to win in all four acti ...
and Megan Hilty
Megan Hilty (born March 29, 1981) is an American actress and singer. She rose to prominence for her roles in Broadway musicals, including her performance as Glinda in '' Wicked'', Doralee Rhodes in '' 9 to 5: The Musical'', and her Tony Award– ...
. In 2013, she played the lead character of Julie Jordan in the staged concert of ''Carousel
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'' presented by the New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall
David Geffen Hall is a concert hall at Lincoln Center on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. The 2,200-seat auditorium opened in 1962, and is the home of the New York Philharmonic.
The facility, designed by Max Abramovitz, was o ...
. From January to May 2014, she starred as Francesca Johnson in the Broadway musical ''The Bridges of Madison County
''The Bridges of Madison County'' (also published as ''Love in Black and White'') is a 1992 best-selling Romance novel, romance novel by American writer Robert James Waller that tells the story of an Italian-American World War II war bride livi ...
'', for which she received her fifth Tony Award nomination at the 68th Tony Awards. Elyse Sommer, a ''CurtainUp.com'' reviewer, noted O'Hara's "superb vocal chops" and her "exquisite" duets with co-star Steven Pasquale
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. She played Mrs. Darling in the 2014 NBC
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telecast ''Peter Pan Live!
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''. She sang two concerts, titled "Kelli and Matthew: Home for the Holidays", in December 2014 at Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall ( ) is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It is at 881 Seventh Avenue (Manhattan), Seventh Avenue, occupying the east side of Seventh Avenue between 56th Street (Manhattan), 56th and 57th Street (Manhattan), 57t ...
with Matthew Morrison
Matthew James Morrison (born October 30, 1978) is an American actor, dancer, and singer, best known for his role as Will Schuester on the Fox television show ''Glee'' (2009–2015).
He has starred in multiple Broadway and off-Broadway produ ...
and the New York Pops
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. On December 31, 2014, O'Hara made her operatic debut at The Metropolitan Opera
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as Valencienne Zeta in Franz Lehár
Franz Lehár ( ; ; 30 April 1870 – 24 October 1948) was an Austro-Hungarian composer. He is mainly known for his operettas, of which the most successful and best known is '' The Merry Widow'' (''Die lustige Witwe'').
Life and career
L ...
's ''The Merry Widow
''The Merry Widow'' ( ) is an operetta by the Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár. The Libretto, librettists, Viktor Léon and Leo Stein (writer), Leo Stein, based the story – concerning a rich widow, and her countrymen's ...
'', alongside Renee Fleming in the title role of Hanna Glawari.
2015–present
O'Hara returned to Lincoln Center Theatre to star as Anna Leonowens
Anna Harriette Leonowens (born Ann Hariett Emma Edwards; 5 November 1831 – 19 January 1915) was an Anglo-Indian or Indian-born British travel writer, educator, and social activist.
She became well known with the publication of her memoirs, ...
in the Broadway revival of ''The King and I
''The King and I'' is the fifth musical by the team of Rodgers and Hammerstein. It is based on Margaret Landon's novel '' Anna and the King of Siam'' (1944), which is in turn derived from the memoirs of Anna Leonowens, governess to the childr ...
'' opposite Ken Watanabe
is a Japanese actor. He is best known for playing tragic hero characters, such as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi in '' Letters from Iwo Jima'' and Lord Katsumoto Moritsugu in ''The Last Samurai'', for which he was nominated for the Academy Awa ...
as King Mongkut
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The reign of Mongkut was marked by significant modernization initiatives and diplomat ...
. The production began previews at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre in March 2015 and opened in April 2015. This role won O'Hara her first Tony Award at the 69th Tony Awards
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. O'Hara's final performance as Anna was in April 2016. She gave her debut solo concert at Carnegie Hall
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in October 2016 and guest-starred as the recurring character Dody Oliver on the fourth season of ''Masters of Sex
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''. She played Fiona MacLaren in the ''Encores!'' production of ''Brigadoon
''Brigadoon'' is a musical with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and score by Frederick Loewe. The plot features two American tourists who stumble upon Brigadoon, a mysterious Scottish village that appears for only one day every 100 years; on ...
