Donna Lynne Champlin
| Donna Lynne Champlin | |
|---|---|
| Born |
January 21, 1971 Rochester, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, Dancer, Singer |
| Instruments | Vocals, Piano, Flute, Accordion |
| Years active | 1975–present |
Donna Lynne Champlin (born January 21, 1971) is an actress from New York City.
Champlin was born in Rochester, New York, to a technical writer mother and a scientist father. She participated in various lessons, theatre productions, and national and international competitions throughout her childhood, in voice, piano, flute, theatre and dance.
Champlin went on to study musical theatre at Carnegie Mellon University, graduating with her BFA in 1993, and as a 1992 Advanced Acting Scholar in Shakespeare and Chekhov at the University of Oxford. While still in college, she performed as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz with Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera.
Champlin took on the title role of Very Warm for May, her Broadway debut in James Joyce's The Dead, then By Jeeves, Hollywood Arms, Sweeney Todd, Billy Elliot the Musical, and The Dark At The Top of the Stairs, for which she won the 2007 Obie Award. Other credits include: No, No Nanette, Very Good Eddie, First Lady Suite, Harold and Maude, My Life With Albertine, Bloomer Girl, and Jolson. She also performed with Len Cariou in the Simply Sondheim inaugural concert which celebrated the opening of the Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts.
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