Felicity LaFortune is an American actress and singer from Oak Park, Illinois. She has appeared in numerous theatre productions, including on Broadway, as well as in film and on television, including the daytime soap operas Ryan's Hope and All My Children.
Career On the daytime soap operas Ryan's Hope, LaFortune had the role of Leigh Kirkland Fenelli (1983–1985, 1988–1989) and in All My Children had the role of Laurel Banning Dillon (1993–1996). In 2000, LaFortune filled in for Hillary B. Smith as Nora Buchanan on One Life to Live while Smith was on leave.
In 1987, LaFortune played the role of the nurse in the Broadway production of the play A Month of Sundays. In 1998, she was a singer in The Harlot's Progress at the Performing Garage in SoHo. In 2006, she appeared again on Broadway in the musical The Light in the Piazza. She also played several characters in the trilogy of plays, The Coast of Utopia, at the Lincoln Center Theater in 2006 and 2007. In 2009, she performed in Deathtrap and The Glass Menagerie on Broadway, followed by I Hate Hamlet in 2010. Her other Broadway appearances include Stevie (standby) in The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? In 2015, she played the role of Peg in The Outgoing Tide, and was nominated for an IRNE Award for her performance.
Filmography
Film +YearTitleRoleNotes1991All I Want for ChristmasSusan2008Dream Date (Short)Jane's Sister #2
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1983 – 1985, 1988 – 1989Ryan's HopeLeigh Kirkland1988CrossbowLady MontalEpisode: "Ladyship"1989L.A. LawLeah AdairEpisode: "Lie Down and Deliver"1989–1990ThirtysomethingValerie MilgromEpisode: "The Legacy" Episode: "Once a Mermaid"
Episode: "Her Cup Runneth Over"1990Murphy BrownGretaEpisode: "The 390th Broadcast"1990Midnight CallerAlix AlbrightEpisode: "The Class of 1980"1991DEAValerieEpisode: "The Fat Lady Sings Alone"1993 – 1996All My ChildrenLaurel Banning1996ERAnnette LucasEpisode: "John Carter, M.D."1999Sex and the CitySandy CranwellEpisode: "Four Women and a Funeral"2000One Life to LiveNora Buchanan3 episodes (March 17, 20, 21); stand-in for Hillary B. Smith2000Law & OrderDr. Liz AldenEpisode: "Endurance"2004The SopranosDr. Sarah KlumEpisode: "Long Term Parking"2006Live from Lincoln CenterTour Guide / EnsembleEpisode: "The Light in the Piazza"
Theatre - Broadway +YearTitleRoleLocation1987A Month of SundaysNurse WilsonRitz Theatre1996Sex and LongingLulu (Standby)Cort Theatre2002The Goat, or Who Sylvia?Stevie (Standby)John Golden Theatre2005The Light in the PiazzaTour Guide/Ensemble Signora Naccarelli (Understudy)Lincoln Center Theater at the Vivian Beaumont2006The Coast of Utopia (Part 1: Voyage)Masha Miss Chamberlain (Understudy)
Mrs. Beyer (Understudy)
Varvara (Understudy)Lincoln Center Theater at the Vivian Beaumont2006The Coast of Utopia (Part 2: Shipwreck)Marianne on the Barricades Rosa
Madame Haag (Understudy)
Maria Ogarev (Understudy)Lincoln Center Theater at the Vivian Beaumont2007The Coast of Utopia (Part 3: Salvage)Maria Fomm Mrs. Blainey (Understudy)Lincoln Center Theater at the Vivian Beaumont2017Six Degrees of SeparationOuisa (Understudy) Kitty (Understudy)Ethel Barrymore Theatre
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