Kelli O'Hara

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Kelli O'Hara (born April 16, 1976) is an American actress and singer.

Since making her Broadway debut in Jekyll & Hyde in 2000, she has appeared in many musicals on Broadway and Off-Broadway.

She has appeared on television, film, and opera, as well as Opera.

She made her West End debut in 2018. For the 2005 performance of The Light in the Piazza, O'Hara has received seven Tony Award nominations, one for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.

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), Best Actress in a Musical for The King and I. She has also appeared in television series The Accidental Wolf, which received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her leading role.

She has appeared in films including Sex and the City 2 as well as operas such as The Merry Widow and Cos.

Early life

O'Hara was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and grew up in Elk City, Oklahoma, with an Irish American family. She graduated from Deer Creek High School and later attended Oklahoma City University, receiving a bachelor's degree in vocal performance/opera. O'Hara performed voice with Florence Birdwell, who also taught Kristin Chenoweth four years ago. The Gamma Phi Beta sorority's O'Hara and Chenoweth are both smears.

Personal life

O'Hara is married to Greg Naughton of The Sweet Remains, son of actor James Naughton. Owen James, their first child, was born in 2009. Charlotte was born in 2013.

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Career

Jekyll & Hyde, one of O'Hara's first professional appearances, appeared in a national tour of the musical Jekyll & Hyde in the United States. She appeared as Young Hattie in the 2001 Broadway revival of Follies and then appeared as Young Phyllis. Susan was last seen in Sweet Smell of Victory on Broadway in 2002. She appeared Albertine in the Off-Broadway Playwrights Horizons production My Life With Albertine in 2003 and Barbara Westenra in the Broadway revival of Dracula, the Musical.

Clara appeared in The Light in the Piazza at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theatre in 2005. She had appeared in a workshop of the Musical Theatre Lab at Sundance, as well as in tryouts in Seattle and Chicago as Franca. She was nominated for Best Actress in a Musical by the Tony Award in 2005. For every subsequent appearance she has played on Broadway, O'Hara has been nominated for or won a Tony Award. In her next Broadway musical, she appeared as Babe in the 2006 revival of The Pajama Game, for which she was nominated for Best Leading Actress in a Musical. O'Hara "rockets past the ostensible ingénue status she achieved with Light in the Piazza" during this appearance, according to New York Times reviewer Ben Brantley.

In 2007, O'Hara appeared in the Los Angeles Reprise as Dot/Marie. In the New York Philharmonic's semi-staged performance of My Fair Lady at Avery Fisher Hall on Sunday, George and Eliza Doolittle performed in the Park. Beth Totenbag, the producer, appeared on PBS's 2008 animated film As the Wrench Turns, was the voice of producer Beth Totenbag. Nellie Forbush performed in the Broadway revival of South Pacific's Vivian Beaumont Theater from 2008 to 2010, for which she was nominated for her third Tony Award. She took maternity leave in March 2009 and returned to the musical in October 2009.

Ella Peterson appeared in the 2010 New York City Center Encores. Bells Are Ringing's concert performance. Ellen appeared in the film Sex and the City 2 (2010), and in 2011, she appeared in "Mercy," the first episode of the CBS show Blue Bloods' second season. She Loves Me, a benefit concert produced by the Roundabout Theatre Company in honor of the company's 20th anniversary, she appeared in She Loves Me in 2011. Scott Ellis was the musical director, and Paul Gemignani was the musical director. "Will He Like Me?" She had performed one of the show's most popular songs, "Will He Like Me?" "The previous evening, Barbara Cook was honored at the Kennedy Center in honor of her memory."

Billie Bendix appeared in Nice Work If You Can Get It from April 2012 to March 2013 and received her fourth Tony Award nomination. She performed "At the Ballet" at Lincoln Center in 2012, as well as Audra McDonald and Megan Hilty. Julie was the lead role of Julie in the New York Philharmonic's staged concert at Avery Fisher Hall in 2013. She appeared in The Bridges of Madison County, which received her fifth Tony Award nomination from January to May 2014. The CurtainUp.com reporter Elyse Sommer praised O'Hara's "superb vocal chops" and her "exquisite" duets with co-star Steven Pasquale. She played Mrs. Darling appeared on NBC's 2014 telecast. Peter Pan Live! In December 2014 at Carnegie Hall with the New York Pops, she appeared in two concerts titled Kelli and Matthew: Home for the Holidays. O'Hara made her operatic debut at The Metropolitan Opera on December 31, 2014 as Valencienne in Franz Lehár's The Merry Widow, alongside Renee Fleming in the title role.

In the Broadway revival of The King and I opposite Ken Watanabe as The King, O'Hara returned to Lincoln Center Theatre to play Anna Leonowens. The Vivian Beaumont Theatre opened in March 2015 and closed in April 2015. O'Hara's first Tony Award was won for this role. Anna's last appearance as O'Hara in April 2016. In October 2016, she appeared as Dody, the recurring character on Masters of Sex's fourth season, in a solo concert at Carnegie Hall.

She played Fiona in the Encores!

Brigadoon was produced at the New York City Centre in November 2017. "O'Hara's performance was immeasurable," Jeremy Gerard of Deadline Hollywood wrote, "in conveying Fiona's romantic zeal and heartbreak." Kate Bonner appeared in the first season of the web drama series The Accidental Wolf in 2017, earning a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 2018.

Jackie O'Hara appeared in 13 Reasons Why in 2018 as Jackie, an anti-bullying advocate. She appeared in Despina in Cos fan tutte for the same year. For a limited run from June to September 2018, she reprised her role in The King and I at the London Palladium.

Lilli Vanessi/Katharine, a vivacious version of Kiss Me, Kate at Studio 54, returned to Broadway in February 2019. Scott Ellis was the producer and choreographed by Warren Carlyle. The Roundabout Theatre Company, which had staged a benefit concert involving O'Hara, Ellis, and Carlyle in 2016, produced the revival.

She talked to Theatermania in 2022 about three projects at once: HBO's costume drama The Gilded Age from Downton Abbey's creator Julian Fellowes; a new season of The Accidental Wolf; and a role in Michael Cunningham's opera adaptation The Hours. "I love the fact that you have these items in one box at the same time," she said. I couldn't be happier or more concerned to see these three things happening at the same time."

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