WATCH NOW! Zooming in on the Tony Nominees: Celia Keenan-Bolger
The Tony Awards are like Christmas in June for theatre lovers, and that makes this year's nominees the reason for the season. This year's Tony nominees transported us with the magic of theatre, and we're saluting their work by taking a closer look at their extraordinary accomplishments. Today we're studying up on Celia Keenan-Bolger!
Quick Facts About Celia
Her Nomination: Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
The Show: To Kill a Mockingbird
The Role: Scout Finch
Up Against: Fionnula Flanagan (The Ferryman), Kristine Nielsen (Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus), Julie White (Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus), Ruth Wilson (King Lear)
Did You Know?: This is Celia's fourth Tony nomination. She also earned nods for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (2005), Peter and the Starcatcher (2012), and The Glass Menagerie (2014).
Celia on To Kill a Mockingbird: "It is as meaningful a theatrical experience I have ever had. I feel like this novel that we all care about so much that [Harper Lee] wrote in 1960 about 1934 that Aaron Sorkin has made relevant in 2019 is really, deeply moving to me."
watch as Celia tells us all about what this nomination means to her, how she's preparing for the Tonys, and so much more!
