Hannah Elless

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Hannah Elless is an American actress, singer, and painter. She is best known for her role as Margo Crawford in the Broadway production of Bright Star written by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell. She made her television debut on HBO The Deuce.

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Early life and education Elless grew up in Southwest Michigan. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Western Michigan University.

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Career Elless made her Broadway debut in the 2012 revival of Stephen Schwartz's Godspell. Her other Broadway credits include Jack Thorne's A Christmas Carol and originating the role of Margo Crawford in Steve Martin and Edie Brickell Bright Star. Deadline called Elless' performance in Bright Star "radiant." The New York Times described Elless' portrayal of Margo as "genially wry."

Her most recent project has her starring as Mary Follett in Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty new musical, Knoxville, based on both the Pulitzer Prize winning novel, A Death in the Family, by James Agee, and the Pulitzer Prize winning play, All the Way Home, by Tad Mosel.

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Acting credits

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Theatre

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Film/TV

2023	Fortune	Presley	Series Pilot
2022	She's Fine	Caroline	Short Film
2021	Broadway & Salt	Lead	Short Film
2020	The Over/Under	Christine	Feature Film
2018	The Sonnet Project	Sonnet #153	TV Series
2018	Nora Ephron Goes to Prison	Ally	Short Film
2017	The Deuce	Angie	HBO

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Awards and nominations

2018	Craig Noel Award	Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical, Female	Hannah Elless

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