- Born
- Birth nameJoanna M. Donohoe
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Award-winning actor Amanda Donohoe trained at the Royal Central school of Speech and Drama. In a career spanning more than 30 years, she has appeared in a variety of productions on stage, screen and television in the UK and USA. She won a Golden Globe for her role in the multi-award-winning TV series L.A. Law, co-starred in the Oscar-winning film The Madness of King George and won rave reviews for her stage work, including her portrayal of Mrs Robinson in the West End comedy hit The Graduate.
- IMDb mini biography by: ARG Talent
- ParentsTed DonohoeJoanna Donohoe
- RelativesSibling(Sibling)
- She punched out an obsessed fan of her boyfriend Adam Ant when the fan held him at knife point on British TV.
- Replaced Jerry Hall as "Mrs. Robinson" on the London stage in The Graduate.
- awarded an honorary degree (Doctor of letters) from the University of East Anglia.
- Is a devout feminist and socialist.
- [on working with Oliver Reed in "Castaway"] Reed is a complex character who doesn't easily give of himself. When you do win his trust, though, he's loyal, protective, and a dear, dear friend. And he possesses an extraordinary sensitivity that manifests itself at the most unlikely moments. In discovering Reed's different aspects, I began to understand him and therefore to like him -- not for what he thinks he is, but for what he really is.
- [on working in Hollywood] This whole town's motivated by fear... the fear of failure.
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