Kathryn Gallagher

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Kathryn Gallagher
Born (1993-07-23) July 23, 1993 (age 30)
New York City, U.S.
Alma materUSC Thornton School of Music
Occupation(s)Singer, actress
RelativesPeter Gallagher (father)

Kathryn Gallagher (born July 23, 1993) is an American singer and actress best known for her portrayal of Bella Fox in the Broadway musical Jagged Little Pill, for which she received a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album and a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.

Early life and education[edit]

Gallagher was born in New York, daughter of Peter Gallagher and Paula Harwood.[1] She moved to Los Angeles at 11 years old, where she began to study theatre at the Adderley School. She also started seriously writing her own music when she was in middle school.[1] She identifies as bisexual.[2]

She attended University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music.[3]

Career[edit]

Gallagher's song "Nothing Ever None" was featured on the soundtrack for the 2011 film Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You,[4] and her song "Damaged" appears on the 2012 film Thanks for Sharing's soundtrack.[5] Gallagher has released four solo EPs of her original music. She released her debut EP, I'm Fine, in 2014 and her second, American Spirit, in 2015.[6] She released three singles in 2019 and 2020. In 2020, Gallagher released her third and fourth EPs, Demos, Vol. 1 and Demos, Vol. 2, which she produced by herself in her family house in the woods of Connecticut during the coronavirus pandemic.[7] Gallagher has done many live shows where she performs her music in Los Angeles and New York City.[8]

Gallagher made her Broadway debut as the Voice of Martha in Deaf West Theatre's 2015 Broadway revival of Spring Awakening, also serving as the show's dance captain. She auditioned for the part after a suggestion from fellow theatre actor Ben Platt.[9]

Gallagher has done several television projects, her most notable role being Annika in the Lifetime series You, in which she appeared in eight episodes of Season One.[10] Gallagher also guest starred on The Flash and Indoor Boys.[11][12]

In 2019, Gallagher joined the cast of Jagged Little Pill on Broadway in the role of Bella Fox. She was an original Broadway cast member.[13] The Daily Beast's review of the show said Gallagher was "excellent in a truly tough part",[14] while Deadline Hollywood noted that she "brings the focus of the many-issued musical to its most powerful note".[15] In the show, she sings an original Alanis Morissette song, "Predator" that was created for the musical when Gallagher's part was upgraded from a featured ensemble role to a principal role.[16] On October 15, 2020, Gallagher was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, her first Tony nomination.[17] The show began previews on Broadway in November 2019, opened on December 5, 2019, and closed on December 17, 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Acting credits[edit]

Theater[edit]

Year(s) Production Role Location Category
2014 Spring Awakening Voice of Martha; Guitar; Dance Captain Inner City Arts Regional
2015 Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts Regional
Brooks Atkinson Theatre Broadway (debut)
2016 Dust Can't Kill Me Lily[18] New York Musical Theatre Festival Off-Broadway
2018 Jagged Little Pill Bella Fox American Repertory Theater Out-of-town tryout
2019–December 2021 Broadhurst Theatre Broadway

Film[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2014 Happy Pills Clare Short
2023 Parachute Gwen
TBA Untitled Pavement film Loretta

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2018 You Annika Attwater Recurring role; 8 episodes in Season One
2019 The Flash Lia Guest role: 1 episode "Godspeed"
2019 Indoor Boys Matilda Guest role: 1 episode "Soup"
2020 Acting for a Cause Friar Lawrence Guest role: 1 episode "Romeo and Juliet"
2020 Boy•Friends[19] Mildred Recurring role
2021 Blue Bloods Diane Butler Guest role: 1 episode "More Than Meets the Eye"
2021 Modern Love Whitney Guest role: 1 episode "How Do You Remember Me?"
2021-23 Gossip Girl Heidi Bergmann Recurring role: 5 episodes

Music video appearances[edit]

Year Title Artist Notes
2020 Stay Next to Me[20] Quinn XCII and Chelsea Cutler

Discography[edit]

Extended plays[edit]

Title Details
How Do I Grow Up
  • Released: July 25, 2012[21]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
I'm Fine
  • Released: 2014[22]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
American Spirit
  • Released: September 5, 2013[23]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
Demos, Vol. 1
  • Released: May 15, 2020[24]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
Demos, Vol. 2
  • Released: July 24, 2020[25]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: Digital download, streaming

Singles[edit]

Song Year Album
"I'll Be Known"
(with Erik Scott Smith) 		2012 Erik Scott Smith & The Paper Heart Band
"Mess of a Machine"
(with John O'Callaghan)[26] 		2012 Non-album single
"Damaged" 2012 Thanks for Sharing (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
"Nothing Ever Done" 2012 Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
"Father" 2017 We Love You, Sally Carmichael! Official Motion Picture Soundtrack
"Bad News"[27] 2019 Non-album single
"Whistler"[28]
"I'll Get the Coffee"[29] 2020
"If I Ain't Got You (Live)"
(with Nick Cordero)[30] 		Live Your Life (Live at Feinstein's/54 Below)
"Crosslegged in the Kitchen" Non-album single
"Nostalgic for the Moment"

