Donna Anita Nikolaisen is an Irish actor and voice over artist. Her stage credits include the lead role of ‘Judith Noone’ in the 2024 Irish premiere of award-winning play Belfast Girls, by Jaki McCarrick. Her TV credits include ‘Lucy’ in RTE’s The South Westerlies, ‘Francis Frond’ in cBBC’s Nova Jones and ‘Ama Chisenga’ in RTE’s Fair City. Film credits include the role of ‘Grace Ture’ in Sweetness in the Belly, ‘Paige Monaghan’ in Hallmark’s Christmas at Castle Hart and ‘Ali’ in award-winning short film QED, where she won Best Supporting Actor at the Dublin Underground Cinema Festival 2018.
Donna plays the lead role of ‘Judith Noone’ in the Irish premiere of award-winning play Belfast Girls by Jaki McCarrick. Directed by Anna Simpson from Quintessence Theatre Belfast Girls opened in January 2024 at The Táin (Dundalk) and transferred to The Lyric (Belfast), The Droichead (Drogheda) and The Solstice (Navan).
Donna is an Irish voice over artist who has voiced roles for animation, video games, audiobooks, radio plays and commercials. She voices the role of ‘Mum’ in Cartoon Saloon’s pre-school animation ‘Silly Sundays’, currently viewable on Cartoonito worldwide.
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