Kelli O’Hara, star of stage and screen, has established herself as one of Broadway’s greatest leading ladies. Her portrayal of Anna Loenowens in “The King and I” brought her the 2015 Tony Award for best leading actress in a musical, along with Grammy, Drama League, Outer Critics Circle and Olivier nominations.
She reprised the role while making her West End debut and performed a limited engagement at Tokyo’s Orb Theatre. O’Hara also received an Emmy nomination for her portrayal of Katie Bonner in the hit streaming series “The Accidental Wolf.” Other film and television credits include Season 2 of Netflix’s “13 Reasons Why,” “All the Bright Places,” “Peter Pan Live!,” “Sex & the City 2,” Martin Scorsese’s "The Key to Reserva,” Showtime’s ’Masters of Sex,” “The Good Fight,” “Blue Bloods,” “N3mbers” and the animated series “Car Talk.”
Other Broadway credits include “Kiss Me, Kate” (Tony, Drama League, Outer Critics Circle nominations), “The Bridges of Madison County” (Tony, Drama Desk, Drama League, OCC nominations), “Nice Work If You Can Get It” (Tony, Drama Desk, Drama League, OCC nominations), “South Pacific” (Tony, Drama Desk, OCC nominations), “The Pajama Game” (Tony, Drama Desk, OCC nominations), “The Light in the Piazza” (Tony, Drama Desk nominations), “The Sweet Smell of Success,” “Follies," “Dracula” and “Jekyll & Hyde.” She won the prestigious Drama League’s Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre Award in 2019.
In 2015, she made her Metropolitan Opera debut in Lehar’s The Merry Widow, opposite Renee Fleming, and returned as Despina in Mozart’s Cosí fan tutte. Her concerts spanning from Carnegie Hall to Tokyo have gained international acclaim. She is a frequent performer on PBS’ live telecasts, the Kennedy Center Honors and often performs with the New York Philharmonic.
O’Hara has received two Grammy nominations, and her solo albums, “Always” and “Wonder in the World,” are available on Ghostlight Records. She can be seen in HBO’s hit series “The Gilded Age” and has returned to her Emmy-nominated role of Katie Bonner in the second season of Topic’s “The Accidental Wolf,” now streaming.
April 2022
