Celia Keenan-Bolger Biography

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Celia Keenan-Bolger last appeared at Playwrights Horizons creating the role of Mary in the musical Saved. She earned a 2005 Tony Award nomination for her performance as Olive Ostrovsky in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, as well as winning Drama Desk and Theatre World awards.

Also on Broadway, she played the role of Eponine in the Broadway revival of Les Miserables, for which she earned a Drama Desk nomination.

Off-Broadway: Juno (Encores!); Bachelorette (directed by Mr. Cullman) and Michael John LaChiusa's Little Fish (Second Stage); Kindertransport (MTC); Summer of '42 (Variety Arts).

Regional credits include Joanna in Sweeney Todd (Kennedy Center Sondheim Celebration), Emily in Our Town (Intiman Theatre) and Clara in The Light in the Piazza (Goodman Theatre).

She is a graduate of the University of Michigan Musical Theatre Department.

Celia Keenan-Bolger Awards and Nominations

(winners are in red)


BroadwayWorld Awards - 2014 - Best Featured Actress in a Play
Celia Keenan-Bolger, The Glass Menagerie

Drama Desk Awards - 2014 - Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
Celia Keenan-Bolger, The Glass Menagerie

Theatre World Awards - 2014 - Dorothy Loudon Award for Excellence in the Theater
Celia Keenan-Bolger, The Glass Menagerie

Tony Awards - 2014 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Celia Keenan-Bolger, The Glass Menagerie

BroadwayWorld Awards - 2012 - Best Featured Actress in a Play
Celia Keenan-Bolger, Peter and the Starcatcher

Drama League Awards - 2012 - Distinguished Performance Award
Celia Keenan-Bolger, Peter and the Starcatcher

Tony Awards - 2012 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Celia Keenan-Bolger, Peter and the Starcatcher

Drama Desk Awards - 2011 - Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
Celia Keenan-Bolger, Peter and the Starcatcher

Drama Desk Awards - 2006 - Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
Celia Keenan-Bolger, Les Miserables

Theatre World Awards - 2005 - Performance
Celia Keenan-Bolger, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Tony Awards - 2005 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Celia Keenan-Bolger, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee