---
name: "Moira Kelly"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/moira-kelly"
fi1m_id: "moira-kelly"
imdb_id: "nm0446702"
tmdb_id: 20005
wikidata_id: "Q237537"
roles: ["Actor","Director"]
born: "6 March 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 85
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-23T11:04:54.171993+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Moira Kelly

## Identity

Moira Kelly

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/moira-kelly
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** moira-kelly
- **IMDb ID:** nm0446702
- **TMDB ID:** 20005
- **Wikidata ID:** Q237537
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moira_Kelly, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q237537, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0446702/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20005

Actor and director. Born 6 March 1968 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor, Director
- **Born:** 6 March 1968, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1994–2003
- **Also known as:** مویرا کلی
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 acting, 1 directing
- **Frequently works with:** [Bryan Gordon](https://film.one/person/bryan-gordon.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 85, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 85 (2), 2000s 66 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moira_Kelly, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q237537, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0446702/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20005

## Coming up

- *And Then Everything Turned Itself Inside Out* (2027-01-23), as Deirdre

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Lion King*](https://film.one/film/the-lion-king.md) (84), [*One Tree Hill*](https://film.one/tv/one-tree-hill.md) (66)
- **HBO Max:** [*The West Wing*](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md) (86)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Moira Kelly is an American actress. She is known for voicing adult Nala in *The Lion King* (1994) and its sequels *The Lion King II: Simba's Pride* (1998) and *The Lion King 1½* (2004).

On television, she played Mandy Hampton in the first season of *The West Wing* (1999–2000) and Karen Roe in *One Tree Hill* (2003–2009). Her film roles include Donna Hayward in *Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me* (1992), Hetty Kelly and Oona O'Neill in *Chaplin* (1992), and Kate Moseley in *The Cutting Edge* (1992).

Born on 6 March 1968 in New York City, Kelly attended Marymount Manhattan College.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (2) — the average rests on these

- *The West Wing* (1999), Fi1m 86, as Mandy Hampton — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)
- *The Lion King* (1994), Fi1m 84, as Nala (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lion-king.md)

### Directed (1)

- *One Tree Hill* (2003), Fi1m 66, as Karen Roe — [page](https://film.one/tv/one-tree-hill.md)

## Complete filmography (49)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *And Then Everything Turned Itself Inside Out* (2027), as Deirdre
- *Love of the Irish* (2025), as Helen
- *Citadel* (2023), series, as Joe
- *My Southern Family Christmas* (2022), as Jennifer Bergeron
- *Christmas in Louisiana* (2019), as Charlotte
- *The Resident* (2018), series, as Annie Diamonte
- *Girl in the Bunker* (2018), as Madeline Shoaf
- *Deadly Sorority* (2017), as Prof. Amy Thomas
- *Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces* (2014), as Donna Hayward
- *Taken Back: Finding Haley* (2012), as Karen
- *A Smile as Big as the Moon* (2012), as Darcy Kersjes
- *Remember the Daze* (2008), as Mrs. Ford
- *Heroes* (2006), series, as Abby Collins — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/heroes.md)
- *Two Tickets to Paradise* (2006), as Kate
- *Numb3rs* (2005), series, as Mary Paulson
- *The Lion King 1½* (2004), as Nala (voice)
- *A Woman Reported* (2004), as Woman
- *One Tree Hill* (2003), series, as Karen Roe · Director — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/one-tree-hill.md)
- *The Safety of Objects* (2002), as Susan Train
- *Hack* (2002), series, as Vanessa Griffin
- *The Twilight Zone* (2002), series, as Elizabeth Carter
- *Henry Hill* (1999), as Cynthia
- *The West Wing* (1999), series, as Mandy Hampton — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)
- *Hi-Life* (1998), as Susan
- *Monday After the Miracle* (1998), as Helen Keller
- *The Lion King II: Simba's Pride* (1998), as Nala (voice)
- *To Have & to Hold* (1998), series, as Annie Cornell
- *Dangerous Beauty* (1998), as Beatrice Venier
- *Drive, She Said* (1997), as Nadine Ship
- *Changing Habits* (1997), as Susan 'Soosh' Teague
- *Love Walked In* (1997), as Vera
- *Driftwood* (1997), Line Producer
- *Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story* (1996), as Dorothy Day
- *Unhook the Stars* (1996), as Ann Mary Margaret
- *The Tie That Binds* (1995), as Dana Clifton
- *Little Odessa* (1994), as Alla Shustervich
- *The Lion King* (1994), as Nala (voice) — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lion-king.md)
- *With Honors* (1994), as Courtney Blumenthal
- *Daybreak* (1993), as Blue
- *Chaplin* (1992), as Hetty Kelly / Oona O'Neill
- *Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me* (1992), as Donna Hayward
- *The Cutting Edge* (1992), as Kate Moseley
- *Billy Bathgate* (1991), as Becky
- *The Boy Who Cried Bitch* (1991), as Jessica
- *Love, Lies and Murder* (1991), series, as Cinnamon Brown
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Katherine Donovan — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Amityville 3-D* (1983), Production Supervisor
- *A Little Sex* (1982), Production Coordinator
- *21 Down*, as Ms. Barr

## Gallery

- ![Moira Kelly](https://film.one/media/person/61464/gallery-6bc6e1d2aa0b.jpg) Moira Kelly — Image via TMDB
- ![Moira Kelly](https://film.one/media/person/61464/gallery-6a7b920adedc.jpg) Moira Kelly — Image via TMDB
- ![Moira Kelly](https://film.one/media/person/61464/gallery-8d5a15103d91.jpg) Moira Kelly — Image via TMDB
- ![Moira Kelly](https://film.one/media/person/61464/gallery-e7b95d9c4a66.jpg) Moira Kelly — Image via TMDB
- ![Moira Kelly](https://film.one/media/person/61464/gallery-d5517d3fdf5b.jpg) Moira Kelly — Image via TMDB

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