'' at New York City Center in November 2017. Jeremy Gerard of ''Deadline Hollywood
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'' called O'Hara's performance "luminous", writing: "O’Hara is impossibly beautiful, vocally and in conveying Fiona’s romantic determination and heartbreak." In 2017, she starred as Kate Bonner in the first season of the web drama series ''The Accidental Wolf'', earning a nomination for the at the 70th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
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.[Kaufman, Gil]
"Emmys 2018: See the Complete List of Nominees"
''Billboard'', July 12, 2018 O'Hara appeared in the second season of ''13 Reasons Why
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'' as Jackie, an anti-bullying advocate. The same year at the Metropolitan Opera, she sang the role of Despina in ''Così fan tutte
(''Women are like that, or The School for Lovers''), Köchel catalogue, K. 588, is an opera buffa in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was first performed on 26 January 1790 at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria. The libretto was written ...
''.[McPhee, Ryan]
"Kelli O'Hara Will Return to the Metropolitan Opera in 2018 for Cosi fan tutte; New Season Announced"
''Broadway.com'', February 15, 2017, accessed March 1, 2018 She reprised her role in ''The King and I'' at the West End's London Palladium
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for a limited run from June to September 2018.
She returned to Broadway in February 2019 in a revival of ''Kiss Me, Kate
''Kiss Me, Kate'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and a book by Bella and Samuel Spewack. The story involves the production of a musical version of William Shakespeare's ''The Taming of the Shrew'' and the conflict on and off- ...
'' at Studio 54
Studio 54 is a Broadway theatre, Broadway theater and former nightclub at 254 West 54th Street (Manhattan), 54th Street in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, New York, U.S. Opened as the Gallo Opera House in 1927, it served ...
, as Lilli Vanessi/ Katharine Minola. The production was directed by Scott Ellis
Scott Ellis (born April 19, 1957) is an American stage director, actor, and television director.
Life and career
Ellis graduated from Goodman School of Drama at the Art Institute of Chicago (now at DePaul University) in Chicago. and choreographed by Warren Carlyle
Warren Carlyle is a British director and choreographer who was born in Norwich, Norfolk, England. He received Drama Desk Award nominations for Outstanding Choreography and Outstanding Director of a Musical for the 2009 revival of '' Finian's Rain ...
. The revival was produced by the Roundabout Theatre Company
The Roundabout Theatre Company is a nonprofit organization, non-profit theatre company based in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, affiliated with the League of Resident Theatres.
History
The company was founded in 1965 by Gene Feist, Michael Fr ...
, which had produced a benefit concert of the show with O'Hara, Ellis, and Carlyle in 2016. O'Hara received her seventh Tony Award nomination for the revival at the 73rd Tony Awards
The 73rd Annual Tony Awards were held on June 9, 2019, to recognize achievement in Broadway productions during the 2018–19 season. The ceremony was held at Radio City Music Hall in New York City and was broadcast live by CBS. James Corden serv ...
. In a 2022 interview with ''Theatermania'', she discussed working on three projects at once: HBO
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's costume drama ''The Gilded Age
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'', from ''Downton Abbey
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'' creator Julian Fellowes
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; a new season of ''The Accidental Wolf'', in a role that earned her a 2018 Emmy
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nomination, as a woman who becomes embroiled in a scandal after receiving a phone call from a stranger being murdered; and a role as Laura Brown in the operatic adaptation of Michael Cunningham
Michael Cunningham (born November 6, 1952) is an American novelist and screenwriter. He is best known for his 1998 novel '' The Hours'', which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award in 1999. Cunningham is Professor in th ...
's novel '' The Hours''. She said "I love the fact that you have these things at the same time, because I don't ever want to be put in one box. I couldn't be happier or more challenged to have these three things happening at once."
