Hailey Kilgore

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Hailey Frances Kilgore is an American actress and singer. Her breakthrough role was as Ti Moune in the Broadway theatre revival of coming-of-age One-act play 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.

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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. Her family moved to the Portland suburb of Happy Valley when she was still in grade school.

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. In 2015, she won the Miss Oregon's Outstanding Teen competition.

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. and 2015. In 2015, she took second place in the competition and performed in the national monologue competition at the August Wilson Theatre in New York. Kilgore was a regular "capo", or chant and song leader, for the Rose City Riveters in support of the Portland Thorns FC.

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Career Kilgore made her professional theatrical debut as Rebecca Gibbs in Portland Center Stage's production of Our Town in the fall of 2015. She appeared in the Portland Center Stage production of Ain't Misbehavin' the same year.

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.

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Acting credits

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Theatre

2015	Our Town	Rebecca Gibbs	Portland Center Stage
	Ain't Misbehavin'	Performer
2017–2019	Once on This Island	Ti Moune	Circle in the Square Theatre
2019	Into the Woods	Rapunzel	Hollywood Bowl
2025	Hadestown	Eurydice	Walter Kerr Theatre

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Film

2021	Respect	Carolyn Franklin
2023	Cinnamon	Jodi Jackson

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Television

2019	The Village	Olivia	3 episodes
2020	Amazing Stories	Tuka	1 episode
2021–present		LaVerne “Jukebox” Thomas	Main cast

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Accolades

2018	Tony Award	Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical	Once on This Island
	Drama League Award	Distinguished Performance
	Outer Critics Circle Award	Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
	Theatre World Award
	Chita Rivera Awards for Dance and Choreography	Outstanding Female Dancer in a Broadway Show
	Broadway.com Audience Awards	Favorite Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
		Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Female)
	BroadwayWorld Theatre Fans' Choice Awards	Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
2019	Grammy Award	Best Musical Theater Album

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