DONNA STEELE
AEA
5’8” 160 lbs. lt.brown/ gray highlights hair, blue eyes c: 630.945.0052
COMMERCIAL/VOICEOVER FILM______
Nudexta Dementia Patient
Colchrys Grandma Uncle John Dawn
Indiana Grand Casino Grandma Reversal Anne (BMA Best Actress Nominee)
Accenture Executive Three Down Mother
ConAgra Industrial Housewife Never Have I Ever Mother
Amerifirst Mortgage Mom A Child Lies Here Barbara
Ariad Doctor The “Z” Word Customer
Awana Announcer Go Cart Narrator
Hilton Garden Inn Breakfast Server
Hallmark.com Grandma
Centegra Gardner
Cricket Farmers wife
Karmel Living Announcer
Rotary International Announcer
THEATRE
Mrs. Dubose To Kill a Mockingbird Oak Park Festival Theatre
Veronica Veronica’s Room Steel Beam Theatre
Kate Geezers Redtwist Theatre (world premiere)
Lily 6 Dance Lessons in 6 Weeks Steel Beam Theatre
Delia Bedroom Farce Eclipse Theatre (dir. Nick Sandys)
Ann (US 1 performance) Seascape Oak Park Festival Theatre
Marguerite/Gypsy(US) Camino Real Goodman Theatre(dir. Calixto Bieito)
Lady (US) Superior Donuts Steppenwolf (dir. Tina Landau)
Anne(US 3 performances) Under the Blue Sky Steep Theatre
Amanda The Glass Menagerie Steel Beam Theatre
Mrs. Morehead The Women Circle Theatre
Ann Later Life Steel Beam Theatre
Mrs. Rogers The Au Pair Man Steel Beam Theatre
Ann(US) At Home at the Zoo Victory Gardens (dir. Dennis Zacek) Sheila/Betty (US 2perf) Guide for the Perplexed Victory Gardens (dir. Sandy Shinner)
Sheree Dixie Swim Club Steel Beam Theatre
Madame Arcati Blithe Spirit Steel Beam Theatre
Sister Aloysius Doubt Steel Beam Theatre
Shirley Shirley Valentine Steel Beam Theatre
Duchess of York Richard III First Folio Shakespeare
Doris Same Time, Next Year & sequel Steel Beam Theatre
Linda Death of a Salesman Steel Beam Theatre
Martha Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Steel Beam Theatre
Ensemble Vagina Monologues Metropolis
Charlotte Moon Over Buffalo Steel Beam Theatre
Female role Twigs Steel Beam Theatre
TRAINING: MFA Acting, Southern Methodist University; B.S., M.A. Theatre, Northwestern University. Private study with Alvina Krause, Catherine Head, Bob Mason, Adam Belcuore
SPECIAL SKILLS: excellent piano; beginning accordion; British, Cockney, Irish, French, German, New York, Southern dialects; tennis, swimming, bowling, biking.