Nellie McKay is an English-American singer, songwriter, and actress known for her eclectic, genre-blending music and stage career. Born in London on April 13, 1982, she grew up in New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania, attending the Manhattan School of Music.
"McKay comes on as a Harlem Holly Golightly, a social activist with a disarming mastery of pop vernacular." - Los Angeles Times
"..ambitious, intriguing, and clever.." - Billboard
"McKay must have been genetically engineered under an oyster shell in New Orleans' Frenchman St.. a bizarre sense of busker authenticity... witty, bright, and gloriously inappropriate." - Theatre Mania
"A renegade songwriter with an ultraflexible Great American Songbook sensibility. McKay finds modern resonances everywhere.." - Rolling Stone