Donna Burke

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Donna Burke
Born
Occupations
  • Voice actress
  • singer
  • narrator
  • businesswoman
Years active1997–present [2]
SpouseBill Benfield
Musical career
Genres
Instrument(s) Vocals
Years active1987–present
LabelsDag Music
Website donnaburke.com

Donna Burke is an Australian actress, singer, and businesswoman. She voiced Angela Orosco in Silent Hill 2 (2001), which is considered one of the greatest games ever made. She also voiced Claudia Wolf in Silent Hill 3 (2003), and has performed songs for the video game series Metal Gear and Final Fantasy .

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Biography

Burke graduated from Edith Cowan University. Her education included "operatic voice, speech and drama" [3] and she received classical voice training for ten years. [4]

From 1989 to 1995, Burke taught Media, English and Religious Education to senior students at Chisholm Catholic College. She moved to Japan in 1996 and initially worked as a teacher of English before obtaining some recording work. [3] [5]

Burke married Bill Benfield,[ when? ] a British former teacher. In 2004, Burke and Benfield started a record label, Dagmusic, which catered for foreign artists. Burke released her debut album, Lost and Found, through Dagmusic. [3] [6] [7]

Burke has worked as a freelance announcer at NHK since 1999. She is also the lyricist for numerous Japanese TV commercials, anime songs and J-pop group tunes.

Burke created Hotteeze in 2004, [8] a company she created to export Japanese heat pads worldwide.

Voice work

Burke's voice has been used in Japan since 2005 for announcements on the Tokaido, Sanyo, and Kyushu Shinkansen bullet train system. [9] Her voice is also used in Narita Airport Delta lounges and in English language guidance for the Emperor Showa Memorial Museum.[ citation needed ]

In 2007,[ citation needed ] Burke narrated a documentary titled Climate in Crisis - Part 1, which won the 2007 silver medal for Environment/Ecology at the New York Television Festival and the 2007 Earth Vision Award at the Tokyo Global Environmental Film Festival.

Filmography

Anime

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000 Strange Dawn Yuko Miyabe [10]
2002 Voices of a Distant Star Operator of the Lysithea [11]
2003Trip TrekCatherine, Three Bee [11]
2004–present Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha seriesRaising Heart [12]
2010Little Charo 2Kanon [13]
2014–2017Fastening DaysAnna, Kelly (ep. 2) [14]
2016Princess SesameQueen [12]
Mainichi Kaasan Grandmother [12]

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000 Shenmue Others
2001 Silent Hill 2 Angela Orosco [12]
2001 Virtua Fighter 4 Vanessa Lewis [2]
2002 Shenmue II Additional VoicesPC, PS4, Xbox, Xbox One versions
2003 Silent Hill 3 Claudia Wolf Original release only [11]
2003 Dino Crisis 3 Sonya HartMotion capture
2003 F-Zero GX Mrs. Arrow [11]
2003 Boktai: The Sun Is in Your Hand Hel [11]
2003 Bloody Roar 4 UranusCredited as Donnna Burke [11]
2004 Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Storytelling Narrator [12]
2004 Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django Lady, Dvalinn [11]
2004 Rumble Roses Anesthesia / Dr. Cutter [11]
2005 Virtua Quest Vanessa Lewis [2] [15]
2006 Let's Go Jungle!: Lost on the Island of Spice Norah [12]
2007 Lunar Knights Ursula [11]
2008 Cooking Mama: World Kitchen Boy, Maylee [11]
2010 Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's Portable: The Battle of Aces Raising Heart
2011 Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's Portable: The Gears of Destiny Raising Heart
2012 Lumines Electronic Symphony Announcer [16]
2012 Diabolical Pitch Christina [17]
2014 Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes iDROID [11]
2015 Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain iDROID [11]
2016 NightCry Jessica, Angie, Maria, Kelly [18]
2016 Let It Die Various [12]
2017 Arms Dr. Coyle [19]
2018 Fitness Boxing Laura [20]
2019Homestar VR Special EditionNarrator [21]
2020 Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Remastered Edition Narrator
2020Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm and ExerciseLaura [12]

Solo discography

Other discography

Lyricist

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