- 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.
- IMDb mini biography by: Sages Entertainment Group
- SpouseMichael O'Keefe(September 18, 2011 - present) (1 child)
- Holds an MFA in Acting from University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
- During Hurricane Katrina, she co-created/co-managed "Lake Providence Help Blog" (featured on BBC's "The World" and NPR's "Talk of the Nation"), one of the first successful online crowdfunding initiatives for disaster relief.
- Ms. Donahoe is the founder of WOMENSPEAK Training (WST). She is on faculty at The Women's Campaign School at Yale, and has been a featured speaker in the US and internationally on the topic of Women's Voices in Public Spaces, and Building Female+ Share of Voice within organizations.
- "Helen Hayes Award" winner, 2004.
- She attended Vassar College, with the intention of studying Classics. Instead, she double-majored in Psychology and Drama.
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