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Emily Donahoe

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Emily Donahoe
EducationVassar College (BA)
University of California, San Diego (MFA)
Occupation(s)Actress, producer
Spouse
(after 2011)
Children1

Emily Donahoe is an American actress, writer and producer.

Education

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Donahoe earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Vassar College and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of California, San Diego[1]

Career

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She won a Helen Hayes Award in 2004 in the category Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play, for her performance in Shakespeare in Hollywood at the Arena Stage.[2]

In 2016 she won an Obie Award for her performance in The Christians by Lucas Hnath. She appeared in The Christians as Jenny at the Off-Broadway Playwrights Horizons from August 28, 2015 to October 25, 2015.[3][4]

Donahue appeared in the Amy Herzog play Mary Jane at the Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut, April 28, 2017 to May 20, 2017.[5] She received a Connecticut Critics Circle Award nomination for her performance as the title character.[6]

She was a 2017 Beinecke Fellow at the Yale School of Drama.

She is the founder and principal of "WOMENSPEAK Training", a consultancy that specializes in training female speakers and in providing organizations and diversity partners with tools for "building female voice and visibility in the public arena" and "amplifying women's voices in order to drive both personal and organizational performance."[1] She has been a featured speaker for the Women's Campaign School at Yale University.

Personal life

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She married Michael O'Keefe in 2011 and they have one child.[citation needed]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2001 Zelimo Susan
2009 Handsome Harry Kelley's Daughter
2011 Dirty Movie Sue
2020 The Atlantic City Story Beverly
2023 Our Son Alexandra

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2006 As the World Turns Book Store Clerk 2 episodes
2013 Homeland Susan Roberts
2014 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Lisa Barnes Episode: "Pornstar's Requiem"
2015 High Maintenance Arty Lesbian #2 Episode: "Esme"
2016 Bull Sarah Mirror Episode: "The Necklace"
2018 FBI CIA Rep Anne Potter 3 episodes
2021–23 FBI: Most Wanted Francesca Brighton Episode: "Inherited"
2021 American Rust Stephanie Katsufrakis 3 episodes
2023 Dead Ringers Nicki Episode: "One"

References

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  1. ^ a b "Emily Donahoe-O'Keefe Bio". womenspeaktraining.com. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
  2. ^ "Find HHA Nominees | Washington Theatre Guide | TheatreWashington | Helen Hayes Awards". TheatreWashington. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
  3. ^ The Christians playwrightshorizons.org, retrieved December 6, 2017
  4. ^ "2016 - Obie Awards". Archived from the original on 24 November 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Mary Jane". yalerep.org. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
  6. ^ "2017 CT Critics Circle Awards: Outstanding Actress in a Play". June 11, 2017. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
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