Emily Donahoe is an accomplished actress who has received numerous awards and accolades for her performances. She made her Broadway debut in 2009 in 33 Variations, and has since worked extensively Off-Broadway and regionally at theaters such as 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, and Center Theater Group (CTG) in Los Angeles. She has been recognized with a 2016 Obie Award for her performance in Lucas Hnath's "The Christians" at Playwrights Horizons in New York, NY, a Helen Hayes Award for her performance in "Shakespeare in Hollywood" at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., and a Connecticut Critics Circle Award nomination for her performance in "Mary Jane" at Yale Rep in New Haven, CT. She also served as a 2017 Beinecke Fellow at the Yale School of Drama. Her first film role was as a lead in Weeki Wachee Girls, which won 4 "best of" awards and played in over 70 festivals around the world. She holds an AB from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY and an MFA from the prestigious UCSD graduate acting program.
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She won a Helen Hayes Award in 2004 in the category Outstanding Supporting Actress, Resident Play, for her performance in Shakespeare in Hollywood at the Arena Stage.
2011
Donahoe has an MFA from the graduate acting program at UCSD and an AB from Vassar College. She married Michael O'Keefe in 2011 and they have one child.
2015
In 2016 she won an Obie Award for her performance in The Christians by Lucas Hnath. She appeared in The Christians as Jenny at the Off-Broadway Playwrights Horizons from August 28, 2015 to October 25, 2015.
2017
She served as a 2017 Beinecke Fellow at the Yale School of Drama.