Donahue, Heather 1974–

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DONAHUE, Heather 1974–

PERSONAL

Born December 22, 1974, in Upper Darby, PA; daughter of James (a printer) and Joan (an office manager) Donahue. Education: University of the Arts, Philadelphia, graduated, 1995; also attended Battersea Arts Centre, London. Avocational Interests: Camping, reading, rock climbing, running, skiing, snowmobiling.

Addresses: Agent— Paradigm, 10100 Santa Monica Blvd., 25th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90067. Manager— Rigberg–Rugolo Company, 1180 South Beverly Dr., Suite 608, Los Angeles, CA 90035.

Career: Actress. Appeared in commercials. Also an office worker.

Awards, Honors: Blockbuster Entertainment Award nomination, favorite actress—newcomer (Internet voting), and Online Film Critics Society Award nomination, best actress, both 2000, for The Blair Witch Project; Saturn Award nomination, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, best supporting actress in a television series, 2003, for Taken.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Sadey, Raw: Stripped to the Bone, 1997.

Heather Donahue, The Blair Witch Project, Artisan Entertainment, 1999.

Heather Donahue, Sticks and Stones: Investigating the Blair Witch (also known as An Exploration of the Blair Witch Legend ), Blockbuster Video, 1999.

(Uncredited) Herself (in archive footage), Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (also known as Book of Shadows: Blair Witch Project 2, BWP2, and BW2 ), Artisan Entertainment, 2000.

Megan, Boys and Girls, Dimension Films, 2000.

Wendy waitress, Home Field Advantage, Native Pictures Productions, 2000.

Voice, The Velvet Tigress (animated short film), California Institute of the Arts, 2001.

Whit, Seven and a Match, Film Kitchen, 2001.

Wendy, The Walking Hack of Asbury Park, Native Pictures Productions, 2002.

Molly Kerzner–Ching, New Suit, Trillion Entertainment, 2003.

Appeared as a prostitute in Under the Hammock.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Herself, Curse of the Blair Witch, Sci–Fi Channel, 1999.

Presenter, The 1999 MTV Video Music Awards, MTV, 1999.

Herself (in archive footage), The Burkittsville 7, Sci–Fi Channel, 2000.

Inside Steven Spielberg Presents: Taken, Sci–Fi Channel, 2002.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Claire Linkwood, "The Surrogate," The Outer Limits, Showtime and syndicated, 2001.

Linda Schmidt, "The Friendly Skies," Without a Trace, CBS, 2003.

Television Appearances; Other:

Mary Crawford as an adult, Taken (miniseries; also known as Steven Spielberg Presents Taken ), Sci–Fi Channel, 2002.

The Big Time (movie), TNT, 2002.

Stage Appearances:

Appeared in the production Fried Blood, London; performed with Collision Theory (experimental theatre company), New York City, and in productions in and around Philadelphia, PA.