Moira Kelly (born March 6, 1968) is an Irish-American
actressAn actor or actress is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. She is probably best known for her role as
Mandy HamptonDr. Madeline 'Mandy' Hampton is a fictional character played by Moira Kelly on the television serial drama The West Wing. She was White House media consultant during the first season of the show....
in television series
The West Wing (1999–2000) and as
Karen RoeKaren Roe is a fictional character on the CW television series One Tree Hill, played by Moira Kelly. Karen is Lucas Scott's mother by her ex-boyfriend and high school sweetheart Dan Scott. She has a young daughter, Lily Roe Scott, conceived with Keith Scott, Dan's brother.-Fictional character...
on
One Tree HillOne Tree Hill is an American teen, young adult television drama created by Mark Schwahn, which premiered on September 23, 2003 on The WB Television Network. After its third season, The WB merged with UPN to form The CW Television Network, and since September 27, 2006 the network is the official...
(2003–2009).
She is the third of six children. Her father, Peter, was trained as a concert violinist. Her mother, Anne, is a nurse. Both are Irish immigrants. Moira was born in Queens, New York raised in
Ronkonkoma, New YorkRonkonkoma is a census-designated place and hamlet in the Town of Islip, Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 20,029 at the 2000 census...
.
Moira Kelly (born March 6, 1968) is an Irish-American
actressAn actor or actress is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. She is probably best known for her role as
Mandy HamptonDr. Madeline 'Mandy' Hampton is a fictional character played by Moira Kelly on the television serial drama The West Wing. She was White House media consultant during the first season of the show....
in television series
The West Wing (1999–2000) and as
Karen RoeKaren Roe is a fictional character on the CW television series One Tree Hill, played by Moira Kelly. Karen is Lucas Scott's mother by her ex-boyfriend and high school sweetheart Dan Scott. She has a young daughter, Lily Roe Scott, conceived with Keith Scott, Dan's brother.-Fictional character...
on
One Tree HillOne Tree Hill is an American teen, young adult television drama created by Mark Schwahn, which premiered on September 23, 2003 on The WB Television Network. After its third season, The WB merged with UPN to form The CW Television Network, and since September 27, 2006 the network is the official...
(2003–2009).
She is the third of six children. Her father, Peter, was trained as a concert violinist. Her mother, Anne, is a nurse. Both are Irish immigrants. Moira was born in Queens, New York raised in
Ronkonkoma, New YorkRonkonkoma is a census-designated place and hamlet in the Town of Islip, Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 20,029 at the 2000 census...
. She attended
Connetquot Senior High SchoolConnetquot High School is a public high school serving students from the communities of Bohemia, West Sayville Oakdale and Ronkonkoma in the ninth through twelfth grades located in Bohemia, New York and is part of the Connetquot Central School District....
in
Bohemia, Long IslandBohemia is a hamlet in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 9,871 at the 2000 census.Bohemia is in the Town of Islip.The main school district in the town is the Connetquot School District...
, graduating in the class of 1986. Later she attended
Marymount Manhattan CollegeMarymount Manhattan College is a small, coeducational liberal arts college located in Manhattan, New York City, New York. Marymount Manhattan's campus is located in the affluent Upper East Side of Manhattan. It's often referred to as MMC.-History:...
.
In her youth, Kelly was cast in a small role in her high school's 1984 production of
AnnieAnnie is a Broadway musical based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip Little Orphan Annie, with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and the book by Thomas Meehan. The musical ran for nearly six years on Broadway, setting a record for the Alvin Theatre...
. Due to illness, the young woman playing Miss Hannigan was replaced, causing a series of cast changes leading to her choice of career.
She made her professional acting debut in the made-for-TV movie
Love, Lies and MurderLove, Lies, and Murder is a 1991 film starring Clancy Brown, Sheryl Lee, and Moira Kelly. It is based on true events, and tells the story of the murder of a troubled girl's stepmother and the reasons behind it. The names were not changed for the film....
