Donna Murphy Bio | Wiki
Donna Murphy is a well-known American actress who is a five-time Tony Award nominee. For her role as Fosca in Passion and Anna Leonowens in The King and I she won two Tony for Best Actress in a Musical. She was also nominated for her roles as Ruth Sherwood in Wonderful Town, Lotte Lenya in LoveMusik, and Bubbie/Raisel in The People in the Picture.
Moreover, she had her Broadway debut as a replacement in the 1979 musical They’re Playing Our Song. Murphy has also done original off-Broadway productions of Song of Singapore and Hello Again, as well as the alternate to Bette Midler as the title character in a Broadway revival of Hello, Dolly! For her role in Someone Had to be Benny, she won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in 1997.
Further, she appeared in films such as Rosalie Octavius in Spider-Man 2, Mother Gothel in the animated film Tangled, and one of the government secretaries in The Bourne Legacy. Additionally, Murphy portrays Caroline Astor in the HBO series The Gilded Age in 2022.
Donna Murphy Age
She was born on March 7, 1959, in New York City, in the United States. Murphy is 63 years old.
Donna Murphy Height
She is a woman of tall stature. Murphy stands at a height of 5 ft 8 in (Approx 1.73 m).
Donna Murphy Family
She was born to her parents in New York City, in the United States. Murphy is the firstborn among the seven children of Jeanne and Robert Murphy, an aerospace engineer. She holds American nationality and is of Irish, French, German, and Czech ancestry. When she was three, she asked for voice lessons, and she put on shows as a child in Hauppauge. Ht family lived in Hauppauge, Long Island, New York.
Donna Murphy Husband
She was married to actor and singer Shawn Elliott from 1990 until his death in March 2016. Shawn was an American actor and singer known for starring in the original cast of Jacques Brel’s Alive and Well and Living in Paris onstage. The two are parents of their adopted daughter Darmia Hope Murphy Elliott in 2006. Murphy is also the stepmother of Ivy Kaller and Justine McLaughlin from Shawn’s previous relationship.
Donna Murphy Education
She attained her high school diploma in 1977 after she moved to Topsfield, Massachusetts and graduated from Masconomet Regional High School. Murphy later joined New York University where she dropped out pursuing a drama program in her sophomore year. This was when she was cast to understudy the three backup singers in the 1979 Broadway musical They’re Playing Our Song. Later, she studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute.
Donna Murphy Movies and Tv Shows
Movies
- Jade as Detective Karen Heller in 1995
- Star Trek: Insurrection as Anij in 1998
- Center Stage as Juliette Simone in 2000
- Spider-Man 2 as Rosalie Octavius in 2004
- World Trade Center as Judy Jonas in 2006
- The Nanny Diaries as Judy Braddock in 2007
- Tangled as Mother Gothel (voice) in 2010
- Dark Horse as Marie in 2011
- The Bourne Legacy as CIA Agent Dita Mandy in 2012
- No Pay, Nudity as Pearl in 2016
- Anastasia: Once Upon a Time as Yara The Enchantress in 2020
Tv Shows
- Tales from the Holywood Hills: A Table at Ciro’s as June, The Vocalist in 1987
- Law & Order as Karen Unger in 1993
- Passion as Fosca in 1996
- Law & Order as Carla Tyrell from 1997 to 2000
- Ally McBeal as Marie Hanson in 1998
- Hack as Heather Olshansky from 2002 to 2003
- Damages as Nancy in 2007
- House of Versace as Maria in 2013
- Resurrection as Angela Forrester from 2014 to 2015
- Mercy Street as Jane Green from 2016 to 2017
- Tangled: The Series as Mother Gothel (voice) from 2017 to 2020
- Power as Loretta Walsh from 2019 to 2020
- Gossip Girl as Headmistress Vivian Burton from 2021 to 2022
- The Gilded Age as Caroline Schermerhorn Astor in 2022
- Inventing Anna as Donna Zaveri in 2022
Donna Murphy Tangled | Mother Knows Best
She potrayed Mother Gothel in the animated film Tangled in 2010 and sang the song “Mother Knows Best”. “Mother Knows Best” is written by composer Alan Menken and lyricist Glenn Slater. She also appeared in six episodes of the animated television series, Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure reprising her role as Mother Gothel. The series is based on the 2010 film Tangled and features the returning voices of Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi. Further, the series has 60 episodes in three seasons.
Donna Murphy Star Trek
In 1998, she potrayed Captain Jean-Luc Picard’s love interest, in Star Trek: Insurrection. The film is the ninth film in the Star Trek film series, as well as the third to star in the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Murphy played Anij, a Ba’ku woman.
Donna Murphy Into The Woods
He appeared in Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods at The Public Theater’s Delacorte Theatre as the Witch in 2012. Into The Woods is 1987 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. For his role, she was nominated for Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical in 2013.
Donna Murphy Net Worth
Murphy is a well-known American actress who has a net worth of $4 Million.
Who Is Donna Murphy
Murphy is a well-known American actress who is a five-time Tony Award nominee. For her role as Fosca in Passion and Anna Leonowens in The King and I she won two Tony for Best Actress in a Musical. She was also nominated for her roles as Ruth Sherwood in Wonderful Town, Lotte Lenya in LoveMusik, and Bubbie/Raisel in The People in the Picture.
How Old Is Donna Murphy
Murphy is 63 years old born on March 7, 1959, in New York City, in the United States.