Emily Donahoe is an American actress, writer and producer.
Education Donahoe earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Vassar College and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of California, San Diego
Career 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.
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.The Christians playwrightshorizons.org, retrieved December 6, 2017
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. She received a Connecticut Critics Circle Award nomination for her performance as the title character.
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." She has been a featured speaker for the Women's Campaign School at Yale University.
Personal life She married Michael O'Keefe in 2011 and they have one child. She is a practitioner of Zen Buddhism.
Filmography
Film +YearTitleRoleNotes2001ZelimoSusan2009Handsome HarryKelley's Daughter2011Dirty MovieSue2020The Atlantic City StoryBeverly2023Our SonAlexandra
Television YearTitleRoleNotes2006As the World TurnsBook Store Clerk2 episodes2013HomelandSusan Roberts2014Law & Order: Special Victims UnitLisa BarnesEpisode: "Pornstar's Requiem"2015High MaintenanceArty Lesbian #2Episode: "Esme"2016BullSarah MirrorEpisode: "The Necklace"2018FBICIA Rep Anne Potter3 episodes2021–23FBI: Most WantedFrancesca BrightonEpisode: "Inherited"2021American RustStephanie Katsufrakis3 episodes2023Dead RingersNickiEpisode: "One"
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