Actor

Keala Settle

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Movies: 13Series: 7Crew credits: 1

TMDB ID: 1716724

IMDb ID: nm4745222

Known for: Acting

Born: November 5, 1975

Age: 50

Place of birth: Laie, Hawaii, USA

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1999 - 2025

Years active: 27

Average TMDB rating: 7.05

Wikidata: Q13560560

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Songs (1)

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Biography

Keala Settle (born November 5, 1975) is an American actress and singer. Settle originated the role of Norma Valverde in Hands on a Hardbody, which ran on Broadway in 2013 and was nominated for the Outer Critics Circle Award, Drama Desk Award, and Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. In 2016 she was in the original Broadway cast of Waitress, portraying Becky. In 2017, she portrayed Lettie Lutz, a bearded lady, in the musical film The Greatest Showman. The song "This Is Me" from the film, principally sung by Settle, won the 2017 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song.