In May 2023, O'Hara originated the role of Kirsten Arnesen in the musical adaptation of '' Days of Wine and Roses'' Off-Broadway
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at the Linda Gross Theater
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. In September 2023, it was announced that ''Days of Wine and Roses'' would transfer to Broadway's Studio 54
Studio 54 is a Broadway theatre, Broadway theater and former nightclub at 254 West 54th Street (Manhattan), 54th Street in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, New York, U.S. Opened as the Gallo Opera House in 1927, it served ...
with O'Hara attached. Upon the show's January 2024 opening, a review in ''New York
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* ...
'' magazine noted: "O’Hara sings all but four of the play’s songs, and her voice is the kind of instrument that sends people scrabbling for metaphors. It’s a prism, an alpine stream, a Golden Snitch
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— clear, shimmering and darting, endlessly agile and controlled. She sings like Ginger Rogers
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dances." The show, originally a limited run set to run until April 28th, closed early on March 31st and garnered O'Hara her eighth Tony nomination at the 77th Tony Awards
The 77th Tony Awards were held on June 16, 2024, to recognize achievement in Broadway productions during the 2023–24 season. The ceremony was held at Lincoln Center's David H. Koch Theater in New York City, and aired on CBS. Ariana DeBose hos ...
.
Personal life
O'Hara is married to Greg Naughton of The Sweet Remains, son of actor James Naughton
James Naughton (born December 6, 1945) is an American actor and director. On television he is best known as astronaut Pete Burke in the 1974 single-season television series ''Planet of the Apes''. He won Tony Awards for Best Actor in a Musical ...
and nephew of actor David Naughton
David Walsh Naughton (born February 13, 1951) is an American actor and singer. He is known for his starring roles in the horror film ''An American Werewolf in London'' (1981) and the Disney comedy '' Midnight Madness'' (1980), as well as for a lo ...
. Their first child, Owen James, was born in 2009. Their daughter, Charlotte, was born in 2013.
Filmography
Film
Television
Web
Stage roles
;Broadway
* '' Jekyll & Hyde'' (2000) as Kate (replacement) / Emma Carew (understudy)
* ''Follies
''Follies'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Goldman.
The plot centers on a crumbling Broadway theater, now scheduled for demolition, previously home to a musical revue (based on the ''Ziegfeld Follies ...
'' (2001) as Young Hattie Walker/Ensemble
* '' Sweet Smell of Success: The Musical'' (2002) as Susan Hunsecker
* ''Dracula, the Musical
''Dracula, the Musical'' is a musical based on the original 1897 Victorian novel by Bram Stoker. The score is by Frank Wildhorn, with lyrics and book by Don Black and Christopher Hampton.
The show had its regional premiere at the La Jolla ...
'' (2004) as Lucy Westenra
Lucy Westenra is a fictional character in the 1897 novel ''Dracula'' by Bram Stoker. She is the 19-year-old daughter of a wealthy family and is Mina Harker, Mina Murray's best friend. Early in the story, Lucy gets proposed to by three suitors, A ...
* '' The Light in the Piazza'' (2005) as Clara Johnson
* ''The Pajama Game
''The Pajama Game'' is a musical based on the 1953 novel '' 7½ Cents'' by Richard Bissell.
The book is by George Abbott and Richard Bissell; the music and lyrics are by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. Dances were staged by Bob Fosse in his chor ...
'' (2006) as Babe Williams
* ''South Pacific
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'' (2008) as Nellie Forbush
* ''She Loves Me
''She Loves Me'' is a musical with a book by Joe Masteroff, music by Jerry Bock, and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick.
The musical is the third adaptation of the 1937 play '' Parfumerie'' by Hungarian playwright Miklós László, following the 1940 f ...
