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Kelli O'Hara
O'Hara performing at the National Memorial Day Concert in May 2010
Born (1976-04-16) April 16, 1976 (age 47)
Occupation(s)Actress, singer
Years active2001–present
Spouse
Greg Naughton
(m. 2007)
Children2
Websitewww.kelliohara.com

Kelli Christine O'Hara (born April 16, 1976)[1] is an American actress and singer, most known for her work on the Broadway and opera stages.

A seven-time Tony Award nominee, O'Hara won the 2015 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance as Anna Leonowens in the Lincoln Center Theater revival of The King and I.[2] She also received Tony nominations for her performances in The Light in the Piazza (2005), The Pajama Game (2006), South Pacific (2008), Nice Work If You Can Get It (2012), The Bridges of Madison County (2014), and Kiss Me, Kate (2019). O'Hara also received a 2019 Olivier Award nomination for her performance as Anna Leonowens in the West End revival of The King and I.

O'Hara made her debut at The Metropolitan Opera in a 2014 production of Franz Lehár's The Merry Widow. In 2018, she played the role of Despina in the Met Opera's production of Mozart's Cosi fan tutte. In 2022, she returned to the Met, starring as Laura Brown in Kevin Puts' The Hours.

She has also played roles in television series, such as Masters of Sex and 13 Reasons Why, receiving a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her starring role in the 2017 web drama series The Accidental Wolf.

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Early life

O'Hara was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and grew up in Elk City, Oklahoma in an Irish American family.[3][4][5] She graduated from Deer Creek High School and also attended Oklahoma City University, graduating with a bachelor's degree in music in vocal performance/opera. O'Hara studied voice with Florence Birdwell, who also taught Kristin Chenoweth four years earlier. O'Hara and Chenoweth are both alumnae of the Gamma Phi Beta sorority.

Career

Early career

One of O'Hara's earliest professional roles was in a U.S. national tour of the musical Jekyll & Hyde.[4] She went on to play the role of Young Hattie in the 2001 Broadway revival of Follies, and then played the role of Young Phyllis.[6] She next appeared in the 2002 Broadway production of Sweet Smell of Success as Susan.[7] In 2003 she played Albertine in the Off-Broadway Playwrights Horizons production of the musical My Life With Albertine,[8] and, in 2004, Lucy Westenra in the Broadway production of Dracula, the Musical.[9]

She starred as Clara in the 2005 Broadway production of The Light in the Piazza at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theatre.[10] She had appeared in a workshop of the musical at the Theatre Lab at Sundance, and in tryouts in Seattle and Chicago, as the character of Franca.[11] She received a 2005 Tony Award nomination for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical.[12] O'Hara has been nominated for, or won, a Tony Award for every subsequent role she has played on Broadway.[13] In her next Broadway musical, she played Babe in the 2006 revival of The Pajama Game, for which she was nominated for Best Leading Actress in a Musical. For this performance, New York Times reviewer Ben Brantley wrote that O'Hara "rockets past the promising ingénue status she attained with Light in the Piazza".[14]

In 2007, O'Hara played the role of Dot/Marie in the Los Angeles Reprise! concert staging of Sunday in the Park with George[15] and Eliza Doolittle in the New York Philharmonic's semi-staged production of My Fair Lady at Avery Fisher Hall.[16] She was the voice of producer Beth Totenbag on PBS's 2008 animated series Click and Clack's As the Wrench Turns.[citation needed] From 2008 to 2010, O'Hara starred as Nellie Forbush in the Broadway revival of South Pacific at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theater,[17] for which she was nominated for her third Tony Award.[18] She took maternity leave in March 2009 and returned to the musical in October 2009.[19][20]

O'Hara played the role of Ella Peterson in the 2010 New York City Center Encores! concert presentation of Bells Are Ringing.[21] She played the role of Ellen in the film Sex and the City 2 (2010), and in 2011 she appeared in "Mercy", the first episode of the second season of the CBS show Blue Bloods.[22][23] Also in 2011, she played the role of Amalia in a benefit concert of She Loves Me, presented by the Roundabout Theater Company, in honor of the company's 20th anniversary. Scott Ellis directed, and the musical director was Paul Gemignani.[24] She had performed one of the best known songs from the show, "Will He Like Me?", the previous evening at Kennedy Center in honor of Barbara Cook.[25]

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.[26] In 2012, at the New Year's Eve concert, "Celebrating Marvin Hamlisch", at Lincoln Center, she sang "At the Ballet", from A Chorus Line, along with Audra McDonald and Megan Hilty.[27] In 2013, she played the lead character of Julie in the staged concert of Carousel presented by the New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall.[28] From January to May 2014, she starred as Francesca Johnson in the Broadway musical The Bridges of Madison County, for which she received her fifth Tony Award nomination.[29] Elyse Sommer, the CurtainUp.com reviewer, noted O'Hara's "superb vocal chops" and her "exquisite" duets with co-star Steven Pasquale.[30] She played Mrs. Darling in the 2014 NBC telecast Peter Pan Live!.[31] She sang two concerts, titled Kelli and Matthew: Home for the Holidays, in December 2014 at Carnegie Hall with the New York Pops.[32] On December 31, 2014, O'Hara made her operatic debut at The Metropolitan Opera as Valencienne in Franz Lehár's The Merry Widow, alongside Renee Fleming in the title role.[33]

