Mallory Bechtel

Mallory Bechtel (born ) is an American musical theatre actress based in New York. She has performed as lead and understudy in several musicals including the Tony Award-winning musical, Dear Evan Hansen on Broadway. She has also appeared in multiple television shows and films. In 2022, she starred as twins Karen and Kelly Beasley on the HBO Max series Pretty Little Liars.

Bechtel was nominated at Broadway.com Audience Awards in 2019 for her role as Zoe Murphy in Dear Evan Hansen.

Early life Bechtel was born in and spent her early years in The Woodlands where she attended and graduated from The John Cooper School. Bechtel had plans to study at New York University Tisch School of the Arts after high school graduation but her plans were deferred when she was cast as Zoe Murphy in the musical Dear Evan Hansen in 2018. In 2015, at the age of 15, Bechtel auditioned for the role of Zoe Murphy in Dear Evan Hansen, but was originally denied the part. Two years later, in August 2017, Bechtel was offered a vacation standby role for original Dear Evan Hansen cast member, Laura Dreyfuss.

Apart from performing on stage, Bechtel has appeared in various shows and films. In 2018, Bechtel appeared on NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. The same year she was cast in Ari Aster's supernatural horror film, Hereditary. In 2020, Bechtel appeared in FBI: Most Wanted on CBS. Her cover of "Requiem" from Dear Evan Hansen garnered over 7 million views on YouTube and gained her a social audience of over sixty thousand followers on YouTube and Instagram collectively. Bechtel was scheduled to play Kim MacAfee in Bye Bye Birdie at the Kennedy Center in 2020, but the production was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Filmography Theatre

Film Year Title Role Note(s) 2018 Hereditary Bridget 2021 Know Fear Jami TBA Merrily We Roll Along Beth Spencer Filming

Television Year Title Role Note(s) 2018 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Haley Sadler Episode: "Send in the Clowns" 2020 FBI: Most Wanted Leanne Manning Episode: "Prophet" 2022–2024 Pretty Little Liars Kelly BeasleyKaren Beasley Main cast; 18 episodes

Awards and nominations