Jocelin Donahue
| Jocelin Donahue | |
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Donahue at 2009 Screamfest, Los Angeles, CA
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| Born |
November 8, 1981 Bristol, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Alma mater | New York University |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2006–present |
Jocelin Donahue (born November 8, 1981) is an American actress. She is best known for her lead role in Ti West's critically acclaimed horror film The House of the Devil, winning Best Actress at the 2009 LA Screamfest.
Donahue was born and raised in Bristol, Connecticut, and graduated from Bristol Central High School in 1999. After high school, she attended New York University, where she earned a degree in sociology.
Donahue began her career in short films, appearing in several of them between 2006 and 2008. After a supporting role in the Western horror film The Burrowers (2008), Donahue was cast as the lead in The House of the Devil in 2009. She went on to play leading roles in The Last Godfather by Korean filmmaker Shim Hyung-rae, and in the independent film Live at the Foxes Den. In 2012 she appeared in The End of Love, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and worked with director Terrence Malick on Knight of Cups. She played a young version of Barbara Hershey's character in Insidious: Chapter 2, which was released in September 2013.
As a commercial actress, she has appeared in numerous national campaigns, including ads for Levi's, Zune, Vitamin Water, Apple, and Subway. In campaigns for Ketel One and Old Navy, she worked with directors David O. Russell and Roman Coppola.
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