, playing a teenage murderess. She went on to have small roles in the films
The Boy Who Cried BitchThe Boy Who Cried Bitch is an independent film released in 1991. Starring Harley Cross, Jason Biggs , Jesse Bradford and Karen Young.-Plot:...
and
Billy BathgateBilly Bathgate is a 1989 novel by author E. L. Doctorow that won the 1989 National Book Critics Circle award for fiction for 1990 and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, and was the runner up for the 1990 Pulitzer Prize . The story is told in the first person by Billy "Bathgate" Behan, a...
before being cast as Donna Hayward in
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. In the same year she starred opposite DB Sweeney in the skating romantic comedy
The Cutting EdgeThe Cutting Edge is a 1992 romantic comedy film directed by Paul Michael Glaser and written by Tony Gilroy. The plot is about a very rich, spoiled figure skater who is paired with a has-been ice hockey player for Olympic figure skating...
and played two roles opposite Robert Downey Junior in
Chaplin. She has since appeared in the movies
Daybreak,
With Honors,
Little OdessaLittle Odessa is an American crime film released in 1994 by James Gray, featuring Tim Roth, Edward Furlong, Moira Kelly and Vanessa Redgrave.The film earned a Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival and the Critic Prize at the Deauville Film Festival....
,
The Tie That Binds and
Dangerous BeautyDangerous Beauty is a biographical drama film directed by Marshall Herskovitz. It is adapted from the non-fiction book The Honest Courtesan, by Margaret Rosenthal, , about the life of Veronica Franco , a courtesan in 16th century Venice.A stage musical version of the film premiered on July 25,...
amongst others, and provided the adult voice of Nala in Disney's
The Lion KingThe Lion King is a American animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation. Released to theaters on June 15, 1994 by Walt Disney Pictures, it is the 32nd film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. The story, which was strongly influenced by the William Shakespeare play Hamlet,...
,
The Lion King II: Simba's PrideThe Lion King II: Simba's Pride is an American direct-to-video film released by the Walt Disney Company on October 27, 1998, as a sequel to the 1994 film The Lion King...
, and
The Lion King 1 1/2. In her independent film career Kelly had the starring role of activist
Dorothy DayDorothy Day was an American journalist, social activist, distributist, anarchist, and devout Catholic convert...
in
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day StoryEntertaining Angels: the Dorothy Day Story is a 1996 independent film about the life of Dorothy Day, the journalist turned social activist and founder of the Catholic Worker newspaper. The film stars Moira Kelly as Dorothy, Heather Graham, Lenny Von Dohlen and Martin Sheen.Both Kelly and Sheen are...
and starred alongside
Glenn CloseGlenn Close is an American actress and singer of stage and screen, perhaps best known for her role as deranged stalker Alex Forrest in Fatal Attraction...
in
The Safety of ObjectsThe Safety of Objects is a 2001 independent film based upon a series of short stories written by A. M. Homes about four suburban families who find that their lives become intertwined. The film was directed by Rose Troche, and has many characters. It is often considered an "intellectual film" in the...
. She played
Helen Keller Helen Adams Keller was an American author, political activist and lecturer. She was the first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree....
in the made-for-TV movie
Monday After the Miracle.
In 2000, Moira Kelly married Steve Hewitt, a
TexasTexas is the second-largest U.S. state in both area and population, and the largest state in the contiguous United States.The name had wide usage among native Americans, meaning "friends" or "allies"...
businessman. They have two children, Ella and Eamon.
Kelly starred in the
CBSCBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American television network, one of television's original "big three", which also include NBC and ABC. Like NBC, CBS started out as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System...
drama
To Have & to HoldTo Have & to Hold was a short-lived American television series that aired on CBS during the fall of 1998.The drama series starred Moira Kelly as Annie Cornell, an attorney, and Jason Beghe as her husband, an Irish police officer, Sean McGrail...
opposite
Jason BegheJason Beghe is an American film and television actor and critic of Scientology. As a young man he attended the Collegiate School in New York City, where he became best friends with John F. Kennedy, Jr. and David Duchovny...
before playing
Mandy HamptonDr. Madeline 'Mandy' Hampton is a fictional character played by Moira Kelly on the television serial drama The West Wing. She was White House media consultant during the first season of the show....
in the first season of
The West Wing. In 2003 Kelly began playing single mother
Karen RoeKaren Roe is a fictional character on the CW television series One Tree Hill, played by Moira Kelly. Karen is Lucas Scott's mother by her ex-boyfriend and high school sweetheart Dan Scott. She has a young daughter, Lily Roe Scott, conceived with Keith Scott, Dan's brother.-Fictional character...
on the
teen dramaA teen drama is a type of dramatic television series in which the focus is on teenage characters. The genre was relatively non-existent for the first 45 years of television; it came into prominence in the early 1990s...
