Biographies: Donna Lynne Champlin - Actor

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An American actress, born on January 21, 1971, in New York, USA. As a child, she appeared in several theater productions and national and international competitions. She earned her BFA in 1993 from Carnegie Mellon University, where she studied musical theater. Later, she went to the University of Oxford to study Shakespeare and Chekhov as an Advanced Acting Scholar. In 1994, she made her New York debut at Carnegie Hall, where she played the lead in the performance adaptation of Very Warm for May, which was directed by famous director John McGlinn. It was followed by her Broadway debut in 2000 as Mary Jane in The Dead. She played the role of Dorthy in the musical The Wizard of Oz. She also participated in several cinematic productions, such as Downsizing (2017) and Feel the Beat (2020).

• 27 February 2023
• Salma El-Sharkawy