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Donna Murphy

Television Actress / Film Actress / Voice Actress / Stage Actress | * 03/07/1959 (65) | Corona, New York (United States of America (USA))
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Donna Murphy (born March 7, 1959) is an American actress, best known for her work in musical theater. A five-time Tony Award nominee, she has twice won the Tony for Best Actress in a Musical: for her role as Fosca in Passion (1994–1995) and as Anna Leonowens in The King and I (1996–1997). She was also nominated for her roles as Ruth Sherwood in Wonderful Town (2003), Lotte Lenya in LoveMusik (2007), and Bubbie/Raisel in The People in the Picture (2011). Murphy made her Broadway debut as a replacement in the 1979 musical They're Playing Our Song. Her other stage credits include the original off-Broadway productions of Song of Singapore (1991) and Hello Again (1993), as well as the alternate to Bette Midler as the title character in a Broadway revival of Hello, Dolly! (2017–2018). In 1997, she won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special for her role in Someone Had to be Benny, an episode of the HBO series Lifestories: Families in Crisis. Her film roles include Anij in Star Trek: Insurrection ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Mystery | Crime

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When the kingdom's most wanted-and most charming-bandit Flynn Rider hides out in a mysterious tower, he's taken hostage by Rapunzel, a beautiful and feisty tower-bound teen with 70 feet of magical, go ...

Tangled

PG

2010 | 3.8/5 | 1h 40min
Animation, Kids & Family
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A college graduate goes to work as a nanny for a rich New York family. Ensconced in their home, she has to juggle their dysfunction, a new romance, and the spoiled brat in her charge. ...

The Nanny Diaries

PG-13

2007 | 3.2/5 | 1h 46min
Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
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When an alien race and factions within Starfleet attempt to take over a planet that has "regenerative" properties, it falls upon Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise to defend the planet's pe ...

Star Trek: Insurrection

PG

1998 | 3.2/5 | 1h 43min
Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Thriller
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It’s 1882 and the Gilded Age is in full swing when Marian Brook, a young orphaned daughter of a Southern general, moves in with her rigidly conventional aunts in New York City. With the help of Pegg ...

The Gilded Age

TV-MA

2022- | 4.0/5
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Donna Murphy

2x Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical 3x Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical Drama League Award 7x Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play 3x Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical
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Movies with Donna Murphy as Actress(24)

as Yara the Enchantress2020 Anastasia: Once Upon a Time
as Performer2020 Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration
as Pearl2016 No Pay, Nudity
as Fosca (archive footage)2013 Six by Sondheim
as Maria2013 House of Versace
as Dita Mandy2012 The Bourne Legacy
as Kathleen Walker2011 Higher Ground
as Marie2011 Dark Horse
as Mother Gothel (voice)2010 Tangled
as herself2010 Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
as Judy Braddock2007 The Nanny Diaries
as Betty2006 The Fountain
as Judy Jonas2006 World Trade Center
as Dr. Betsy Goldman2006 Ira & Abby
as Rosalie Octavius2004 Spider-Man 2
as Frame Shop Owner2004 The Door in the Floor
as Juliette2000 Center Stage
as Joan Naylor2000 The Last Debate
as Natalie Streck1999 The Astronaut's Wife
as Anij1998 Star Trek: Insurrection
as Carole1998 October 22
as Mary Todd Lincoln1998 The Day Lincoln Was Shot
as Fosca1996 Passion
as Karen Heller1995 Jade

TV Shows/Series with Donna Murphy as Actress(21)

as Lina Astor2022 The Gilded Age
as Vivian Burton2021 Gossip Girl
as Jane Green2016 Mercy Street
as Rebecca Sherman2015 Quantico
as Elegant Woman2014 Resurrection
as Sophia Quayle2013 The Blacklist
as Deandra Sunderland2008 The Mentalist
as Eve2006 Ugly Betty
as Blair2006 Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
as Heather Olshansky2002 Hack
as Dr. Ruby Stern2001 What About Joan?
as Maureen Pagolis2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Captain Annie Kramer, LAPD2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Raye Massey1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Abigail Adams1997 Liberty!
as Camille1997 Nothing Sacred
as Francesca Cross1995 Murder One
1992 Lifestories: Families in Crisis
as Karen Unger1990 Law & Order
as Defense Attorney Carla Tyrell1990 Law & Order
as D.A. Morgan Graves1964 Another World

Additional Information

Official websites:
www.donnamurphy.com
Full Name: Donna Murphy
Born: Saturday, 03/07 1959 (March) in Corona, New York (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 65 years + 43 days)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Masconomet Regional High School, Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, New York University Tisch School of the Arts, Stella Adler Studio of Acting
Spouses (current/former): Shawn Elliott
Donna Murphy frequently works together with these people:
William H. Burns (15x, Actor)
Lou Martini Jr. (15x, Actor)
Dick Wolf (14x, Crew)
Adam LeFevre (13x, Actor)
Isiah Whitlock Jr. (13x, Actor)
John Doman (12x, Actor)
Michael Gaston (12x, Actor)
James Murtaugh (12x, Actor)
James Biberi (12x, Actor)
Robert Turano (12x, Actor)
Nicholas J. Giangiulio (12x, Actor)
Stephen Sondheim (11x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:3242, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/01/2024