2015–present

O'Hara returned to Lincoln Center Theatre to star as Anna Leonowens in the Broadway revival of The King and I opposite Ken Watanabe as The King. 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. O'Hara's final performance as Anna was in April 2016.[34] She gave her debut solo concert at Carnegie Hall in October 2016[35] and guest-starred as the recurring character Dody on the fourth season of Masters of Sex.[36] She played Fiona in the Encores! production of Brigadoon at New York City Center in November 2017.[37] Jeremy Gerard of Deadline Hollywood called O'Hara's performance "luminous", writing: "O’Hara is impossibly beautiful, vocally and in conveying Fiona’s romantic determination and heartbreak."[38] In 2017, she starred as Kate Bonner in the first season of the web drama series The Accidental Wolf,[39] earning a 2018 Primetime Emmy Award nomination.[40]

O'Hara appeared in the 2018 season of 13 Reasons Why as Jackie, an anti-bullying advocate.[41] The same year at the Metropolitan Opera, she sang the role of Despina in Così fan tutte.[4][42] She reprised her role in The King and I at the London Palladium for a limited run from June to September 2018.[43]

She returned to Broadway in February 2019 in a revival of Kiss Me, Kate at Studio 54, as Lilli Vanessi/Katharine. The production was directed by Scott Ellis and choreographed by Warren Carlyle. The revival was produced by the Roundabout Theatre Company, 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.[44][45]

In a 2022 interview with Theatermania, she discussed working on three projects at once: HBO's costume drama The Gilded Age, from Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes; a new season of The Accidental Wolf, in a role that earned her a 2018 Emmy nomination, as a woman who becomes embroiled in a scandal after receiving a phone call from a stranger being murdered; and a role in the operatic adaptation of Michael Cunningham'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."[46] In May 2023, O'Hara originated the role of Kirsten Arnesen in the musical adaptation of Days of Wine and Roses Off-Broadway at the Linda Gross Theater. In September 2023, it was announced that Days of Wine and Roses would transfer to Broadway's Studio 54 with O'Hara attached. [47] Upon the show's January 2024 opening, a review in New York 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 — clear, shimmering and darting, endlessly agile and controlled. She sings like Ginger Rogers dances." [48]

Personal life

O'Hara is married to Greg Naughton of The Sweet Remains, son of actor James Naughton. Their first child, Owen James, was born in 2009.[49] Their daughter, Charlotte, was born in 2013.[50]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2005 The Dying Gaul Liz
2007 The Key to Reserva Grace Thornberry Short film
2009 Clear Blue Tuesday Anonymous Woman
2010 The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie! Singer
2010 Sex and the City 2 Ellen
2018 The Independents Kelly
2020 All the Bright Places Sheryl

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2001 Jekyll & Hyde: Direct from Broadway Kate Television film
2007 All My Children Leslie 2 episodes
2007 Numb3rs Rachel Lawton Episode: "Democracy"
2007 American Experience Maria Reynolds Episode: "Alexander Hamilton"
2008 Late Show with David Letterman Ensign Nellie Forbush Episode: "15.125"
2008 Click and Clack's As the Wrench Turns Beth 2 episodes
2008 Play or Be Played Television film
2008 Blue Blood Rebecca Television film
2010–2013 Live From Lincoln Center Julie Jordan/Ensign Nellie Forbush 2 episodes
2011–2021 Blue Bloods Lisa Farragaut 2 episodes
2014 Peter Pan Live! Mrs. Darling Television film
2015–2018 Great Performances at the Met Despina/Valancienne 2 episodes
2016 Masters of Sex Dody 3 episodes
2017 The Good Fight Deirdre Kresteva Episode: "Stoppable: Requiem for an Airdate"
2018 13 Reasons Why Jackie 10 episodes
2022–present The Gilded Age Aurora Fane Recurring role season 1; main role season 2

Web

Year Title Role Notes
2014 Submissions Only Anna Grace Episode: "Having Foresight"
2020–2022 The Accidental Wolf Katie 10 episodes

Stage roles

O'Hara at a NYS ARTS Fall Gala in 2008
Broadway
West End
Off-Broadway and regional theatre
Operatic repertoire

Discography

Cast recordings
Soundtracks

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2005 Tony Award Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical The Light in the Piazza Nominated
Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Nominated
2006 Tony Award Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical The Pajama Game Nominated
Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actress in a Musical Nominated
Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding Actress in a Musical Nominated
2008 Tony Award Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical South Pacific Nominated
Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actress in a Musical Nominated
Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding Actress in a Musical Nominated
2012 Tony Award Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical Nice Work If You Can Get It Nominated
Grammy Award Best Musical Theater Album Nominated
Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actress in a Musical Nominated
Drama League Award Distinguished Performance Nominated
Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding Actress in a Musical Nominated
2014 Tony Award Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical The Bridges of Madison County Nominated
Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actress in a Musical Nominated
Drama League Award Distinguished Performance Nominated
Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding Actress in a Musical Nominated
2015 Tony Award Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical The King and I Won
Grammy Award Best Musical Theater Album Nominated
Drama League Award Distinguished Performance Nominated
Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding Actress in a Musical Nominated
2018 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series The Accidental Wolf Nominated
Evening Standard Theatre Award[55][56] Best Musical Performance The King and I Nominated
2019 Laurence Olivier Award[57] Best Actress in a Musical Nominated
Tony Award Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical Kiss Me, Kate Nominated
Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding Actress in a Musical Nominated
Drama League Award Distinguished Performance Nominated
Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre Honoree
2023 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series The Gilded Age Nominated

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