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Kelli O'Hara
Luminous Broadway musical favorite (and 2015's Broadway.com Star of the Year) Kelli O'Hara won her first Tony Award for playing Anna in the Lincoln Center revival of The King and I. She was previously nominated for her performances in The Bridges of Madison County, Nice Work If You Can Get It, South Pacific, The Pajama Game and The Light in the Piazza. Her other Broadway credits include Jekyll & Hyde, the 2001 revival of Follies, Sweet Smell of Success and Dracula, the Musical. O'Hara made her Shakespeare debut in King Lear at the Public Theater in 2011.
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