One Tree HillOne Tree Hill is an American teen, young adult television drama created by Mark Schwahn, which premiered on September 23, 2003 on The WB Television Network. After its third season, The WB merged with UPN to form The CW Television Network, and since September 27, 2006 the network is the official...
. In the fifth season she ceased to be a regular cast member but made a guest appearance in the 100th episode.
In 2007 Moira appeared as Amber Heard's characters Julia's mother in the independent Teen Drama film
Remember The DazeRemember the Daze is a 2007 film released in theatres in April 2008.It was directed by Jess Manafort and stars Chris Marquette, Sean Marquette, Amber Heard, Leighton Meester, Lyndsy Fonseca, Khleo Thomas, Shahine Ezell, Katrina Begin, Charles Chen, Melonie Diaz, Caroline Dollar, Wesley Jonathan,...
.
In 2009 she joined the cast of
HeroesHeroes is an American fantasy television drama series created by Tim Kring, which premiered on NBC on September 25, 2006. The series tells the stories of ordinary people who discover superhuman abilities, and how these abilities take effect in the characters' lives...
V4 Fugitives, and will star in the epic dark comedy/mystery,
City of Shoulders and Noses.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|
| 1991 The year 1991 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*April 28 - Bonnie Raitt marries actor Michael O'Keefe in New York*Terminator 2: Judgment Day, became one of the landmarks for sci-fi action films.-Top grossing films :...
|
The Boy Who Cried Bitch The Boy Who Cried Bitch is an independent film released in 1991. Starring Harley Cross, Jason Biggs , Jesse Bradford and Karen Young.-Plot:...
|
Jessica |
| Love, Lies and Murder Love, Lies, and Murder is a 1991 film starring Clancy Brown, Sheryl Lee, and Moira Kelly. It is based on true events, and tells the story of the murder of a troubled girl's stepmother and the reasons behind it. The names were not changed for the film....
|
Cinnamon |
| Billy Bathgate Billy Bathgate is a 1989 novel by author E. L. Doctorow that won the 1989 National Book Critics Circle award for fiction for 1990 and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, and was the runner up for the 1990 Pulitzer Prize . The story is told in the first person by Billy "Bathgate" Behan, a...
|
Rebecca |
| 1992 The year 1992 in film involved many significant films. -Top grossing films :source: - Awards :Academy Awards:*Article 99B...
|
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me |
Donna Hayward |
| The Cutting Edge The Cutting Edge is a 1992 romantic comedy film directed by Paul Michael Glaser and written by Tony Gilroy. The plot is about a very rich, spoiled figure skater who is paired with a has-been ice hockey player for Olympic figure skating...
|
Kate Moseley |
| Chaplin |
Hetty Kelly/ Oona O'Neil |
| 1993 The year 1993 in film involved many significant films. -Events:...
|
Daybreak |
Blue |
| 1994 The year 1994 in film involved some significant events.-Top grossing films :*This was the Highest Grossing film of 1994 Worldwidesource: - Awards :Academy Awards:* Andre...
|
The Lion KingThe Lion King is a American animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation. Released to theaters on June 15, 1994 by Walt Disney Pictures, it is the 32nd film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. The story, which was strongly influenced by the William Shakespeare play Hamlet,...
|
Adult Nala (voice) |
| With Honors |
Courtney Blumenthal |
| 1995 The year 1995 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* March 22 - The Dogme 95 movement is officially announced in Paris by Danish directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg....
|
The Tie That Binds |
Dana Clifton |
| Little Odessa Little Odessa is an American crime film released in 1994 by James Gray, featuring Tim Roth, Edward Furlong, Moira Kelly and Vanessa Redgrave.The film earned a Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival and the Critic Prize at the Deauville Film Festival....
|
Alla Shustervich |
| 1996 The year 1996 in film involved some significant events. Major releases this year included Fargo, Trainspotting, The English Patient, Independence Day, Twister, Scream, Jerry Maguire and Madonna's Evita.-Events:...
|
Unhook the Stars Unhook the Stars is a 1996 drama film starring Gena Rowlands, Marisa Tomei, and Jake Lloyd. The movie was directed by Nick Cassavetes, son of Gena Rowlands. Rowlands and Tomei both received SAG Award nominations for their performances....
|
Ann Mary Margaret |
| Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story Entertaining Angels: the Dorothy Day Story is a 1996 independent film about the life of Dorothy Day, the journalist turned social activist and founder of the Catholic Worker newspaper. The film stars Moira Kelly as Dorothy, Heather Graham, Lenny Von Dohlen and Martin Sheen.Both Kelly and Sheen are...
|
Dorothy Day |
| Changing Habits |
|
| 1998 The year 1998 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 14 - Sharon Stone marries Phil Bronstein.* Former child star Gary Coleman is charged with assaulting a young female bus driver at a California shopping mall.-Top grossing films:...
|
To Have & to Hold To Have & to Hold was a short-lived American television series that aired on CBS during the fall of 1998.The drama series starred Moira Kelly as Annie Cornell, an attorney, and Jason Beghe as her husband, an Irish police officer, Sean McGrail...
