Donahue is a recipient of a Fulbright to Berlin, the Drama League Fall Fellowship, the Boris Sagal Fellowship at Williamstown, and a graduate of Harvard University and the Yale School of Drama.
Regionally: world premieres of Jen Silverman’s The Roommate (Humana, Williamstown, Long Wharf), Rachel Bonds’ Curve of Departure (South Coast Rep, Studio Theatre), The Wolfe Twins (Studio Theatre), and Swimmers (Marin) Matthew Lopez’s Zoey’s Perfect Wedding and Lauren Feldman’s Grace, or The Art of Climbing (Denver Center) and Shostakovich’s Moscow, Cheryomushki in a new libretto by Meg Miroshnik (Chicago Opera Theatre). In November 2012, she made her New York stage debut to rave reviews in New York City Center’s Duke Ellington’s Cotton Club Parade.Ĭredits include: world premieres of Matthew Lopez’s The Legend of Georgia McBride (Denver Center, MCC Theater, and The Geffen ) Jen Silverman’s Collective Rage (MCC Theater and Woolly Mammoth Theatre) The Moors (Playwrights Realm ) Phoebe in Winter (Clubbed Thumb) Jordan Seavey’s Homos, Or Everyone In America (Labyrinth) and Ethan Lipton’s Red-Handed Otter (Playwrights Realm). Riley’s numerous theatre credits include Alice in Wonderland, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Into the Woods and Mystery on the Docks with the Los Angeles Opera.
Additional recent television appearances include a starring role in the UPtv original movie, My One Christmas Wish and a starring role alongside Queen Latifah, Mary J Blige and newcomer Shanice Williams as Addaperle, the Good Witch of the North, in NBC’s live production of The Wiz.
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In 2013, she won season 17 of ABC’s hit competition series Dancing with the Stars alongside her partner Derek Hough. Riley won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance.
The production marked the UK premiere of the award-winning production. Riley made her West End debut in 2016 in of the revival of Dreamgirls in the iconic role of Effie White. She was most recently seen on the big screen in Tyler Perry’s Nobody’s Fool, opposite Tiffany Haddish, Tika Sumpter, Omari Hardwick, and Whoopi Goldberg. Actress and singer Amber Riley is best known for her role as ‘Mercedes Jones’ in the Golden Globe Award-winning musical comedy, Glee.
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