Hailey Kilgore | |
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Born | Humble, Texas, U.S. | February 16, 1999
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Years active | 2015–present |
Known for | Once on This Island (2017-2019) |
Awards | Theatre World Award (2019) Broadway.com Audience Awards for Favorite Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical (2019 BroadwayWorld.com Theatre Fans' Choice Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical (2019) |
Hailey Frances Kilgore (born February 16, 1999) is an American actress and singer. Kilgore's breakthrough role was as Ti Moune in the Broadway revival of coming-of-age one-act stage musical Once on This Island , a performance for which the 19-year-old was nominated for the 2018 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical, becoming one of the youngest nominees in the category. [1]
Hailey Frances Maxville Kilgore was born in Humble, Texas. She was adopted at birth by Rebecca and Eric Kilgore of Portland, Oregon. [2] Her family moved to the Portland suburb of Happy Valley when she was still in grade school. [3] Kilgore began competing in pageants when she was nine. In 2012, Kilgore was named National American Miss Oregon Pre-Teen, and won the National NAM Spokesmodel competition. [4] In 2015, she won the Miss Oregon's Outstanding Teen competition. [5] [6]
Kilgore attended Clackamas High School for two years, before transferring to the Clackamas Web Academy where she graduated a year early. Kilgore performed in various productions at Clackamas High School and took part in the Portland August Wilson Monologue Competition in 2014 [7] and 2015. [8] In 2015, Kilgore took second place in the competition and performed in the national monologue competition at the August Wilson Theatre in New York. [9] Kilgore was a regular "capo", or chant and song leader, for the Rose City Riveters in support of the Portland Thorns FC. [10]
Kilgore made her professional theatrical debut as Rebecca Gibbs in Portland Center Stage's production of Our Town in the fall of 2015. [11] Kilgore appeared in the Portland Center Stage production of Ain't Misbehavin' the same year. [12] Kilgore was a first year student at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York when she was cast as Ti Moune in the Broadway revival of Once on This Island . [13] [14]
Year | Title | Role | Theatre | Director(s) | Ref. |
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2015 | Our Town | Rebecca Gibbs | Portland Center Stage | Rose Riordan | |
Ain't Misbehavin' | Chris Coleman | ||||
2017–19 | Once on This Island | Ti Moune | Circle in the Square Theatre | Michael Arden | |
2019 | Into the Woods | Rapunzel | Hollywood Bowl | Robert Longbottom | |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2021 | Respect | Carolyn Franklin | |
2023 | Cinnamon | Jodi Jackson |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2019 | The Village | Olivia | 3 episodes |
2020 | Amazing Stories [17] | Tuka | 1 episode |
2021–present | Power Book III: Raising Kanan [18] | LaVerne “Jukebox” Thomas | Main cast |
Year | Award | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
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2018 | Tony Award [19] | Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Once on This Island | Nominated |
Drama League Award | Distinguished Performance | Nominated | ||
Outer Critics Circle Award [20] | Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Nominated | ||
Theatre World Award [21] | Honoree | |||
Chita Rivera Awards for Dance and Choreography [22] | Outstanding Female Dancer in a Broadway Show | Nominated | ||
Broadway.com Audience Awards [23] | Favorite Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Won | ||
Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Female) | Nominated | |||
BroadwayWorld.com Theatre Fans' Choice Awards [24] | Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Won | ||
2019 | Grammy Award | Best Musical Theater Album [25] | Nominated |
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