Tari Kelly

Tari Kelly is an American theater actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Countess Lily in the first national tour of Anastasia.

Education and career Tari Kelly attended Madison East High School in Madison, Wisconsin. She took dance lessons at Virginia Davis School of Dance and began acting in shows in her local community theater, performing in shows, including Annie. After graduating high school, she attended DePaul University's acting conservatory but transferred a year later to the University of Wisconsin to dance and sing as well. Following her debut, she joined the national tours of Beauty and the Beast and Show Boat. In 2003, she returned to Broadway to play in the ensemble and a member of the Trio in The Boy from Oz. and played Sally Bowles in the Cabaret national tour a year later. From 2011 to 2012, Kelly join Broadway's Anything Goes as a passenger and a replacement/understudy for various roles, She portrays Mrs. White, the perpetual widow, in the 2024 national tour of Clue: On Stage.