She has since appeared in the films "With Honors", "Little Odessa", "The Tie That Binds", and "Dangerous Beauty", amongst others, and provided the adult voice of Nala in Disney's "The Lion King", ', and "The Lion King 1½". In her independent film career, Kelly had the starring role of activist Dorothy Day in ' and starred alongside Glenn Close in "The Safety of Objects". She played Helen Keller in the made-for-TV movie "Monday After the Miracle", which broadcast on November 15, 1998, on CBS.