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Shauna MacDonald | |
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Born | Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Occupation(s) | Actress, director, producer, writer, voice actor, radio announcer |
Years active | 1997–present |
Notable work |
Shauna MacDonald is a Canadian television and film actress, director, producer, writer, voice actor, and radio announcer. She became known for her role as the national continuity announcer for CBC Radio One. [1]
MacDonald was born in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. [2] She graduated from Dr. John Hugh Gillis Regional High School in Antigonish and later attended Montreal's McGill University, earning a degree in Russian and Slavic Studies.[ citation needed ]
She became known as the national continuity announcer for CBC Radio One, a role she held from the start of Radio One's 2004 summer season. With MacDonald's identity kept secret, the voice was quickly dubbed Promo Girl. MacDonald's identity was exposed by The Globe and Mail in 2005. [1] The promo spots were taken over in May 2007 by Steve Fletcher.
In the summer of 2005, Radio One ran a series of weekly "comedy-mysteries" starring MacDonald, along with other Radio One personalities, titled Promo Girl in The Mystery of.... [2] Short segments designed to highlight various CBC Radio programmes and the upcoming fall season were repeated a number of times each day, with prizes going to listeners who correctly solved the various clues or mysteries. The series was not completed due to a lockout of CBC employees that began in the late summer.[ citation needed ]
MacDonald has appeared in various Canadian series, including Trailer Park Boys (as Officer Erica Miller), These Arms of Mine (as Claire Monroe), and This Hour Has 22 Minutes (as a substitute newsreader), among other roles. In 2003 she starred in the two-part miniseries Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion . She has also appeared in an episode of Reign . MacDonald also played Tara in Saw VI , and reprised the role in Saw 3D .
She received a 2009 ACTRA Award nomination for Outstanding Performance – Female for her role as Lily in the short film Loving Loretta (2008). [3] [4]
In 2013, MacDonald and Kate Johnston co-wrote and co-directed the film Tru Love , in which MacDonald also starred. [5] The film won the Best Feature Film Audience Award at the Toronto Inside / Out Film Festival in 2014. [6]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1997 | Someone to Love | Ex Girlfriend | Short film |
1998 | Jack and Jill | Jill | |
1998 | Apocalypse: Caught in the Eye of the Storm | Kerry | Video |
2002 | Time of the Wolf | Anna MacKenzie | |
2002 | Undercover Brother | Wendy Marshall | |
2003 | Spinning Boris | Lisa | |
2004 | Saint Ralph | Emma Walker | |
2004 | The Porcelain Pussy | Velma | Short film |
2005 | Love Is Work | Celia | |
2007 | The Mad | Monica Tepper | |
2007 | Breakfast with Scot | Joan | |
2008 | Production Office | Jane | |
2008 | Loving Loretta | Lily | Short film [4] |
2008 | Toronto Stories | Lowry | |
2009 | At Home by Myself...With You [7] | Erin | |
2009 | Saw VI | Tara Abbott | |
2009 | Doppelganger | Lenny 'The Weasel | Short film |
2010 | Ninety-One | Simone | Short film |
2010 | Love Letter from an Open Grave | Mona | Short film |
2010 | Saw 3D | Tara Abbott | |
2012 | Seven Years | Sandra | Short film |
2012 | Moving Day | Brenda | |
2012 | Attachments | Davina | Short film |
2013 | Tru Love | Tru | Producer, co-director (with Kate Johnston), screenwriter |
2013 | Stormcloud | Short film; producer | |
2014 | Siren | Impatient Woman | Short film |
2017 | Unplugged | Mom | Short film |
2018 | Backstabbing for Beginners | Reporter | |
2019 | Polaroid | Bird’s Mother | |
2019 | Ring Ring | Carol | Short film |
2019 | Business Ethics | Fräulein Stumpf | |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1997 | Diabolik | Naomi (voice) | Episode: "Panther Uncaged" |
1998 | Earth: Final Conflict | Katya Petrenko | Episode: "If You Could Read My Mind" |
1999 | Mythic Warriors | Lachesis (voice) | Episode: "Damon and Pythias" |
1999 | Tales from the Cryptkeeper | Mom (voice) | Episode: "Monsters Ate My Homework" |
1999–2001 | These Arms of Mine | Claire Monroe | