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Hailey Frances Kilgore is an American actress and singer. Kilgore's breakthrough role was as Ti Moune in the Broadway revival of coming-of-age one-actstage 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 Kilgore
Kilgore at Broadway Cares Flea Market, September 2017
Born	Humble, Texas, U.S.
Occupation	Actor singer
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)

Early life and acting career

Hailey Frances 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 9. 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] Kilgore has also appeared on The Wayne Ayers Podcast.[15]

Acting credits

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Theatre	Director(s)	Ref.
2015	Our Town	Rebecca Gibbs	Portland Center Stage	Rose Riordan	[11]
	Ain't Misbehavin'			Chris Coleman	[12]
2017–19	Once on This Island	Ti Moune	Circle in the Square Theatre	Michael Arden	[16]
2019	Into the Woods	Rapunzel	Hollywood Bowl	Robert Longbottom	[17]

• Credits in bold indicate Broadway production(s)

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2021	Respect	Carolyn Franklin

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2019	The Village	Olivia	3 episodes
2020	Amazing Stories[18]	Tuka	1 episode
2021–present	Power Book III: Raising Kanan[19]	LaVerne “Jukebox” Thomas	Main cast

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Nominated Work	Result
2018	Tony Award[20]	Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical	Once on This Island	Nominated
	Drama League Award	Distinguished Performance		Nominated
	Outer Critics Circle Award[21]	Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical		Nominated
	Theatre World Award[22]			Honoree
	Chita Rivera Awards for Dance and Choreography[23]	Outstanding Female Dancer in a Broadway Show		Nominated
	Broadway.com Audience Awards[24]	Favorite Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical		Won
		Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Female)		Nominated
	BroadwayWorld.com Theatre Fans' Choice Awards[25]	Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical		Won
2019	Grammy Award	Best Musical Theater Album[26]		Nominated

References

External links

• Official website
• Hailey Kilgore at the Internet Broadway Database
• Hailey Kilgore at IMDb 

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