Donna Burke | |
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Years active | 1997–present [2] |
Spouse | Bill Benfield |
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Instrument(s) | Vocals |
Years active | 1987–present |
Labels | Dag Music |
Website | donnaburke |
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 .
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.
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.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2000 | Strange Dawn | Yuko Miyabe | [10] |
2002 | Voices of a Distant Star | Operator of the Lysithea | [11] |
2003 | Trip Trek | Catherine, Three Bee | [11] |
2004–present | Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha series | Raising Heart | [12] |
2010 | Little Charo 2 | Kanon | [13] |
2014–2017 | Fastening Days | Anna, Kelly (ep. 2) | [14] |
2016 | Princess Sesame | Queen | [12] |
Mainichi Kaasan | Grandmother | [12] |
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