"Leading lady Donovan is the next-best-thing to a young Sandra Bullock in the kind of role that made Sandy a star, instantly likeable and charmingly idiosyncratic."
-Stage Scene L.A.
TARA DONOVAN
SAG-AFTRA e
Height: 5’6”
Weight: 130 lbs
Television
Days of Our Lives U5 Grant A. Johnson/ Corday Prods.
Worst Post Ever Co-star Scott Thomlinson/ Oxygen Network
Blood Relatives Principal Jim Edwards/ Investigation Discovery
Murder Among Friends Principal Roger Melvin/ Investigation Discovery
The Breaks Guest Star Dave Denholm/Hit By The Pitch Prods.
Film
The Conversation*** Starring Cruthaigh Productions
Two Points Might Define a Line Starring Juliana Flores/ U.C.S.D.
Her Eyes Starring Gregory Hinson/ Palomar
Rescue of Lima Hotel Zero Six Supporting Terry Pfrang/ Northrop Grumman
Altarations Supporting Robin Rigby/Squeeze!
Last Hand* Supporting Mo Johnson/ Bluegradient
Ineptitude Supporting David Marchesani/ Western Front Last
Well Done Supporting Amy Bowles/ Bluegradient
Nephilim Supporting Laura Jones/ Chapman
Good Guys Finish Last Principal Riley Wood/ Not a Camel Prods.
Bar Moments** Principal Adam Rudder/ Indigo Kid Prod
Spy Hunter: No Where To Run Principal Jimmy Almeida/ Midway Games
* Official Selection of Brilliant Light International Film Festival
**Official Selection of the San Diego Film Festival
*** Official Selection of the Claremont Film Festival
Theatre
Almost Maine Multiple Stephanie Coltrin/Rubicon Theatre (Postponed)
Taking Sides Emmi Straube Stephanie Coltrin/Rubicon Theatre
Titus Andronicus Tamora Stephanie Coltrin/ Shakespeare by the Sea
The Balcony Scene Karen Scott Bill Wolski/ Little Fish Theatre
The Lady Was a Gentleman (West Coast Prem.) Deirdre Ryan Theo Motzenbacker/ The Complex Stages
The Ithaca Ladies (World Premiere) Katie O’Conner Danielle Ozymandias/ Little Fish Theatre
The Nerd Tansy Don Schlossman/ Little Fish Theatre
Measure for Measure Provost/Francisca Patrick Vest/ Shakespeare by the Sea
Othello Emilia (U/S) Stephanie Coltrin/ Shakespeare by the Sea
Ethan Claymore Teresa Pike Holly Baker-Kreiswirth/Little Fish Theatre
Fifty Shades of Shrew + Bianca Danielle Ozymandias/ The Lounge Theatre
Some Girl(s) Tyler Danielle Ozymandias/Promenade Playhouse
Much Ado About Nothing Beatrice Josh Gren/ Promenade Playhouse
The Vagina Monologues Lead Cruthaigh Productions/Pico Playhouse
The Eight: Reindeer Monologues Blitzen Cruthaigh Productions
California Suite Bunny Paradigm4/ The Actors Workout
Wiser Trish Queen Mary Royal Theatre
Vagina Monologues Hair Liv Kellgren/ Moxie (San Diego)
Dark Rapture Max Delicia Turner-Sonnenburg/Palomar(San Diego)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Peaseblossom/Starveling Richard Baird/ Poor Players (SanDiego)
Romeo & Juliet L. Montague Richard Baird/ Poor Players (San Diego)
+ Encore! Award Winner, Hollywood Fringe Festival
Training
B.A. in Theatre- Performance Emphasis SDSU
British American Dramatic Academy, Oxford England
Other:
Scene Study: Steven Anderson; Michelle Danner (Larry Moss Studio)
Improv: Second City
Dialects: Michael Rodgers (RP, EE, Cockney, N. Irish, S. Irish, Scottish, Russian)
Shakespeare: Patsy Rodenburg, Paola Dionasanti
Voice (singing): Linda Mitchell
Skills: Volleyball, Boxing/Sparring; Kickboxing; Self Defense Training; Various Sports/Athletic; Stage combat/stunts, Rapier/ Cutlass sword; dialects (British-RP, EE; Irish; Southern; French; Russian; German); Improv; B.A. in Political Science; MoCap.
