Donna Lynne Champlin (born in Rochester, New York) is an actress from New York City. She is married to actor Andrew Arrow.[1][2][3][4]
Her burgeoning career began at the age of four, when she performed a tap solo in a local variety show. She participated in various lessons, theatre productions, and national, and international competitions throughout her childhood, in voice, piano, flute, theatre and dance.[1][2][4]
She went on to study at the Carnegie Mellon University and Oxford University. While still in college, she performed as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz with Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera.[1][5]
This was followed by taking 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]].[1][2][3][6]
Her awards include the aforementioned 2007 OBIE award, the Princess Grace Award, the title of National Tap Dance Champion four consecutive times, and she has received grants from the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, The Anna Sosenko Trust, and has received The Charlie Willard Memorial Grant.[1][4]
Her film and television credits include The Dark Half, the 2000 and 2006 Annual Tony Awards, The View, Law And Order, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, and Live with Regis and Kelly.[1][7]
Donna released a critically acclaimed solo album entitled Old Friends, performs a one-woman show entitled Finishing the Hat, and teaches acting at the Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Hartford, and New York University.[1][2]