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Biography

Early life

Donohoe was born in London. Her father worked for the foreign office. She left home at sixteen, in her early twenties she was accepted at the Central School for Speech and Drama and in the late 1980s she decided to move to Los Angeles to expand her career. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

Career

Donohoe first came to attention of the worldwide audience in 1986 when she was cast opposite Oliver Reed as Lucy Irvine in Nicolas Roeg's Castaway (where she appeared nude for the whole movie). 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. In 1981, Amanda appeared in the music video for the song, "Stand & Deliver" by Adam & the Ants. 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Robert Oliver Reed (February 13, 1938 – May 2, 1999) was an English actor known for his macho image on and off screen. ... Lucy Irvine, a British writer who wrote the 1983 book Castaway published by Victor Gollancz Ltd. ... Nicolas Jack Roeg, born on August 15, 1928 in London, is an internationally-known cinematographer and film director. ... Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell, known as Ken Russell (born July 3, 1927), is a controversial English film director, particularly known for his films about famous composers. ... The Lair of the White Worm is a 1988 film written, produced and directed by Ken Russell which starred Hugh Grant and Amanda Donohoe. ... Abraham Bram Stoker (November 8, 1847–April 20, 1912) was an Irish writer, best remembered as the author of the influential horror novel Dracula. ... The Rainbow was a 1915 novel by British author D.H. Lawrence. ... D. H. Lawrence David Herbert Lawrence (11 September 1885 - 2 March 1930) was one of the most important, certainly one of the most controversial, English writers of the 20th century, who wrote novels, short stories, poems, plays, essays, travel books, and letters. ... Adam and the Ants were a new wave band during the late 1970s and early 1980s. ...

In February 1991 she took part in the first lesbian kiss on American television when her character CJ Lamb on LA Law kissed Abbie Perkins played by Michelle Greene. In the Spring of 2001 she replaced Jerry Hall in playing the role of Mrs Robinson on the London stage. She has a brief guest appearance in an episode of Ally McBeal. Donohoe has constantly worked in film since, and has appeared in several television roles Murder City, Bad Girls and most notably two seasons of L.A. Law. In 2005 she starred in the title role of Hedda Gabler at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester. L.A. Law (1986 - 1994) was one of the most popular television shows of the 1980s and 1990s. ... Jerry Faye Hall (born July 2, 1956 in Gonzales, Texas) is an American supermodel and actress known for being Mick Jaggers long-time companion and possibly wife (in 1990, the two were married in Bali but the legal validity of the marriage has since been questioned). ... Ally McBeal is an American television series which ran on the FOX network from 1997 to 2002, and was one of the best-known dramedy television series of the 1990s. ... Murder City is a United Kingdom police drama that centers on two mismatched detectives who scour London solving complex cases. ... It has been suggested that Pat Kerrigan be merged into this article or section. ... L.A. Law (1986 - 1994) was one of the most popular American television shows of the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... Actress Cate Blanchett in the title role of Hedda Gabler Hedda Gabler is both a play and a fictional character created by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. ... Royal Exchange The Royal Exchange Theatre is a producing theatre in Manchester, England. ...

Channel 4 ranked her as number 38 in their list of the 50 Greatest British actresses.

Personal life

Donohoe is a feminist, a socialist and an atheist.^[1] Donohoe admits to having experimented with drugs but never became addicted. She dated Adam Ant in the early 1980s and punched an obsessed fan who threatened Ant with a knife and she lived with film maker Nick Broomfield for three years. She has been open about being bisexual telling Diva magazine "My first sexual experiences were with women and if a woman comes into my life who is absolutely stunning and satisfies me emotionally, intellectually and sexually I'm not going to draw the line and say 'I can't because you're a woman'". She has been romantically linked to Sandra Bernhardt and Jim Carrey. For information about the band, see Atheist (band). ... Maria Callas, one of the greatest divas in 20th century Opera. ... James Eugene Carrey (born January 17, 1962) is a Golden Globe-winning Canadian-American film actor. ...

In 1993 she ranked 16th in Celebrity Sleuths 25 Sexiest and in 1995 she ranked 16th in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women.

Credits

Film roles

• Foreign Body as Susan Partridge - 1986
• Castaway as Lucy Irvine - 1987
• The Lair of the White Worm as Lady Sylvia Marsh - 1988
• A Womans Guide To Adultery as Jo Saxon - 1994
• The Madness of King George as Lady Pembroke - 1995
• Liar, Liar as Miranda - 1997

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Television roles

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  Donohoe in the title role of Hedda Gabler in the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester 2005 production
• L.A. Law as Cara Jean Lamb - 1990 - 1992
• Frasier as Catherine - 1994
• Ally McBeal as Marianne Holt - 1997
• Murder City as DI Susan Alembic - 2004 - 2006
• Bad Girls as Lou Stoke - 2006

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Stage roles

• 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 - 2001

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Awards and nominations

Amanda Donohoe won a Golden Globe for her role in LA Law and was nominated for an Outer Circle Critics Award for her Broadway debut in Uncle Vanya. The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... Begun during the 1949-1950 theater season, the Outer Critics Circle Awards are presented annually for theatrical achievements both on and Off-Broadway. ... Broadway theatre[1] is the most prestigious form of professional theatre in the U.S., as well as the most well known to the general public and most lucrative for the performers, technicians and others involved in putting on the shows. ...

References

External links

• Amanda Donohoe at the Internet Movie Database
• The Lair of the White Worm - dedicated site (film and novel)
• http://www.amandadonohoe.net - dedicated fan site