Kelly Mengelkoch

Biography

Kelly Mengelkoch – American stage and film actress, born in Wichita, Kansas (no publicly recorded birthday). Earned a BGS in Theatre from the University of Kansas, briefly tried New York after college before finding her artistic home in Cincinnati, Ohio. AEA/SAG-AFTRA member, mezzo-soprano, trained in classical and musical theatre, and an identical twin (sister Kristen Mengelkoch). She is best known as a Resident Ensemble Member of the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company since 2004 (nearly 20 seasons), with roles including Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, Katherine in The Taming of the Shrew, Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, Goneril in King Lear, Queen Margaret in Richard III, and Mrs. Kendall in The Elephant Man. She has also performed at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati, The Know Theatre, The Human Race Theatre Company, and Off-Broadway with New York Classical Theatre. Her most notable film roles include Dr. Mary-Sue Kimball in Dark Waters (2019, directed by Todd Haynes), Maddie in The Old Man & the Gun (2018, directed by David Lowery), Helen Kimmel in A Kind of Murder (2016, directed by Andy Goddard), Marlene in Perception (2018), Tammy McCortland in Healing River (2020), and a Cartwright Nurse in C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America (2004). She is also an acting coach at the Cincinnati Music Academy.