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Donna Murphy

Acting

Born March 7, 1959 · Corona, New York, USA

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Donna Murphy (born March 7, 1959) is an American stage, film, television actress and singer. Murphy has won two Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Musical for her roles in Passion as Fosca and in The King and I as Anna Leonowens. She received three more Tony Award nominations for Best Actress in a Musical for her performances in Wonderful Town as Ruth Sherwood,Lovemusik as Lotte Lenya and The People in the Picture as Raisel/Bubbie. She is known, most recently, for her role as Mother Gothel in the animated Disney film Tangled (2010), Anij, Captain Jean-Luc Picard's love interest, in Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) and her numerous stage roles in musical theatre. Description above from the Wikipedia article Donna Murphy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Drama Desk AwardOutstanding Actress in a Musical · 2007
  • Drama Desk AwardOutstanding Actress in a Musical · 2004
  • Tony AwardBest Actress in a Musical · 1996
  • Drama Desk AwardOutstanding Actress in a Musical · 1994
  • Tony AwardBest Actress in a Musical · 1994
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  • Drama League Award
  • Drama Desk AwardOutstanding Actress in a Musical · 2013 · nominated
  • Drama Desk AwardOutstanding Actress in a Musical · 2011 · nominated
  • Tony AwardBest Actress in a Musical · 2011 · nominated
  • Drama Desk AwardOutstanding Actress in a Musical · 2007 · nominated
  • Tony AwardBest Actress in a Musical · 2007 · nominated
  • Drama Desk AwardOutstanding Actress in a Musical · 2004 · nominated
  • Tony AwardBest Actress in a Musical · 2004 · nominated
  • Drama Desk AwardOutstanding Featured Actress in a Play · 1996 · nominated
  • Drama Desk AwardOutstanding Actress in a Musical · 1996 · nominated
  • Drama Desk AwardOutstanding Featured Actress in a Musical · 1994 · nominated
  • Drama Desk AwardOutstanding Actress in a Musical · 1994 · nominated
  • Drama Desk AwardOutstanding Actress in a Musical · 1992 · nominated

Filmography42 titles

The Mentalist

2008as Deandra Sunderland

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999as Raye Massey

Remember WENN

1996as Ruth Geddy

The Practice

1997as Marie Hanson

Murder One

1995as Francesca Cross

The Gilded Age

2022as Lina Astor

The Blacklist

2013as Sophia Quayle

Tangled

2010as Mother Gothel (voice)

The Good Wife

2009as Judge Alice Adelson

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001as Maureen Pagolis

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000as Annie Kramer

Damages

2007as Nancy

Brilliant Minds

2024as Dr. Muriel Landon

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

2006as Blair

Gossip Girl: Next Gen (2021)

2021as Vivian Burton

Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure

2017as Mother Gothel (voice)

Resurrection

2013as The Elegant Woman

Spider-Man 2

2004as Rosalie Octavius

Law & Order

1990as Carla Tyrell

Six by Sondheim

2013as Fosca (archive footage)

The Fountain

2006as Betty

Center Stage

2000as Juliette

The Day Lincoln Was Shot

1998as Mary Todd Lincoln

Made in Jersey

as Darlene Garretti

October 22

1998as Carole

Quantico

2015as Rebecca Sherman

Ally McBeal

1997as Marie Hanson

The Nanny Diaries

2007as Judy Braddock

Ugly Betty

2006as Eve

Star Trek: Insurrection

1998as Anij

Mercy Street

2016as Jane Green

The Bourne Legacy

2012as Dita Mandy

World Trade Center

2006as Judy Jonas

The Door in the Floor

2004as Frame Shop Owner

Anastasia: Once Upon a Time

2020as Yara the Enchantress

Higher Ground

2011as Kathleen Walker

Dark Horse

2011as Marie

Ira & Abby

2006as Dr. Betsy Goldman

The Astronaut's Wife

1999as Natalie Streck

House of Versace

2013as Maria

Jade

1995as Karen Heller

No Pay, Nudity

2016as Pearl