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Moira Kelly was born on 6 March 1968, in Queens, New York City USA, to Irish immigrats. Moira is an actress, perhaps best known for being part of the 1992 film “The Cutting Edge” inwhich she portrayed Kate Moseley. She was also part of the series “One Tree Hill” playing Karen Roe, but all of her efforts have helped put her net worth to where it is today.

How rich is Moira Kelly? As of mid-2017, sources inform us of a net worth that is at $2 million, mostly earned through a successful career in acting which began in the early ‘90s. Other projects she’s known to have been a part of include ‘Twin Peaks”, “The West Wing”, and “The Lion King”. As she continues her career, it is expected that her wealth will also continue to increase.

Moira Kelly Net Worth $2 million

Kelly attended Connetquot Senior High School and during her time there was part of a production of “Annie”. She was supposed to have a small role, but was then given the title role due to illness of the main actress. This would lead her to change from her initial aspiration of becoming a nun to becoming an actress. She would matriculate in 1986, and afterwards attended Marymount Manhattan College.

Moira made her professional acting debut in 1991, in the television movie “Love, Lies and Murder” in which she played a teenage murderer. This led her to have small roles in various films such as “Billy Bathgate”, and “The Boy Who Cried Bitch”. Afterwards, she was cast in the film “Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me” and later in the year, starred in the romantic comedy “The Cutting Edge”. Her net worth started increasing, especially when she then played opposite Robert Downey, Jr. in the film “Chaplin”. More opportunities appeared for her, and she was cast in “Little Odessa”, “With Honors” and “Dangerous Beauty”.

She then tried her hand at voice acting, becoming a part of “The Lion King” as Nala, reprising her role in “The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride”, and “The Lion King 1 1/2.”. All of these projects continued to build her net worth. She also forayed into independent film, starring in “Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story” playing the title character. She also starred in “The Safety of Objects” alongside Glenn Close. In 1998, she played Helen Keller in the television movie “After the Miracle”.

Her next project would be the drama “The Have & to Hold” which she appeared opposite Jason Beghe. She was then cast in the first season of “The West Wing” as Mandy Hampton. In 2003, she became a part of “One Tree Hill”, and it also led her to direct two episodes of the show. She stopped being a regular cast member during the fifth season, but retained her role until the sixth season finale. Other projects she had during this period include “Heroes” and “Numb3rs”, and she also continued to have film roles including “A Smile as Big as the Moon” and “Remember the Daze”, adding steadily to her net worth.

For her personal life, it is known that Moira married businessman Steve Hewitt in 2000, and they have two children. She is a Catholic, and apparently needed to consult priests for some of her roles.



Full Name Moira Kelly
Net Worth $2 Million
Date Of Birth March 6, 1968
Place Of Birth Queens, New York, U.S.
Height 1.62 m
Profession Actress
Education Marymount Manhattan, Connetquot High School
Nationality American
Spouse Steve Hewitt
Children Ella Hewitt, Eamon Hewitt
Parents Anne Kelly, Peter Kelly
Siblings Paul Kelly
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0446702/
Awards Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Nominations Teen Choice Award for Choice TV: Parental Unit
Movies The Lion King,The Cutting Edge, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride, Chaplin, With Honors, The Lion King 1½, Little Odessa, Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story, Dangerous Beauty, Unhook the Stars, The Safety of Objects, The Tie That Binds, Billy Bathgate, Two Tick…
TV Shows One Tree Hill, The West Wing,
Quote
1 An audience is going to be able to find a little bit of Dorothy in themselves and relate to this woman. Roles like Dorothy Day are so rare in Hollywood.
2 I went to Marymount College in New York City with a lot of kids whose parents paid their way, and I wouldn’t even have thought of asking my parents – they couldn’t afford it, not with six kids!
3 Money’s not important to me. Movie star acknowledgement is not important to me. I don’t want to be a big studio actress. I don’t want to be in the limelight.
4 There are a lot of battles to face, and if I didn’t have that religious core – that base to turn to – I would be truly lost.
5 They used to say I was a younger Winona Ryder and that always made me laugh, because I’m three years older than she is.
6 We have a world that is searching for answers, that is searching for a way back to spirituality.
7 We’re not all called to be Dorothy Day.
8 You know, I like playing around with my voice and trying all different types of kooky voices.
9 I’d love to have the opportunity to sing in a Disney movie.
10 I’ve been told before, and I tend to believe it, I’m not like most actresses out there.
11 My dream is to eventually open a children’s theatre.
12 Now I listen to all kinds of music except rap, which all sounds the same to me.
13 Nudity… I have to say I will never do it again.
14 I like to go rock scrambling.
15 I never had to pound the pavement and really struggle after college.
16 I think to be in politics you have to have the taste for blood on that.
17 I truly believe that God brought this, Dorothy Day script to me, because for a long time up until I was in eight grade – I wanted to be a nun.
18 I used to babysit a lot, and I used to be a nanny.
19 I find nothing wrong with the naked body.
20 I get a lot of recognition for my voice. That always surprises me.
21 I grew up mostly with classical, big band, and a lot of Irish music – I really didn’t start listening to rock and roll until I was maybe sixteen.
22 I just want the opportunity to continue to do great films, play great characters and work with great people.
23 I just wanted to be married and to be happy ever after.
24 First of all – I only believe what I see.
25 Hollywood is a world all its own.
26 I can cry at the drop of the pin. But comedy is hard for me; it’s the timing.
27 I did everything I could to stay in college and pay my own way, so I think that if success hadn’t come so quickly, I would still be pursuing it.
28 I don’t even own a television. I’m proud of that.
29 A few months after graduation I was working in films. It took off pretty quick.
30 Growing up Catholic has been a gift.
31 I do have the freedom to choose what I want to do and I’ll continue to do that.
32 But what I like to sing mostly is blues and cabaret style.
33 Children are so creative and imaginative that they just bring you to life all over again.
Fact
1 Irish-American.
2 During the shooting of the film, The Cutting Edge (1992), she spent over two months in figure skate training with her co-star, D.B. Sweeney. They became close friends and remain so to this day.
3 Was cast by director James Gray in Little Odessa (1994) because he was impressed by her performance in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992).
4 Her husband is a Texas businessman and she has two children by him. Her daughter is named Ella and was born in 2001, her son is named Eamon and was born in 2003.
5 Was originally cast as Kit Keller in A League of Their Own (1992), but hurt her ankle on the set of The Cutting Edge (1992). The role of Kit was given to Lori Petty.
6 She was initially contracted to play Polly Pry, the female lead in Trey Parker’s Cannibal! The Musical (1993) but pulled out because she feared it would damage her serious movie career.
7 She narrated the audio book for “jacob have I loved”.
8 When cast in David Lynch’s Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992), she came home to get permission from her priest to do her first sexual scene.
9 Listed as one of twelve “Promising New Actors of 1992” in John Willis’ Screen World, Vol. 44.

