:Hailey Kilgore
{{short description|American actress and singer (born 1999)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Hailey Kilgore
| image = Hailey Kilgore.png
| caption = Kilgore at Broadway Cares Flea Market, September 2017
|birth_date =
| birth_place = Humble, Texas, U.S.
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|singer}}
| years_active = 2015–present
| known_for = Once on This Island (2017-2019)
| awards =
}}
Hailey Frances Kilgore is an American actress and singer. Her 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.
Early life and education
Hailey Frances Kilgore was born in Humble, Texas. She was adopted at birth by Rebecca and Eric Kilgore of Portland, Oregon.{{cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/BWW-TV-Broadways-ONCE-ON-THIS-ISLAND-Finds-Its-Ti-Moune-Go-Behind-the-Scenes-and-See-a-Special-Message-from-the-Star-20170815|title=BWW TV: Broadway's ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Finds Its 'Ti Moune' - Go Behind the Scenes and See a Special Message from the Star!|publisher=BroadwayWorld}} Her family moved to the Portland suburb of Happy Valley when she was still in grade school.{{cite magazine|last=Jacobson|first=Rebecca|url=https://www.pdxmonthly.com/articles/2017/11/20/this-oregon-raised-teen-could-be-broadway-s-next-big-star|title=This Oregon-Raised Teen Could Be Broadway's Next Big Star|magazine=Portland Monthly|date=December 2017|orig-year=online date November 20, 2017}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.namiss.com/eventresults/national2012/results-pt.aspx|title=National American Miss: 2012 National Results|first=Steve|last=Mayes|website=www.namiss.com}} In 2015, she won the Miss Oregon's Outstanding Teen competition.{{cite news|last=Spitaleri|first=Ellen|title=Happy Valley resident Hailey Kilgore named Oregon's Outstanding Teen|newspaper=Clackamas Review|publisher=Pamplin Media Group|date=June 29, 2015|url=https://www.milwaukiereview.com/news/happy-valley-resident-hailey-kilgore-named-oregons-outstanding-teen/article_62b9d95d-8e4b-5e7e-82a7-6799ee351df0.html|access-date=2018-05-02}}{{cite web|title=Meet the Miss Oregon's Outstanding Teen Sisterhood|url=http://www.missoregon.org/the-outstanding-teen-sisterhood/|publisher=Miss Oregon Scholarship Program|access-date=2018-05-02}}
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.{{cite news|last=Spitaleri|first=Ellen|title=Students act out in monologue contest|newspaper=Portland Tribune|publisher=Pamplin Media Group|date=February 20, 2014|url=http://portlandtribune.com/pt/11-features/211372-68782-students-act-out-in-monologue-contest|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224113150/http://portlandtribune.com/pt/11-features/211372-68782-students-act-out-in-monologue-contest|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 February 2018|access-date=2018-05-02}} and 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/expo/erry-2018/04/a599c06f041653/at_19_happy_valleys_hailey_kil.html|title=At 19, Happy Valley's Hailey Kilgore is taking Broadway by storm|first=Amy|last=Wang|date=April 24, 2018|newspaper=The Oregonian|via=www.oregonlive.com|access-date=2018-05-02}} In 2015, she took second place in the competition and performed in the national monologue competition at the August Wilson Theatre in New York.{{cite news|last=Nakamura|first=Beth|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/multimedia/index.ssf/2015/03/august_wilson_monologue_compet_1.html|title=August Wilson Monologue Competition selects area high school students to perform on Broadway|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=March 3, 2015|access-date=2018-05-02}} Kilgore was a regular "capo", or chant and song leader, for the Rose City Riveters in support of the Portland Thorns FC.{{cite web|last=Froh|first=Tim|url=https://www.timbers.com/es/post/2017/12/14/reviews-are-rose-city-riveters-capo-hailey-kilgore-becomes-star-broadway|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224131439/https://www.timbers.com/es/post/2017/12/14/reviews-are-rose-city-riveters-capo-hailey-kilgore-becomes-star-broadway|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 24, 2018|title=The Reviews are In: Rose City Riveters capo Hailey Kilgore becomes star on Broadway|publisher=Portland Timbers / Thorns|date=December 14, 2017}}
Career
Kilgore made her professional theatrical debut as Rebecca Gibbs in Portland Center Stage's production of Our Town in the fall of 2015.{{cite web|url=https://www.pcs.org/blog/our-town-cast-and-creative-team|title="Our Town" Cast and Creative Team|publisher=Portland Center Stage|date=August 15, 2015|access-date=2018-05-02}} She appeared in the Portland Center Stage production of Ain't Misbehavin' the same year.{{cite web|url=https://www.pcs.org/blog/item/aint-misbehavin-cast-and-creative-team/|title="Ain't Misbehavin'" Cast and Creative Team|publisher=Portland Center Stage|date=October 12, 2015|access-date=2018-05-02}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/06/theater/tomorrows-marquee-names-now-in-the-making.html|title=Tomorrow's Marquee Names, Now in the Making|first=Michael|last=Paulson|date=September 6, 2017|newspaper=The New York Times}}{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/once-on-this-island-broadway-revival-casts-ti-moune|title=Once on This Island Broadway Revival Casts Ti Moune|work=Playbill|date=15 August 2017}}
Acting credits
=Theatre=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Theatre ! Director(s) ! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
|---|
| rowspan=2 |2015
| Our Town | Rebecca Gibbs | rowspan=2 |Portland Center Stage | {{small|Rose Riordan}} |
| Ain't Misbehavin'
| Performer | {{small|Chris Coleman}} |
| 2017–2019
| Ti Moune | Circle in the Square Theatre | {{small| Michael Arden}} |
| 2019
| Rapunzel | {{small| Robert Longbottom}} |
| 2025
| Eurydice | {{small| Rachel Chavkin}} |
- {{small| Credits in bold indicate Broadway production(s)}}
=Film=
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2019
| Olivia | 3 episodes |
| 2020
| Amazing Stories{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/power-prequel-raising-kanan-casts-hailey-kilgore-as-young-jukebox/|title='Power' Prequel 'Raising Kanan' Casts Hailey Kilgore as Young Jukebox|date=4 March 2020}} | Tuka | 1 episode |
| 2021–present
| Power Book III: Raising Kanan{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/03/hailey-kilgore-cast-starz-power-book-iii-raising-kanan-tony-award-nomination-1202874520/|title=Tony-Nominated Hailey Kilgore Joins Cast of Starz Series 'Power Book III: Raising Kanan'|date=4 March 2020}} | LaVerne “Jukebox” Thomas | Main cast |
Accolades
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Hailey Kilgore}}
- {{Official website|http://www.haileykilgore.com/}}
- {{IBDB name|515595}}
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Category:21st-century African-American women singers
Category:21st-century American women singers
Category:21st-century African-American actresses
Category:21st-century American actresses
Category:21st-century American singers
Category:Actresses from Oregon
Category:American Musical and Dramatic Academy alumni
Category:People from Happy Valley, Oregon
Category:People from Humble, Texas