Moira Kelly (born March 6, 1968) is an Irish-American actress and director. She is probably best known for her role as Mandy Hampton in television series The West Wing (1999–2000) and as Karen Roe on One Tree Hill (2003–2009). She also directed two episodes of the series: " Resolve" (2007) and "I Slept with Someone in Fall Out Boy and All I Got Was This Stupid Song Written About Me" (2006).
She is the third of six children. Her father, Peter, wa...
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Moira Kelly (born March 6, 1968) is an Irish-American actress and director. She is probably best known for her role as Mandy Hampton in television series The West Wing (1999–2000) and as Karen Roe on One Tree Hill (2003–2009). She also directed two episodes of the series: " Resolve" (2007) and "I Slept with Someone in Fall Out Boy and All I Got Was This Stupid Song Written About Me" (2006).
She is the third of six children. Her father, Peter, was trained as a concert violinist. Her mother, Anne, is a nurse. Both are Irish immigrants. Moira was born in Queens, New York raised in Ronkonkoma, New York. She attended Connetquot Senior High School in Bohemia, Long Island, graduating in the class of 1986. Later she attended Marymount Manhattan College.
In her youth, Kelly was cast in a small role in her high school's 1984 production of Annie. Due to illness, the young woman playing Miss Hannigan was replaced, causing a series of cast changes leading to her choice of career.
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