'' (2011) as Amalia Balash
* '' Nice Work If You Can Get It'' (2012) as Billie Bendix
* ''The Bridges of Madison County
''The Bridges of Madison County'' (also published as ''Love in Black and White'') is a 1992 best-selling Romance novel, romance novel by American writer Robert James Waller that tells the story of an Italian-American World War II war bride livi ...
'' (2014) as Francesca Johnson
* ''The King and I
''The King and I'' is the fifth musical by the team of Rodgers and Hammerstein. It is based on Margaret Landon's novel '' Anna and the King of Siam'' (1944), which is in turn derived from the memoirs of Anna Leonowens, governess to the childr ...
'' (2015) as Anna Leonowens
Anna Harriette Leonowens (born Ann Hariett Emma Edwards; 5 November 1831 – 19 January 1915) was an Anglo-Indian or Indian-born British travel writer, educator, and social activist.
She became well known with the publication of her memoirs, ...
* ''Kiss Me, Kate
''Kiss Me, Kate'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and a book by Bella and Samuel Spewack. The story involves the production of a musical version of William Shakespeare's ''The Taming of the Shrew'' and the conflict on and off- ...
'' (2019) as Lilli Vanessi/ Katharine Minola
* ''Ragtime
Ragtime, also spelled rag-time or rag time, is a musical style that had its peak from the 1890s to 1910s. Its cardinal trait is its Syncopation, syncopated or "ragged" rhythm. Ragtime was popularized during the early 20th century by composers ...
'' (2023) as Mother
* ''Gutenberg! The Musical!
''Gutenberg! The Musical!'' is a musical written and composed by Scott Brown (writer), Scott Brown and Anthony King (writer), Anthony King. Brown and King developed the show at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City, where versions ...
'' (2023) as Producer
* '' Days of Wine and Roses'' (2024) as Kirsten Arnesen
* ''South Pacific in Concert'' (2024) as Nellie Forbush
; West End
* ''The King and I'' (2018) as Anna Leonowens
;Off-Broadway and regional theatre
* ''Beauty'' by Tina Landau (2003) (La Jolla Playhouse
La Jolla Playhouse is a nonprofit professional theater on the campus of the University of California, San Diego.
History
La Jolla Playhouse was founded in 1947 by Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, and Mel Ferrer. In 1983, it was revived under the ...
)
* '' My Life with Albertine'' (2003) as Albertine (Off-Broadway)
* ''The Light in the Piazza'' (2004) as Franca Naccarelli (in Seattle and Chicago)
* ''Sunday in the Park with George
''Sunday in the Park with George'' is a 1984 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. It was inspired by the French pointillist painter Georges Seurat's painting '' A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La G ...
'' (2007) as Dot / Marie ( Reprise Theatre Company)
* ''My Fair Lady
''My Fair Lady'' is a musical theatre, musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story, based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play ''Pygmalion (play), Pygmalion'' and on the Pygmalion (1938 film), 1938 film ...
'' (2007) as Eliza Doolittle
Eliza Doolittle is a fictional character and the protagonist in George Bernard Shaw's play '' Pygmalion'' (1913) and its 1956 musical adaptation, ''My Fair Lady''.
Eliza (from Lisson Grove, London) is a Cockney flower seller, who comes to Prof ...
(Avery Fisher Hall
David Geffen Hall is a concert hall at Lincoln Center on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. The 2,200-seat auditorium opened in 1962, and is the home of the New York Philharmonic.
The facility, designed by Max Abramovitz, was o ...
)
* ''Oklahoma!
''Oklahoma!'' is the first musical theater, musical written by the duo of Rodgers and Hammerstein. The musical is based on Lynn Riggs's 1931 play, ''Green Grow the Lilacs (play), Green Grow the Lilacs''. Set in farm country outside the town of ...
'' (2007) as Laurey Williams (Lyric Theatre at Civic Center Music Hall
The Civic Center Music Hall is a performing arts center located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It was constructed in 1937 as Municipal Auditorium and renamed in 1966. The facility includes the Thelma Gaylord Performing Arts Theatre, the Freede Littl ...
