Moira Kelly Biography

Fast Facts

• Hails from a musical family and is an accomplished violinist, drummer and flutist
• Caught the acting bug in high school while appearing in a production of the musical Annie
• Made her professional acting debut in the 1991 TV flick Love, Lies and Murder; also in 1991 appeared in the theatrical films The Boy Who Cried Bitch and Billy Bathgate
• Breakout year was 1992 when she snatched her first leading role as a figure skater in The Cutting Edge, played dual roles opposite Robert Downey Jr
• in Chaplin, and replaced Lara Flynn Boyle in David Lynch's Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
• Provided the voice of Nala in Disney's 1994 feature The Lion King
• TV notoriety came when cast as media consultant Mandy Hampton on the first season of The West Wing in 1999
• Achieved lasting TV success as single mom Karen Roe on One Tree Hill