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Moira Kelly

Biography

Moira Kelly is an American actress who started with the television film Love, Lies and Murder, then took small parts in Billy Bathgate and Hi-Life. She played Donna Hayward in the Twin Peaks prequel Fire Walk with Me (1992), and that same year she starred as Kate Moseley in The Cutting Edge (1992) and took two roles in Chaplin (1992). Her later films include Dangerous Beauty (1998), Little Odessa (1994), The Tie That Binds (1995), and With Honors (1994). She voiced adult Nala in The Lion King (1994), The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998), and The Lion King 1½ (2004). She also starred in Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story (1996) as Dorothy Day and appeared in The Safety of Objects (2001) and A Smile as Big as the Moon (2012). On television, she played Mandy Hampton on The West Wing and Karen Roe on One Tree Hill, and she directed two episodes of One Tree Hill.

58years old

Turns 59 on March 6in 156 days

  • Born Queens
  • Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20

Movie Career

Films
22
Career span
34 years1991 to 2025

Genres

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  1. A role that slipped away

    Kelly was set to star as Polly Pry in Trey Parker and Matt Stone's Cannibal! The Musical, but her agent warned it could ruin her career, so she pulled out and Toddy Walters took the part.

Moira Kelly movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. The Lion King1994 Adventure, Animation, Dramaas Nalavoice

    IMDb rating 8.51.3M votes

  2. Chaplin1992 Biography, Comedy, Dramaas Hetty Kelly / Oona O'Neill Chaplin

    IMDb rating 7.566K votes

  3. The Cutting Edge1992as Kate Moseley

    IMDb rating 6.926K votes

  4. With Honors1994as Courtney Blumenthal

    IMDb rating 6.818K votes

  5. The Lion King 1 1/22004as Nalavoice

    IMDb rating 6.552K votes

  6. The Lion King II: Simba's Pride1998as Nalavoice

    IMDb rating 6.484K votes

  7. Little Odessa1994as Alla Shustervich

    IMDb rating 6.710K votes

  8. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me1992as Donna Hayward

    IMDb rating 7.3120K votes

Most often with

Emily Moss Wilson directed two of these films. Five actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Moira Kelly's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$849 million

10 of the 22 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 22 films: 10 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 7 never in cinemas; 2 figure not found.

  • 10Worldwide figure
  • 3US gross only
  • 7Never in cinemas
  • 2Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    The Lion King1994as Nala (voice)
    $763M89.9% of the total
  2. 2
    The Cutting Edge1992as Kate Moseley
    $25M3.0% of the total
  3. 3
    With Honors1994as Courtney Blumenthal
    $20M2.4% of the total
  4. 4
    Billy Bathgate1991as Rebecca
    $16M1.8% of the total
  5. 5
    Chaplin1992as Hetty Kelly / Oona O'Neill Chaplin
    $9.5M1.1% of the total
  6. 6
    The Tie That Binds1995as Dana Clifton
    $5.8M0.7% of the total
  7. 7
    Dangerous Beauty1998as Beatrice Venier
    $4.6M0.5% of the total
  8. 8
    Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me1992as Donna Hayward
    $4.2M0.5% of the total
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story (1996), $711,872The Lion King 1 1/2 (2004), $1,465

$713,337from the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total