Actress

Title Year Status Character
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces 2014 Donna Hayward
Drop Dead Diva 2013 TV Series Cindy Kasper
Taken Back: Finding Haley 2012 TV Movie Karen
A Smile as Big as the Moon 2012 TV Movie Darcy Kersjes
Numb3rs 2010 TV Series Mary Paulson
One Tree Hill 2003-2009 TV Series Karen Roe / Karen Scott
Heroes 2009 TV Series Abby Collins
Law & Order 1991-2008 TV Series Katherine Donovan / Police Officer
Remember the Daze 2007 Mrs. Ford
Two Tickets to Paradise 2006 Kate
The Lion King 1 1/2 2004 Video Nala (voice)
A Woman Reported 2004 Short Woman
The Twilight Zone 2002 TV Series Elizabeth Carter
Hack 2002 TV Series Vanessa Griffin
The Safety of Objects 2001 Susan Train
The West Wing 1999-2000 TV Series Mandy Hampton
Henry Hill 1999 Cynthia
The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride Active Play 1998 Video Game Nala
To Have & to Hold 1998 TV Series Annie Cornell
Monday After the Miracle 1998 TV Movie Helen Keller
The Lion King 2: Simba’s Pride 1998 Video Nala (voice)
Hi-Life 1998 Susan
Dangerous Beauty 1998 Beatrice Venier
Drive, She Said 1997 Nadine Ship
Changing Habits 1997 Soosh Teague
Love Walked In 1997 Vera
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story 1996 Dorothy Day
Unhook the Stars 1996 Ann Mary Margaret ‘Annie’ Hawks
The Tie That Binds 1995 Dana Clifton
Animated StoryBook: The Lion King 1994 Video Game Adult Nala (voice)
Little Odessa 1994 Alla Shustervich
The Lion King 1994 Adult Nala (voice)
With Honors 1994 Courtney
Daybreak 1993 TV Movie Blue
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me 1992 Donna Hayward
The Cutting Edge 1992 Kate Moseley
Thirty Below Zero 1992 Short Lucy
Billy Bathgate 1991 Becky
The Boy Who Cried Bitch 1991 Jessica
Love, Lies and Murder 1991 TV Mini-Series Cinnamon Brown

Director

Title Year Status Character
One Tree Hill 2006-2007 TV Series 2 episodes

Self

Title Year Status Character
Made in Hollywood 2011 TV Series Herself
Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition 2011 TV Series Herself
Late Night with Conan O’Brien 1994-1995 TV Series Herself
The Making of ‘The Lion King’ 1994 TV Movie documentary Herself

Archive Footage

Title Year Status Character
One Tree Hill 2012 TV Series Karen Roe
President Hollywood 2008 TV Movie documentary Mandy Hampton (uncredited)
Entertainment Tonight 1992 TV Series Donna Hayward

Won Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2001 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series The West Wing (1999)

Nominated Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2005 Teen Choice Award Teen Choice Awards Choice TV Parental Units One Tree Hill (2003)

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