Kelli O'Hara

I was raised in Oklahoma. I was actually born in Tulsa, but I grew up in a small town on the west side of Oklahoma called Elk City on a farm, where my dad grew up, actually.

Corned beef and cabbage - that's our favorite holiday meal when all the O' Haras gather around the table.

It is such a luxury to open a new book that's highly recommended by friends - either an inspirational yet humorously self-deprecating memoir, or a page-turning piece of fiction.

Sometimes in someone's gestures you can notice how a parent is somehow inhabiting that person without there being any awareness of that. Sometimes you can look at your hand and see your father.

If you're not having a good time, find something else that gives you some joy in life.

When I do my makeup, it kind of helps me get into the character that I'm trying to portray.