Moira Kelly is a well-known American actress. Moira Kelly is best recognized for her part in the 1992 film “The Cutting Edge” as Kate Moseley.

Quick Facts

Moira Kelly Biography

Moira Kelly was born on March 6, 1968, in Queens, New York, United States of America. This actress is currently 55 years old and born under the sign of Pisces. Her religious beliefs are Christian, although her ethnic heritage is unknown at this time.

Kelly was born to Peter Kelly, her father, and Anne Kelly, her mother. Her father is a concert violinist by trade, while her mother is a nurse. Meanwhile, she is the third of her parents’ six children. She has not, however, divulged her siblings’ names in any interview. She and her siblings were raised in Ronkonkoma, a hamlet on Long Island, New York.

Moira Kelly Education

Moving on to her academic credentials, she attended Connetquot Senior High School and graduated in 1986. She then attended Marymount Manhattan College. She supported herself by working odd jobs during her undergraduate years.

Moira Kelly Height, Weight

This lovely lady stands 5 feet 4 inches (1.63 m) tall and weighs approximately 54 kg (119 lbs). Furthermore, she possesses dark brown hair and blue eyes. Similarly, her body measurements are 32-23-33 inches, she wears a shoe size 6 US, and she wears a dress size 4 US.

Career

Moira Kelly began performing during her high school years. In 1984, she played a minor role in her high school’s production of “Annie.” The girl playing Miss Hannigan was replaced due to illness, resulting in a sequence of cast changes that led to her career choice. Kelly, a devoted Catholic, was forced to choose between performing and pursuing her childhood ambition of becoming a nun.

In the 1991 miniseries “Love, Lies, and Murder,” she played Cinnamon Brown. She also made her feature film debut in Juan José Campanella’s drama thriller “The Boy Who Cried Bitch.” She sought her priest for permission to participate in an explicit sex scene when she was cast as Donna Hayward in “Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me” (1992).

That same year, she co-starred with D. B. Sweeney in the romantic comedy “The Cutting Edge” and performed two characters in the biographical “Chaplin,” including Oona O’Neill Chaplin. She spoke to her priest once again for her 1993 television film “Daybreak,” in which she played a girl who has extramarital affairs.

Furthermore, as an adult, she portrayed Simba’s love interest Nala in Disney’s “The Lion King” (1994), “The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride” (1998), and “The Lion King 12” (2004). She also appeared in the video games “Animated StoryBook: The Lion King” (1994) and “The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride Active Play” (1998) as Simba.

Kelly has also been heavily involved in the independent scene. She portrayed social activist Dorothy Day in “Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story” (1996), and she co-starred alongside Glenn Close in “The Safety of Objects” (2001). In the television film “Monday After the Miracle,” she portrayed Helen Keller. In 1998, she starred as Annie Cornell in CBS’s short-lived drama series “To Have & to Hold.”

Mandy Hampton, a recurring character on Aaron Sorkin’s “The West Wing,” was played by her. In 2008, she appeared as the episode antagonist in a “Law & Order” season 18 episode. Furthermore, she had previously appeared as an uncredited policewoman in an episode of the show’s second season.

In 2014, she played Donna Hayward again in “Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces,” a feature-length collection of deleted and extended sequences from “Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me.” His most recent TV appearances were “The Resident” (2019) and “Panic” (2021).

Kelly was also the director of two episodes of the show, “Resolve” (2007) and “I Slept with Someone in Fall Out Boy and All I Got Was This Stupid Song Written About Me” (2006).

Moira Kelly Awards

Moira Kelly has appeared in a number of television shows and films. She has received a couple of honors thus far in her acting career. She received the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance in a Drama Series West Wing in 2001. Similarly, she was nominated for a Teen Choice Award in 2005.

Moira Kelly Net Worth

This successful American actress gets a lot of money from her acting profession. Her net worth is projected to be around $2 million as of 2023, however, her specific salary and income have not been disclosed.

Moira Kelly Relationship Status

Moira Kelly married Texan businessman Stephen Eric Hewitt on August 5, 2000. Ella and Eamon are the couple’s two children from their marriage. Kelly previously resided for eleven years in Wilmington, North Carolina. The family has relocated to Flower Mound, Texas.

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