Kelli O'Hara
Kelli O'Hara
Kelli Christine O'Hara is an American actress and singer. She has appeared on Broadway and Off-Broadway in many musicals since making her Broadway debut as a replacement in Jekyll & Hyde in 2000. A six-time Tony Award nominee, her first nomination was for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for the 2005 production of The Light in the Piazza. Her subsequent nominations were for The Pajama Game, South Pacific, Nice Work If You Can Get Itand The Bridges of Madison...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionStage Actress
Date of Birth16 April 1976
CityElk City, OK
CountryUnited States of America
I don't mind talking about my family and how to balance it all. But, in today's world, we should probably be asking both women and men about work and family and how to balance the two.
'South Pacific' has a definite heaviness that people don't realize. It's got a seriousness and a message.
I don't read reviews, because if you believe the good ones, you have to believe the bad.
I don't have that many family and friends.
I don't ever think about the roads I didn't take because I spend too much time thinking what's ahead. I don't go backwards.
I think it can be a good idea to know what you do well and use that to open the door for yourself. Once you open the door, close it behind you, and start to make changes.
My father named me Kelli because 'Kelli O'Hara' just sounded so Irish.
In my special place, room service could only consist of my husband making me a breakfast of eggs, avocados, and hummus. And coffee with milk.
I've always wanted my characters to have more dimension and realistic cores than the ingenue material often provides. It's been a challenge.
I feel so rich in my emotions and in my life and so grateful when I'm home and so grateful when I'm at work.
I don't want to be famous for being famous.
Corned beef and cabbage - that's our favorite holiday meal when all the O' Haras gather around the table.
It is such a luxury to open a new book that's highly recommended by friends - either an inspirational yet humorously self-deprecating memoir, or a page-turning piece of fiction.
I've had great opportunities to show different sides of myself, but the challenge will always be getting either people to let you do it or finding the right things to do in order to do it.