)
* '' Bells Are Ringing'' (2010) as Ella Peterson (Encores!
Encores! is a Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre, Tony-honored concert series dedicated to reviving United States, American Musical theatre, musicals, usually with their original orchestrations. Presented by New York City Center since 1994, E ...
)
* ''Far From Heaven
''Far from Heaven'' is a 2002 historical romantic drama film written and directed by Todd Haynes and starring Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert and Patricia Clarkson. It premiered at the Venice Film Festival, where Moore won the ...
'' (2012) as Cathy Whitaker (developmental premiere, Williamstown Theatre Festival
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)
* ''Carousel
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'' (2013) as Julie Jordan (Avery Fisher Hall
David Geffen Hall is a concert hall at Lincoln Center on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. The 2,200-seat auditorium opened in 1962, and is the home of the New York Philharmonic.
The facility, designed by Max Abramovitz, was o ...
)
* ''Brigadoon
''Brigadoon'' is a musical with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and score by Frederick Loewe. The plot features two American tourists who stumble upon Brigadoon, a mysterious Scottish village that appears for only one day every 100 years; on ...
'' (2017) as Fiona MacLaren (Encores!
Encores! is a Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre, Tony-honored concert series dedicated to reviving United States, American Musical theatre, musicals, usually with their original orchestrations. Presented by New York City Center since 1994, E ...
)
* ''The King and I'' (2019) as Anna Leonowens (Tokyu Orb Theatre)
* ''Days of Wine and Roses'' (2023) as Kirsten Arnesen (world premiere, Atlantic Theater Company
The Atlantic Theater Company is an Off-Broadway non-profit theater company based in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. Founded in 1985 by playwright David Mamet, actor William H. Macy, and a group of acting students, the compan ...
)
;Operatic repertoire
* ''The Merry Widow
''The Merry Widow'' ( ) is an operetta by the Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár. The Libretto, librettists, Viktor Léon and Leo Stein (writer), Leo Stein, based the story – concerning a rich widow, and her countrymen's ...
'' by Franz Lehár
Franz Lehár ( ; ; 30 April 1870 – 24 October 1948) was an Austro-Hungarian composer. He is mainly known for his operettas, of which the most successful and best known is '' The Merry Widow'' (''Die lustige Witwe'').
Life and career
L ...
(2014) as Valencienne Zeta (Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera is an American opera company based in New York City, currently resident at the Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center), Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center, situated on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Referred ...
)
* ''Dido and Aeneas
''Dido and Aeneas'' (Z. 626) is an opera in a prologue and three acts, written by the English Baroque music, Baroque composer Henry Purcell with a libretto by Nahum Tate. The dates of the composition and first performance of the opera are uncer ...
'' by Henry Purcell
Henry Purcell (, rare: ; September 1659 – 21 November 1695) was an English composer of Baroque music, most remembered for his more than 100 songs; a tragic opera, Dido and Aeneas, ''Dido and Aeneas''; and his incidental music to a version o ...
(2016) as Dido
Dido ( ; , ), also known as Elissa ( , ), was the legendary founder and first queen of the Phoenician city-state of Carthage (located in Tunisia), in 814 BC.
In most accounts, she was the queen of the Phoenician city-state of Tyre (located ...
(MasterVoices
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and the Orchestra of St. Luke's)[Tommasini, Anthony]
"Review: Kelli O'Hara’s Operatic Turn in ''Dido and Aeneas''"
''The New York Times'', April 29, 2016, accessed July 19, 2017
* ''Così fan tutte
(''Women are like that, or The School for Lovers''), Köchel catalogue, K. 588, is an opera buffa in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was first performed on 26 January 1790 at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria. The libretto was written ...
'' by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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(2018) as Despina (Metropolitan Opera
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)[
* '' The Hours'' by ]Kevin Puts
Kevin Matthew Puts (born January 3, 1972) is an American composer, best known for his opera ''The Hours (opera), The Hours'' and for winning a Pulitzer Prize in 2012 for his first opera ''Silent Night (opera), Silent Night'' and a Grammy Award i ...