Cast album appearances[edit]

  • Jagged Little Pill (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (2019)

Songwriting credits[edit]

  • "Wanna Wear a Dress" by Harper Grae (2019)

Awards and nominations[edit]

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2015 Ovation Award Acting Ensemble of a Musical Spring Awakening Won [31]
2016 Astaire Award Outstanding Ensemble in a Broadway Show Nominated [32]
New York Musical Theatre Festival Award Outstanding Ensemble Dust Can't Kill Me Won [33]
2020 Tony Award Best Featured Actress in a Musical Jagged Little Pill Nominated [17]
Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Honoree [34]
2021 Grammy Award Best Musical Theater Album Won [35]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Marine, Brooke (December 27, 2019). "How Kathryn Gallagher Manifested her Role in Jagged Little Pill". W Magazine. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  2. ^ @kathryngallagher (June 30, 2019). "loved every second of this rainbow filled month. millions of reminders to love who u wanna love, I certainly have and it's made life all the better" – via Instagram.
  3. ^ Culwell-Block, Logan (December 5, 2019). "Schools of the Stars: Where the Jagged Little Pill Cast and Creative Team Studied Before Broadway". Playbill. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  4. ^ "Someday This Pain Will Be Useful To You Audio CD". www.amazon.com. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  5. ^ "Thanks for Sharing (2012) – Soundtracks". IMDb. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  6. ^ "New Musical KAREHOUSE Debuts Tonight at Joe's Pub". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  7. ^ Meyer, Dan (May 15, 2020). "Jagged Little Pill's Kathryn Gallagher Releases EP Demos, Vol. 1". Playbill. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  8. ^ "Kathryn Gallagher". The Canvas Group. Archived from the original on February 27, 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  9. ^ Robbins, Caryn (September 24, 2015). "Special SPRING AWAKENING Debut of the Month Series: Kathryn Gallagher". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  10. ^ Rearick, Lauren (January 21, 2020). "This 'You' Star Once Auditioned for Demi Lovato's Part in 'Camp Rock'". Teen Vogue. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  11. ^ Egard, Chancellor (April 16, 2019). "'The Flash' recap: Barry's reaction to Nora's backstory is heartbreaking". EW.com. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  12. ^ Sportiello, Tony (October 6, 2019). "Indoor Boys Review – Art on a shoestring". Splash Magazines. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  13. ^ "Kathryn Gallagher". Playbill. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  14. ^ Teeman, Tim (December 6, 2019). "Alanis Morissette Conquers Broadway With Brilliant, Powerful 'Jagged Little Pill' Jukebox Musical". The Daily Beast. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  15. ^ Evans, Greg (December 6, 2019). "'Jagged Little Pill' Broadway Review: Hot Buttons, Alanis Morissette Songs And One Very Troubled Family". Deadline. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  16. ^ Lee, Ashley (January 30, 2020). "How Alanis Morissette's 'Jagged Little Pill' has Broadway talking about sexual assault". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  17. ^ a b Libbey, Peter (October 15, 2020). "Full List of the 2020 Tony Award Nominees". The New York Times. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  18. ^ Stewart, Zachary (August 5, 2016). "NYMF 2016: Dust Can't Kill Me; The Gold; Ludo's Broken Bride". TheaterMania.
  19. ^ Meyer, Dan (September 29, 2020). "Jay Armstrong Johnson, Andy Mientus, Kathryn Gallagher, More Star in Boy•Friends September 29". Playbill. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  20. ^ "Quinn XCII, Chelsea Cutler - Stay Next To Me (Official Video)". The Oakland Press. December 4, 2020. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  21. ^ "Kathryn Gallagher". Shazam.
  22. ^ "I'm Fine by Kathryn Gallagher". Musix Match. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  23. ^ "American Spirit - Kathryn Gallagher". Spotify. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  24. ^ "Demos, Vol. 1 - EP". Apple Music. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  25. ^ "Demos, Vol. 2 - EP". Apple Music. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  26. ^ "Mess of a Machine - EP". Apple Music. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  27. ^ "Bad News - Single". Apple Music. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  28. ^ "Whistler - Single". Apple Music. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  29. ^ "I'll Get the Coffee - Single". Apple Music. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  30. ^ Clarke, David (September 17, 2020). "BWW Album Review: Nick Cordero Proves He Is 'One Of The Great Ones' with LIVE YOUR LIFE - LIVE AT FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  31. ^ Viagas, Robert (November 10, 2015). "Spring Awakening Wins Six L.A. Ovation Awards". Playbill. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  32. ^ Viagas, Robert; Clement, Olivia (May 16, 2016). "Savion Glover and Jane Krakowski Among 2016 Astaire Award Winners". Playbill. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  33. ^ Viagas, Robert (August 8, 2016). "Newton's Cradle and Dust Can't Kill Me Among Top Winners of NYMF Awards". Playbill. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  34. ^ Sullivan, Lindsey (May 11, 2020). "Moulin Rouge! Tops 2020 Outer Critics Circle Award Honor". Broadway.com. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  35. ^ William, Chris (November 24, 2020). "Grammy Awards Nominations 2021: The Complete List". Variety. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
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