Amanda Donohoe

Amanda Donohoe
Born	29 June 1962 (1962-06-29) London, England, UK
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1984–present

Amanda Donohoe (born 29 June 1962) is an English film and television actress. She is known for her 1980s relationship with popstar Adam Ant and her later work on television — including L.A. Law and Emmerdale — and her roles in successful movies including Liar, Liar.

Early life

Donohoe was born in London, the daughter of Joanna and Ted Donohoe, antique dealers. Amanda has attended The Francis Holland School and also Central School of Speech and Drama. She is of Irish, Russian and Swiss roots.

Career

In 1981, Donohoe appeared in the music videos for the songs "Antmusic" and "Stand & Deliver" by Adam and the Ants. She came to the attention of worldwide audiences in 1986, when she was cast opposite Oliver Reed as Lucy Irvine in Nicolas Roeg's Castaway. She followed this up with roles in two Ken Russell films The Lair of the White Worm, based on a Bram Stoker novel, and The Rainbow, based on a D. H. Lawrence novel. Another major film role for her was Liar, Liar (1997) opposite Jim Carrey.

In February 1991, Donohoe took part in the first of the so-called "lesbian kiss episodes" on American television when her character C. J. Lamb on L.A. Law kissed Abbie Perkins, played by Michele Greene. Donohoe appeared in L.A. Law for two seasons. Some of her other television roles include Murder City, Bad Girls and a guest appearance in Ally McBeal. Donohoe joined the cast of ITV soap opera Emmerdale at the beginning of 2009 as businesswoman Natasha Wylde. On 25 July 2010 it was announced that Donohoe would be leaving Emmerdale later in the year. Her last screen date was 24 November 2010. On 18 and 19 February 2010, she was a guest panelist on Loose Women.

Donohoe's stage roles include replacing Jerry Hall in the role of Mrs Robinson in The Graduate in London's West End in the spring of 2001, and the title role in Hedda Gabler at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester in 2005.^{[citation needed]}

She has also lent her voice to the Activision PC video game "Santa Fe Mysteries: The Elk Moon Murder" as Karen Gordon, a prime suspect and ex-wife to Elk Moon's husband, Jack.

Channel 4 ranked Donohoe as number 38 in their list of the 50 Greatest British actresses.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Donohoe's partner is the multidisciplinary artist Russell Haswell. The pair live in Suffolk.

Filmography

Film

• Foreign Body as Susan Partridge (1986)
• Castaway as Lucy Irvine (1987)
• The Lair of the White Worm as Lady Sylvia Marsh (1988)
• The Rainbow as Winifred Inger (1989)
• Dark Obsession (aka Diamond Skulls) as Ginny Bruckton (1989)
• Paper Mask as Christine Taylor (1990)
• The Substitute as Gayle Richardson (1993)
• A Womans Guide To Adultery as Jo Saxon (1994)
• The Madness of King George as Lady Pembroke (1995)
• Liar Liar as Miranda (1997)
• A Knight in Camelot as Queen Guinevere (1998)
• Glory Glory as Widow (2000)
• Mary Higgins Clark Lucky Day (2002)
• Starship Troopers 3 as Admiral Enolo Phid (2008)

Television

• Screen Two: The Laughter Of God as Jane Clemant (1991)
• L.A. Law as Cara Jean Lamb (1990–1992)
• Frasier as Catherine (1994)
• Murder Most Horrid as Carmela Vezza (1994)
• The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years as Meggie Cleary O'Neill (1996)
• Ally McBeal as Marianne Holt (1997)
• Batman Beyond as The Queen (1999–2001) (Voice)
• In the Beginning as Zuleika (2000)
• Lucky Day as Nora Barkin (2002)
• Murder City as DI Susan Alembic (2004–2006)
• Bad Girls as Lou Stoke (2006)
• Emmerdale as Natasha Wylde (2009–2010)
• Loose Women as herself (2010) 2 Episodes
• The Legend of Tarzan as Lady Waltham (2001) 1 Episode

Stage

• Cymbeline as Helen (1984)
• Great Expectations as Estella (1984)
• The Admirable Crichton as Lady Catherine (1984)
• Uncle Vanya as Yelena (1996)
• Miss Julie as Miss Julie (1996)
• The Graduate as Mrs Robinson (2001)
• Hedda Gabler as Hedda Gabler (2005)
• Star Quality as Lorraine Barrie (2011)

Awards and nominations

Donohoe won a Golden Globe Award for her role in L.A. Law and was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award for her Broadway debut in Uncle Vanya.

External links

• Amanda Donohoe at the Internet Movie Database
• Amanda Donohoe at Unreality TV