(TV series) (1998) |
Annie Cornell |
| Love Walked In "Love Walked In" is a song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin. The song was composed in 1930, but the lyrics were not written until 1937, for the movie musical The Goldwyn Follies . Hit versions include Sammy Kaye , The Hilltoppers , Ella Fitzgerald , and Dinah Washington...
|
Vera |
| Hi-Life |
Susan |
The Lion King II: Simba's PrideThe Lion King II: Simba's Pride is an American direct-to-video film released by the Walt Disney Company on October 27, 1998, as a sequel to the 1994 film The Lion King...
Direct-to-videoA film that is released direct-to-video is one which has been released to the public on home video formats before or without being released in movie theaters or broadcast on television...
|
Adult Nala (voice) |
| Dangerous Beauty Dangerous Beauty is a biographical drama film directed by Marshall Herskovitz. It is adapted from the non-fiction book The Honest Courtesan, by Margaret Rosenthal, , about the life of Veronica Franco , a courtesan in 16th century Venice.A stage musical version of the film premiered on July 25,...
|
Beatrice |
| 1999 The year 1999 in film involved some significant events and was arguably the most successful year for films released in the 1990s. Several new feature films, including Star Wars Episode I, The Sixth Sense, The Green Mile, new sequel Toy Story 2, first of The Matrix, Disney's animated Tarzan,...
|
The West Wing (TV series) (1999–2000) |
Mandy Hampton Dr. Madeline 'Mandy' Hampton is a fictional character played by Moira Kelly on the television serial drama The West Wing. She was White House media consultant during the first season of the show....
|
| Henry Hill |
Cynthia |
| Drive, She Said |
Nadine Ship |
| 2000 The year 2000 in film involved some significant events.-Top-grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 2000...
|
Henry Hill |
|
| 2003 The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,...
|
The Safety of Objects The Safety of Objects is a 2001 independent film based upon a series of short stories written by A. M. Homes about four suburban families who find that their lives become intertwined. The film was directed by Rose Troche, and has many characters. It is often considered an "intellectual film" in the...
|
Susan Train |
One Tree HillOne Tree Hill is an American teen, young adult television drama created by Mark Schwahn, which premiered on September 23, 2003 on The WB Television Network. After its third season, The WB merged with UPN to form The CW Television Network, and since September 27, 2006 the network is the official...
(TV series) (2003 - present) |
Karen RoeKaren Roe is a fictional character on the CW television series One Tree Hill, played by Moira Kelly. Karen is Lucas Scott's mother by her ex-boyfriend and high school sweetheart Dan Scott. She has a young daughter, Lily Roe Scott, conceived with Keith Scott, Dan's brother.-Fictional character...
|
| 2004 The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol...
|
The Lion King 1 1/2 Direct-to-video A film that is released direct-to-video is one which has been released to the public on home video formats before or without being released in movie theaters or broadcast on television...
|
Adult Nala (voice) |
| 2006 |
Two Tickets to Paradise Two Tickets to Paradise is a 2006 movie starring John C. McGinley, D.B. Sweeney, Paul Hipp, Moira Kelly and Ed Harris. It was written and directed by Sweeney.-Plot:...
|
Kate |
| 2007 |
Remember The Daze (Film) |
Mrs. Ford |
| 2008 |
Law & OrderLaw & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, which premiered on NBC on September 13, 1990. Created by Dick Wolf, the series is set in New York City, and follows the professional lives of several police officers and prosecutors who represent the public interest in...
(TV series) |
Catherine Waxman |
| 2009 |
Heroes Heroes is an American fantasy television drama series created by Tim Kring, which premiered on NBC on September 25, 2006. The series tells the stories of ordinary people who discover superhuman abilities, and how these abilities take effect in the characters' lives...
|
Abby Collins |
| 2009 |
City of Shoulders and Noses |
Mary Oliveri |
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