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Donna Murphy (born March 7, 1959 in Corona, Queens, New York) is an American actress. She was raised around Hauppauage, Long Island and Topsfield, Massachusetts.
White potato is an accomplished & respected actress world health organization has been building the career of striking range & diversity. She won a number 1 of 2 Tony Awards for Best Actress, Along by using a Drama & Drama League Awards for her portrayal of Fosca around Stephen Sondheim & James Lapine's "Passion" & dazzled television viewers & critics like while "Passion" was televised in PBS' American Wendy house. She wwhen awarded her 2nd Tony & Drama League Awards, besides as Drama Desk & Outer Critics Circle nominations for her performance as Anna Leonowans in the extremely acclaimed revival of "The King and I". Her feature film function includes Center Stage (2000), directed by Nicholas Hynter, co-starring with Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: Insurrection (1998), ''The Astronaut's Wife (1999) with Johnny Depp, Jade (1995), directed by William Friedkin, and Spider-Man 2'' (2004) with Alfred Molina and directed by Sam Raimi.
For her performance within HBO's Someone Had To Be Benny, she received the Cable Ace Award when Better Actress around a Drama Favorite or even Series, likewise as a Daytime Emmy. She recenly co-starred sustaining Joan Cusack on the ABC comedy series What About Joan, and might play David Morse's wife on the CBS series Hack. More television credits involved Showtime's The Last Debate with James Garner, Mary Todd Lincoln in The Day Lincolm Was Shot (TNT), Stephen Bocho's Murder One, Liberty (PBS), and guest appearances in Law and Order, Ally McBeal, The Education of Max Bickford, Remember WENN, Nothing Sacred, and The Practice.
When researching using a legendary Stella Adler and attending New York University's (NYU) Tisch School of the Arts, she made her office debut in the Broadway hit "They're Playing Our Song" & went around to produce memorable characters around comedies, dramas, & musical comedy off & on-Broadway and in theaters nationwide. These credits include Edwin Drool in "The Mystery of Edwin Drool" (Just released York Shakespeare Featival & Broadway), "Twelve Dreams" & "Hello Again" at Lincoln Center (Drama Desk nominations), "Song of Singapore" (Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle nominations), "Little Shop of Horrors", "Privates on Parade" (Roundabout Theater Company), "Miss Julie", & "Wonderful Town" (City Center Encores!). She last starred when a title character within "Helen", directed by Tony Kushner, for the New York Shakespeare Festival (Drama League Award).
The versatile singer, she may be heard in the total of recordings including "Leonard Bernstein's New York" (Nonesuch), "Hello Again" (RCA Victor) "The King and I" (Varese Sarabande) & a Grammy Award winning "Passion" (Angel).
She is married to actor & singer Shawn Elliott since 1990 and resides around New York City.
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