(2022) as Laura Brown (Philadelphia Orchestra
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)
* ''The Hours'' by Kevin Puts (2022/24) as Laura Brown (Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera is an American opera company based in New York City, currently resident at the Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center), Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center, situated on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Referred ...
)
Discography
*2008 '' Wonder in the World''
*2011 ''Always''
;Cast recordings
* 2002 ''Sweet Smell of Success
''Sweet Smell of Success'' is a 1957 American film noir Satire (film and television), satirical drama (film and television), drama film directed by Alexander Mackendrick, starring Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, and Martin Milner, ...
''
* 2003 '' My Life with Albertine''
* 2005 '' The Light in the Piazza''
* 2006 ''Harry on Broadway, Act I
''Harry on Broadway, Act I'', is a two-disc set recorded in 2006. The first disc contains the cast recording from ''The Pajama Game'' (2006), and disc two is a selection of new recordings from '' Thou Shalt Not'' (2001), now with Harry Connick Jr ...
''—two-disc set: 1. Original Broadway
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** Broadway (Manhattan), the street
** Broadway Theatre (53rd Stre ...
cast recording ''The Pajama Game
''The Pajama Game'' is a musical based on the 1953 novel '' 7½ Cents'' by Richard Bissell.
The book is by George Abbott and Richard Bissell; the music and lyrics are by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. Dances were staged by Bob Fosse in his chor ...
''; 2. Songs from ''Thou Shalt Not
Thou Shalt Not may refer to:
* "Thou shalt not", the initial phrase used in the King James Version of the Bible for most of the Ten Commandments
* ThouShaltNot
ThouShaltNot were an American electronic band formed in 1998. Their core lineup cons ...
'', Harry Connick, Jr.
Joseph Harry Fowler Connick Jr. (born September 11, 1967) is an American singer, pianist, composer, actor, and former television host. As of 2019, he has sold over 30 million records worldwide. Connick is ranked among the top60 best-selling ma ...
featuring Kelli O'Hara
* 2008 ''South Pacific
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''
* 2012 '' Nice Work If You Can Get It''
* 2014 ''The Bridges of Madison County
''The Bridges of Madison County'' (also published as ''Love in Black and White'') is a 1992 best-selling Romance novel, romance novel by American writer Robert James Waller that tells the story of an Italian-American World War II war bride livi ...
''
* 2015 ''The King and I
''The King and I'' is the fifth musical by the team of Rodgers and Hammerstein. It is based on Margaret Landon's novel '' Anna and the King of Siam'' (1944), which is in turn derived from the memoirs of Anna Leonowens, governess to the childr ...
''
* 2019 ''Kiss Me, Kate
''Kiss Me, Kate'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and a book by Bella and Samuel Spewack. The story involves the production of a musical version of William Shakespeare's ''The Taming of the Shrew'' and the conflict on and off- ...
''
* 2020 ''Christmas Day in the Morning''
* 2023 '' Days of Wine and Roses''
* 2024 '' The Hours''
;Soundtracks
* 2014 ''Peter Pan Live!
''Peter Pan Live!'' is an American television special that was broadcast by NBC on December 4, 2014. The special featured a live production of the 1954 musical adaptation of '' Peter Pan'', televised from Grumman Studios in Bethpage, New York, ...
''
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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Kelli O'Hara from ''The Pajama Game''
''Downstage Center'' interview at American Theatre Wing.org
Kelli O'Hara Interview by Beth Stevens on Broadway.com
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1976 births
Living people
21st-century American actresses
21st-century American singers
21st-century American women singers
Actresses from Oklahoma
American film actresses
American musical theatre actresses
American people of Irish descent
American sopranos
American television actresses
Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute alumni
Musicians from Tulsa, Oklahoma
Oklahoma City University alumni
Singers from Oklahoma
Tony Award winners