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Emily Donahoe

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Emily Donahoe, “Our Son” premiere, Tribeca Film Festival 2023
Jane Carver is an unhappily married woman who runs away from home in a moment of crisis and goes to Atlantic City for the weekend. While there, she meets a young gambler and an unlikely bond grows between them. However, they soon realize they cannot run from their problems forever, and together they must find the strength to go on.
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Emily Donahoe received a 2016 Obie Award for her performance in Lucas Hnath's "The Christians" at Playwrights Horizons in New York, NY.

She received a Helen Hayes Award for her performance in "Shakespeare in Hollywood" at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C.

Emily received a Connecticut Critics Circle Award nomination for her performance in "Mary Jane" at Yale Rep in New Haven, CT. She served as a 2017 Beinecke Fellow at the Yale School of Drama.

Emily appeared in her first Broadway show in 2009; 33 Variations, starring Jane Fonda and Colin Hanks.

Emily has worked extensively Off-Broadway and regionally at theaters including The Signature Theater, The Play Company, The Lucille Lortel, The McGinn-Cazale, The Keen Company, Arena Stage, Yale Rep, Berkeley Rep, American Conservatory Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Center Theater Group (CTG) in Los Angeles. She consistently received glowing notices for her contributions to productions, from magazines and papers such as the NewYork Times, Variety, TimeOut NY, L.A. Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, among many others.

Emily 's first film role was as a lead in Weeki Wachee Girls - which was the winner of 4 "best of" awards, and played in over 70 festivals around the world.

Accepted into the prestigious UCSD graduate acting program, Emily earned her Master of Fine Arts. While a student, she also played lead roles at the Williamstown Theatre Festival and the La Jolla Playhouse (in the world premiere of Charles Mee's Wintertime- L.A. Times Critics' Choice, 2002).

She holds an AB from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY.
BornJuly 15
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    Known for

    Claire Danes in Homeland (2011)
    Homeland
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Susan Roberts
    Ice-T, Mariska Hargitay, Kelli Giddish, and Peter Scanavino in New York - Unité spéciale (1999)
    New York - Unité spéciale
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Lisa Barnes
    Jeff Daniels and Maura Tierney in American Rust (2021)
    American Rust
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Stephanie Katsufrakis
    FBI : Most Wanted Criminals (2020)
    FBI : Most Wanted Criminals
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Francesca Brighton

    Credits

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    Actress



    • A Break in the Rain
      • Laura
      • Completed



    • Our Son (2023)
      Our Son
      5.0
      • Alexandra
      • 2023
    • Rachel Weisz in Faux-semblants (2023)
      Faux-semblants
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Nicki
      • 2023
    • Jeremy Sisto, Alana De La Garza, Missy Peregrym, John Boyd, and Zeeko Zaki in FBI (2018)
      FBI
      7.1
      TV Series
      • CIA Rep Anne Potter
      • 2018–2023
    • Jeff Daniels and Maura Tierney in American Rust (2021)
      American Rust
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Stephanie Katsufrakis
      • 2021
    • FBI : Most Wanted Criminals (2020)
      FBI : Most Wanted Criminals
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Francesca Brighton
      • 2021
    • The Atlantic City Story (2020)
      The Atlantic City Story
      5.8
      • Beverly
      • 2020
    • Holly Curran in How Do You Type a Broken Heart (2018)
      How Do You Type a Broken Heart
      8.6
      Short
      • Becky
      • 2018
    • Michael Weatherly and Darrin Hickok in The Necklace (2016)
      Bull
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Sarah Mirror
      • 2016
    • High Maintenance (2012)
      High Maintenance
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Arty Lesbian #2
      • 2015
    • Ice-T, Mariska Hargitay, Kelli Giddish, and Peter Scanavino in New York - Unité spéciale (1999)
      New York - Unité spéciale
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Lisa Barnes
      • 2014
    • Claire Danes in Homeland (2011)
      Homeland
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Susan Roberts
      • 2013
    • Dirty Movie (2011)
      Dirty Movie
      3.2
      • Sue
      • 2011
    • Steve Buscemi, Aidan Quinn, Campbell Scott, and Jamey Sheridan in Handsome Harry (2009)
      Handsome Harry
      6.1
      • Kelly's Daughter
      • 2009
    • Cowboy (2008)
      Cowboy
      7.8
      Short
      • Girl #2
      • 2008
    • As the World Turns (1956)
      As the World Turns
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Book Store Clerk (uncredited)
      • 2006

    Producer



    • Linda Powell in Draw Up & Stare (2023)
      Draw Up & Stare
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2023

    Writer



    • Linda Powell in Draw Up & Stare (2023)
      Draw Up & Stare
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2023

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    Weeki Wachee Girls
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    National Lampoon's Dirty Movie
    Trailer 1:40
    National Lampoon's Dirty Movie
    Handsome Harry
    Trailer 2:05
    Handsome Harry

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    • Born
      • July 15
      • Lake Providence, Louisiana, USA
    • Spouse
      • Michael O'KeefeSeptember 18, 2011 - present (1 child)
    • Other works
      2002: Plays Ariel in world premiere of Wintertime by Charles L. Mee at La Jolla Playhouse (L.A. Times Critic's Choice); La Jolla, CA.

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      Holds an MFA in Acting from University of California, San Diego (UCSD)

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