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BIO

Donna Lynne Champlin is an OBIE, Drama Desk, Princess Grace and Gracie Award winning actress best known as “Paula Proctor” on The CW’s Emmy award winning Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and “Barb” in NETFLIX’s Feel The Beat. Other Film/TV: The First Lady, The Good Doctor, Blacklist, Another Period, The Good Wife, The Good Fight, Birdman, Downsizing and Yes, God, Yes. Broadway: James Joyce’s The Dead, By Jeeves, Hollywood Arms, Sweeney Todd, and Billy Elliot. Off Broadway: First Lady Suite, Almost Maine, The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, Working, The Qualms and As You Like It and Taming of the Shrew at Shakespeare in the Park. Training: Carnegie Mellon and Oxford Universities. Upcoming: The Perfect Couple on Netflix, July 2024.

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STAGE CREDITS

Promises, Promises Promises, Promises
[Off-Broadway]
Transport Group Concert Production, 2018
Performer
The Taming of the Shrew The Taming of the Shrew
[Off-Broadway]
2016 Shakespeare in the Park Production, 2016
Performer
Almost, Maine Almost, Maine
[Off-Broadway]
Transport Group Revival, 2014
Performer
Billy Elliot Billy Elliot
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2008
Dead Mum [Replacement]
Lesley [Replacement]
Ensemble [Replacement]
"Expressing Yourself" Dancer [Replacement]
Marcy In The Galaxy
[Off-Broadway]
Original Off-Broadway Production, 2008
Performer
Meet John Doe
[Chester, CT (Regional)]
World Premiere, 2006
Ann Mitchell
Flight of the Lawnchair Man
[New York]
New York Musical Theatre Festival Production, 2006
Gracie
Sweeney Todd Sweeney Todd
[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 2005
Pirelli
Flight of the Lawnchair Man
[Chester, CT (Regional)]
Goodspeed Production, 2005
Gracie
Harold and Maude
[Milburn, NJ (Regional)]
Paper Mill Production, 2005
Maria/Mourner/Nancy Mersch/Motorist #2/Sunshine/Moving Man #2
First Lady Suite
[Off-Off-Broadway]
Off-Off-Broadway Revival, 2004
Mary Gallagher
Flight of the Lawnchair Man
[New York]
Reading, 2003
Performer
My Life With Albertine
[Off-Broadway]
Original Off-Broadway Production, 2003
Grandmother/Francoise
Hollywood Arms
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2002
Older Helen
By Jeeves
[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 2001
Honoria Glossop
Bloomer Girl
[Off-Broadway]
Encores! Concert, 2001
Daisy
James Joyce's The Dead
[Broadway]
Broadway Transfer, 2000
Mary Jane Morkan [Replacement]
Miss Molly Ivors (Understudy)
Mary Jane Morkan (Understudy)
Reunion
[Off-Off-Broadway]
Original Off-Off-Broadway Production, 1999
Performer

Movies

My Secret Billionaire
[ 2011 ] Sandra
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
[ 2014 ] Broadway Lady
Downsizing
[ 2017 ] Leisureland Administrator
Yes, God, Yes
[ 2019 ] Mrs. Veda
Feel the Beat
[ 2020 ] Miss Barb

TV Shows

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Paula Proctor
Law & Order
Sergeant Angelyne Robinson
Submissions Only
Kim Gifford
Selected Shorts
Performer
The Perfect Couple
Nikki Henry
Batman: Caped Crusader
Leslie Thompkins
Selected Shorts
Performer
The Perfect Couple
Nikki Henry
Batman: Caped Crusader
Leslie Thompkins

Awards and Nominations


winner
Obie Awards - 2007 - Performance

Donna Lynne Champlin The Dark at the Top of the Stairs


winner
Obie Awards - 2007 - Performance

Donna Lynne ChamplinThe Dark at the Top of the Stairs

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Donna Lynne Champlin been in?

Donna Lynne Champlin has appeared on Broadway in 5 shows.

How many West End shows has Donna Lynne Champlin been in?

Donna Lynne Champlin has not appeared in the West End.

What awards has Donna Lynne Champlin been nominated for?

Performance (Obie Awards) for The Dark at the Top of the Stairs and Performance (Obie Awards) for The Dark at the Top of the Stairs.

What awards has Donna Lynne Champlin won?

Donna Lynne Champlin has won the Obie Award for Performance for her work in The Dark at the Top of the Stairs.

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