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Hannah Yelland
About the Show
Show:
Brief Encounter
Role:
Laura, a 1930s English housewife who sparks a romance with a dashing stranger at a train station.
Bio Brief:
The daughter of British actor David Yelland, she followed in the family footsteps by studying acting at Cambridge University before heading stateside.
Tony History:
This is Yelland's first Tony Award nomination.
Fun Fact:
Yelland lives in Washington, D.C., where her husband is a Deputy Legal Advisor at the White House.
Quotable Quote:
“I love being Laura. I get to be very filmic and still and intense, but also have those moments where you see how much she’s in love.” —Yelland in an interview with Broadway.com, 11/10
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