Who Played Ophelia in Hamlet

Ophelia is a role in Hamlet, a play that opened Broadway in 1938.

William Shakespeare’s Hamlet tells the story of the young prince of Denmark, who discovers that his father has been murdered by his uncle. His uncle has married Hamlet’s mother, and claimed the throne...

42 actors have played Ophelia in Hamlet.

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Performer	Production	Opened
Mrs. Frank S. Chanfrau	Broadway Hamlet	1864
Virginia Harned	Broadway Hamlet	1900
Cecilia Loftus	Broadway Hamlet	1902
Cecilia Loftus	Broadway Hamlet	1903
Jane Schenck	Broadway Hamlet	1903
Gertrude Elliott	Broadway Hamlet	1904
Julia Marlowe	Broadway Hamlet	1904
Helen Hawthorne	Broadway Hamlet	1905
Kate Rorke	Broadway Hamlet	1905
Marie Booth Russell	Broadway Hamlet	1905
Julia Marlowe	Broadway Hamlet	1907
Marie Booth Russell	Broadway Hamlet	1909
Viola Knott	Broadway Hamlet	1912
Isobel Merson	Broadway Hamlet	1913
Julia Marlowe	Broadway Hamlet	1913
Genevieve Hamper	Broadway Hamlet	1915
Genevieve Hamper	Broadway Hamlet	1917
Mabel Moore	Broadway Hamlet	1918
Julia Marlowe	Broadway Hamlet	1919
Rosalind Fuller	Broadway Hamlet	1922
Rosalind Fuller	Broadway Hamlet	1923
Ethel Barrymore	Broadway Hamlet	1925
Helen Chandler	Broadway Hamlet	1925
Marie Carroll	Broadway Hamlet	1930
Celia Johnson	Broadway Hamlet	1931
Eleanor Goodrich	Broadway Hamlet	1934
Lillian Gish	Broadway Hamlet	1936
Pamela Stanley	Broadway Hamlet	1936
Katherine Locke	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Katherine Locke	Broadway Hamlet	1939
Frances Reid	Broadway Hamlet	1945
Frances Reid	Broadway Hamlet	1946
Rosalind Iden	Broadway Hamlet	1947
Simone Valère	Broadway Hamlet	1952
Barbara Jefford	Broadway Hamlet	1958
Linda Marsh	Broadway Hamlet	1964
Linda Seff	Broadway Hamlet	1964
Amy Levitt	Broadway Hamlet	1969
Anjelica Huston	Broadway Hamlet	1969
Francesca Annis	Broadway Hamlet	1969
Maureen Anderman	Broadway Hamlet	1975
Nancy Campbell	Broadway Hamlet	1975
Elizabeth McGovern	Broadway Hamlet	1992
Kathleen Christal	Broadway Hamlet	1992
Melissa Chalsma	Broadway Hamlet	1995
Tara FitzGerald	Broadway Hamlet	1995
Faye Winter	Broadway Hamlet	2009
Gugu Mbatha-Raw	Broadway Hamlet	2009
Andrus Nichols	Off-Broadway Bedlam's Hamlet	2013
Solea Pfeiffer	Off-Broadway Hamlet	2023
Francesca Mills	West End Hamlet	2025
Francesca Mills	Off-Broadway Hamlet	2026

Other Roles in Hamlet

Role	Production	Opened
Ambassador	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Bernardo	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Captain	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Claudius	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Cornelius	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Ensemble	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Fortinbras	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Francisco	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Gentleman	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Gertrude	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Ghost	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Gravedigger	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Guildenstern	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Hamlet	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Horatio	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Lady in Waiting	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Laertes	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Marcellus	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Ophelia	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Osric	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Page	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Player	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Player King	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Player Queen	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Polonius	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Priest	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Reynaldo	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Rosencrantz	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Sailor	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Second Gravedigger	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Voltemand	Broadway Hamlet	1938

“Ophelia” Also Appears In

Production	Type	Year
Hamlet	Off-Broadway	1983
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead	Broadway	1967
Hamlet	Off-Broadway	0

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