Moira Kelly Net Worth

Moira Kelly's Quotes

• Children are so creative and imaginative that they just bring you to life all over again.
• But what I like to sing mostly is blues and cabaret style.
• I do have the freedom to choose what I want to do and I'll continue to do that.
• Growing up Catholic has been a gift.
• A few months after graduation I was working in films. It took off pretty quick.

Interesting Facts about Moira Kelly

1. Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1992" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 44.
2. When cast in David Lynch's Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992), she came home to get permission from her priest to do her first sexual scene.
3. She narrated the audio book for "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson.
4. She was initially contracted to play Polly Pry, the female lead in Trey Parker's Alferd Packer: The Musical (1993) but pulled out because she feared it would damage her serious movie career.
5. Was originally cast as Kit Keller in A League of Their Own (1992), but hurt her ankle on the set of The Cutting Edge (1992). The role of Kit was given to Lori Petty.
6. Her husband is a Texas businessman and she has two children by him. Her daughter is named Ella and was born in 2001, her son is named Eamon and was born in 2003.
7. Was cast by director James Gray in Little Odessa (1994) because he was impressed by her performance in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992).
8. During the shooting of the film, The Cutting Edge (1992), she spent over two months in figure skate training with her co-star, D.B. Sweeney. They became close friends and remain so to this day.
9. Irish-American.
10. Of the actors that only appeared in the series twice, she has one of the longest gaps for reappearing on Law & Order (1990). She first appeared in 1991 in Season 2 in Law & Order: Asylum (1991), and then again 17 years later in 2008 in Season 18 in Law & Order: Betrayal (2008). She played a different character each time.