Megan Hilty is a Tony and Grammy Award-nominated actress and singer, most recognizable for her portrayal of triple-threat Ivy Lynn in the NBC musical drama “Smash.” Immediately after graduating from the prestigious Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama, she went into the Broadway company of Wicked and spent 4.5 years playing Glinda the Good. She originated the role of Doralee Rhodes in 9 to 5: The Musical and went on to play Brooke Ashton in Noises Off, where she was honored with her first Tony Award nomination. Other stage credits include Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors (Kennedy Center), Annie Oakley in Annie Get Your Gun (NY City Center Encores!), Lily St. Regis in Annie (Hollywood Bowl), and Lorelei Lee in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (NY City Center Encores!). Most recently, Hilty originated the role of Madeline Ashton in Death Becomes Her: The Musical, earning two Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards, a Tony Award nomination and a Grammy nomination for her performance. Megan will next be seen on stage in a limited run of It’s A Wonderful Life: The Radio Play alongside Andrew Rannells, Tituss Burgess, Harry Hamlin, and Lisa Rinna.
Her numerous television credits include “Sean Saves the World” with Sean Hayes, “Difficult People,” “Brain Dead,” “The Good Fight,” and playing the iconic Patsy Cline in “Patsy & Loretta,” which earned her a Critics Choice Award nomination. She also had the great pleasure of playing Lily in NBC’s “Annie Live!” Megan’s voiceover work spans from full-length audiobooks to kids’ animated favorites on Disney, Nickelodeon, Netflix, Hulu and Cartoon Network. Hilty continues to tour her cabaret show with her band, led by the Grammy-nominated Matt Cusson, which has been taped for “Live from Lincoln Center” on PBS, and regularly appears with world-renowned orchestras including the NY Pops, Boston Pops and the National Symphony Orchestra.
