American actress
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's The Deuce .
Early life and education
Elless grew up in Southwest Michigan. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Western Michigan University .[ 1]
Career
Elless made her Broadway debut in the 2012 revival of Stephen Schwartz's Godspell .[ 2] Her other Broadway credits include Jack Thorne's A Christmas Carol and originating the role of Margo Crawford in Steve Martin and Edie Brickell's Bright Star .[ 3] [ 4] Deadline called Elless' performance in Bright Star "radiant."[ 5] The New York Times described Elless' portrayal of Margo as "genially wry."[ 6]
Her most recent project has her starring as Mary Follett in Lynn Ahrens' and Stephen Flaherty's 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 .[ 7] [ 8]
Acting credits
Theatre
Film/TV
Year
Title
Role
Notes
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
Awards and nominations
Year
Award
Category
Nominee
Result
Ref.
2018
Craig Noel Award
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical, Female
Hannah Elless
Nominated
[ 19]
References
^ "Bright Star on Broadway" . WMU Alumni . Retrieved 2024-08-02 .
^ Gans, Andrew (May 29, 2012). "Hannah Elless Is Godspell's Newest Believer" . Playbill.com . Retrieved May 5, 2024 .
^ "A Christmas Carol Cast & Creative" . Broadway.com . Retrieved May 5, 2024 .
^ "Steve Martin-Edie Brickell Bright Star Musical Sets Broadway Cast" . Playbill.com . October 20, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2024 .
^ "Steve Martin & Edie Brickell's 'Bright Star' Countrifies Broadway Corn – Review" . Deadline.com . March 24, 2016. Retrieved May 5, 2024 .
^ Isherwood, Charles (March 24, 2016). "Review: 'Bright Star' Beams Nostalgia Underscored by Fiddles and Banjos" . The New York Times . Retrieved May 5, 2024 .
^ Brunner, Raven (March 2, 2022). "Jason Danieley, Hannah Elless, Paul Alexander Nolan to Lead World Premiere of Ahrens and Flaherty Musical Knoxville" . Playbill.com . Retrieved May 5, 2024 .
^ Kipling, Kay (April 24, 2022). "Asolo Rep's Knoxville Well Worth a Long Wait" . Sarasotamagazine.com . Retrieved May 5, 2024 .
^ "Knoxville" . Asolo Repertory Theatre . Retrieved May 5, 2024 .
^ "A Christmas Carol" . Playbill.com . Retrieved May 5, 2024 .
^ "CAST AND CREATIVE TEAM ANNOUNCED FOR BENNY & JOON" . Papermill.org . 20 February 2019. Retrieved May 5, 2024 .
^ "Kate Wetherhead, Hannah Elless, More Join Off-Broadway Return of The Other Josh Cohen" . Playbill.com . Retrieved May 5, 2024 .
^ "Summer and Smoke" . Classicstage.org . Retrieved May 5, 2024 .
^ "Come Back, Little Sheba" . Transportgroup.org . 20 February 2017. Retrieved May 5, 2024 .
^ "Picnic" . Transportgroup.org . 19 February 2017. Retrieved May 5, 2024 .
^ "Steve Martin-Edie Brickell Bright Star Musical Sets Broadway Cast" . Playbill.com . Retrieved May 5, 2024 .
^ "New Musical Somewhere in Time, With Andrew Samonsky, Hannah Elless and Marc Kudisch, Opens in Portland June 5" . Playbill.com . Retrieved May 5, 2024 .
^ "Hannah Elless Is Godspell's Newest Believer" . Playbill.com . Retrieved May 5, 2024 .
^ "2017 Craig Noel Award nominations" . San Diego Theatre Critics Circle . January 1, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2024 .
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