NELLIE McKAY (Singer/Musician) has released an eclectic bunch of critically acclaimed albums, her songs and sound ranging from jazz to pop to indefinable. She’s won a Broadway Theatre World Award for Polly Peachum in The Threepenny Opera, co-created/starred in Off-Broadway’s Old Hats, created musical biographies of Barbara Graham, Rachel Carson, Joan Rivers, and Billy Tipton (“Best Concerts of the Year” – The New York Times). As well as acting and recording music for the films PS I Love You, Downtown Express, and Widowbird, Nellie provided music for Rumor Has It, Monster-In-Law, Last Holiday, Gasland, and Private Life. Her TV appearances include David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, Craig Ferguson, The View, and Jimmy Dore, and her music has been heard on “Mad Men,” “Weeds,” “Boardwalk Empire,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “NCIS,” and “Nurse Jackie.” Most recently Nellie was nominated for an Ovation Award for her performance in Ethan Coen’s A Play is a Poem at the Mark Taper Forum. McKay is a recipient of PETA’s Humanitarian Award for her dedication to animal rights, and she is a vocal critic of endless war, capitalism, and the two-party system that sustains them.
