Why didn't Moira Kelly have a bigger career?

She is actually really good in the scene when she says Doug was right that she has always been the problem.

She was the poor man's Meredith Salenger.

Or was it the poor man's Megan Follows?

[quote]She was the poor man's Meredith Salenger.

Who herself was the poor man's Justine Bateman.

"Oh, Keieeeeeeth".

I remember first seeing her in a TV movie "Loves, Lies and Murder" playing Cinnamon Brown, based on a true story of a man who coerced his 14 year old daughter to kill her stepmother so he could collect her life insurance payout. (Also starred Clancy Brown). This TV mini-series has remained memorable to me because at the time I didn't realize people could be that twisted and cold-hearted in the pursuit of money (I was still young and naive) and also I thought she did a pretty decent job with the role.

I did see her in Cutting Edge, and really thought she was poised for a bigger career, but it never seemed to pan out. Maybe she chose family? Seems she's still working though, she has some recent projects listed on her IMDB.

[quote]The only thing most people know her from was The Cutting Edge (1992). She was absolutely perfect in the role, but none of her other work made any kind of mark culturally.

Um, hello! She was the voice of Nala in THE LION KING (1994).

If I recall, she was raised very religious. Catholic, I think. I remember reading that she often confided in her priest whenever she took on roles.

Though I never watched the show, she was on One Tree Hill for 90 episodes. I recall the show being fairly popular for teenagers at the time.

She was also in Chaplin. …. It was a shame that she was such a SPLAT as Mandy in West Wing. She was supposed to have that Hepburn / Tracy thing wis Bradley W - Josh Lyman. They wound up having tepid chemistry on camera. But then his scenes with Donna had the zing. They didn’t even mention that Mandy left.

R7 Moira also did the sequel "Simba's Pride,' which was direct-to-video but was a huge bestseller and also sold a ton of merchandise as if it were a theatrical release.

[quote] Who herself was the poor man's Justine Bateman.

Who, in turn, was the downmarket, suburban version of Ally Sheedy.

She replaced Lara Flynn Boyle in Fire Walk With Me

She looks like the love child of Benicio del Toro & Olivia Hussey in that OP link. And not in a good way.

She was more believably innocent than Lara as Donna. Lara always has that hothead thing going underneath, which some might say makes her Donna more interesting.

I always thought she was plain looking, forgettable and had too much eyebrow hair.

Trivia: she is missing several toes on one of her feet

Her character on season one of The West Wing was so unremarkable and unmemorable that she vanished without a trace during the summer hiatus and none of the other characters took notice. What did she do to piss off Sorkin?

Both of her parents are from Ireland

She didnt have a bigger career because she has full on 90s face that didn't translate past 2001.

Some of you guys are so gay! Moira was a favorite among straight guys in the '90s. Many still find her '90s look delectable.

She looked too much like Gabrielle Anwar

I hope I have this wrong, but I heard she difficult to work with.

Moira & RoRo.

So I did a Google search and just typed in her name. That's all. No questions about job performance or her future in politics. Well, there is a shitload of articles and interviews on this very topic on-line and the negative far outweighs the positive when it comes to her approval rating, job performance, and whether Biden should dump her. Read them for yourselves cousins. Weep if you must. But her future is looking dark and cloudy.

She looks rather blah. I can't imagine straight guys lusting over her when girls like Jennifer Connelly were around.

Well, shit. I'm obviously having a senior moment and posted in the wrong thread. Fuck it.

Her wiki says her childhood dream was to become a nun. So yeah, she must be really religious.

[quote]Hers was an intelligent beauty

MARY!

I remember her. She grew up tap dancing or clog dancing with her Irish family. I’m surprised she wasn’t higher too-she has that Natalie Portman Winona thing.