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Highest Rated: 92% The Lion King (1994)

Lowest Rated: 8% The Tie That Binds (1995)

Birthday: Mar 6, 1968

Birthplace: Queens, New York, USA

The captivating dark-haired Kelly made her professional debut playing a young woman manipulated into killing her stepmother in the TV movie, "Love, Lies and Murder" (1991). The same year, she made her first feature appearance in "The Boy Who Cried Bitch" and gained attention for her brief performance as the title character's neighborhood girlfriend, a teen prostitute and orphan, in "Billy Bathgate" (both 1991). In 1992, Kelly played her first leading role as an Olympic ice-skating diva in the romantic drama "The Cutting Edge." That same year, she played the dual roles of Hetty Kelly and Oona O'Neill in Richard Attenborough's hefty biopic "Chaplin." As the voice of Nala in Disney's blockbuster "The Lion King" (1994), Kelly earned new fans among the toddler set. The tots' older siblings were more apt to have seen her subsequent performances in the sub-par comedy "With Honors" and the intriguing "Little Odessa" or "The Tie That Binds" (all 1995). Kelly then went on to become a regular, named Annie Cornell, on the TV series "To Have & To Hold" (1998-1999). She was cast as Cynthia in the film "Henry Hill" the following year (1999). Kelly was also cast as a regular character, Madeline Hampton, in the very popular TV series The West Wing (1999-2000).

Highest rated movies

83% Hi-Life 81% Unhook the Stars 70% Dangerous Beauty 63% Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me 61% Chaplin 57% The Cutting Edge 53% Little Odessa 50% The Safety of Objects

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Moira Kelly Moira Kelly at arrivals for THE LION KING 3D Premiere, El Capitan Theatre, Los Angeles, CA August 27, 2011. Photo By: Dee Cercone/Everett Collection Moira Kelly at arrivals for THE LION KING 3D Premiere, El Capitan Theatre, Los Angeles, CA August 27, 2011. Photo By: Emiley Schweich/Everett Collection Moira Kelly at arrivals for THE LION KING 3D Premiere, El Capitan Theatre, Los Angeles, CA August 27, 2011. Photo By: Emiley Schweich/Everett Collection WITH HONORS, (clockwise from left): Joe Pesci, Brendan Fraser, Patrick Dempsey, Josh Hamilton, Moira Kelly, 1994, (c)Warner Bros. THE CUTTING EDGE, Moira Kelly, D.B. Sweeney, 1992, (c) MGM THE CUTTING EDGE, Moira Kelly, D.B. Sweeney, 1992, (c) MGM THE CUTTING EDGE, Moira Kelly, D.B. Sweeney, 1992./ (c) MGM. WITH HONORS, Brendan Fraser, Moira Kelly, 1994. (c) Warner Bros.. THE LION KING, Simba, voice of Matthew Broderick, Nala, voice of Moira Kelly, 1994. ©Buena Vista Pictures THE TIE THAT BINDS, Julia Devin, Vincent Spano, Moira Kelly, 1995, (c)Buena Vista Pictures TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME, Dana Ashbrook, Sheryl Lee, Moira Kelly, 1992, (c)New Line Cinemas LITTLE ODESSA, Tim Roth, Moira Kelly, 1994, (c) Fine Line Features DANGEROUS BEAUTY, from left: Moira Kelly, Rufus Sewel, 1998, © Warner Brothers DANGEROUS BEAUTY, Moira Kelly, 1998, (c)Warner Bros. HI-LIFE, Daryl Hannah, Eric Stoltz, Moria Kelly, 1998, (c)Lions Gate LITTLE ODESSA, Tim Roth, Moira Kelly, 1994, (c)Fine Line Features WITH HONORS, Patrick Dempsey, Brendan Fraser, Moira Kelly, Josh Hamilton, 1994. (c) Warner Bros.. THE CUTTING EDGE, Moira Kelly, 1992, (c) MGM DANGEROUS BEAUTY, Catherine McCormack, Moira Kelly, 1998, (c)Warner Bros.

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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 78% My Southern Family Christmas Jennifer Bergeron (Character) - 2022
No Score Yet 17% Christmas in Louisiana Charlotte (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet 50% Girl in the Bunker Madeline Shoaf (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Deadly Sorority Prof. Amy Thomas (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet 72% A Smile as Big as the Moon Darcy (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet 78% Taken Back: Finding Haley Karen (Character) - 2012
76% 62% The Lion King 1 1/2 Nala (Voice) - 2004
50% 66% The Safety of Objects Susan Train (Character) $319.1K 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Henry Hill Cynthia (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Play for Me Cynthia (Character) - 1999
67% 61% The Lion King II: Simba's Pride Nala (Voice) - 1998
83% 26% Hi-Life Susan (Character) $8.0K 1998
70% 85% Dangerous Beauty Beatrice Venier (Character) $4.6M 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Drive, She Said Nadine Ship (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Monday After the Miracle Helen Keller (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet 29% The Bitter End Vera (Character) $17.6K 1997
No Score Yet 22% Changing Habits Susan "Soosh" Teague (Character) - 1997
50% 69% Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story Dorothy Day (Character) - 1996
81% 47% Unhook the Stars Ann Mary Margaret 'Annie' Hawks (Character) $285.5K 1996
8% 32% The Tie That Binds Dana Clifton (Character) $5.8M 1995
19% 74% With Honors Courtney Blumenthal (Character) $18.0M 1994
53% 69% Little Odessa Alla Shustervich (Character) $989.9K 1994
92% 93% The Lion King Adult Nala the Lioness (Voice) $422.8M 1994
No Score Yet 43% Daybreak Blue (Character) - 1993
63% 78% Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me Donna Hayward (Character) $4.2M 1992
61% 81% Chaplin Hetty Kelly/Oona O'Neill Chaplin (Character) $8.3M 1992
57% 77% The Cutting Edge Kate Moseley (Character) $23.0M 1992
36% 28% Billy Bathgate Becky (Character) $15.5M 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Boy Who Cried Bitch Jessica (Character) - 1991

TV

Credit
51% 63% Citadel Joe (Character) 2023
No Score Yet 76% The Resident Annie Diamonte (Guest Star) 2020
78% 60% Drop Dead Diva Cindy Kasper (Guest Star) 2013
No Score Yet 93% Numb3ers Unknown (Guest Star) 2010
No Score Yet 68% One Tree Hill Karen Roe (Character),
Karen Roe / Karen Scott (Guest Star),
Director
2003-2009
52% 65% Heroes Unknown (Guest Star) 2009
No Score Yet 83% Unknown (Guest Star) 2008
50% 73% The Twilight Zone Unknown (Character) 2002
20% No Score Yet Hack Unknown (Guest Star) 2002
81% 95% The West Wing Mandy Hampton (Character) 1999-2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Unknown (Character) 1998
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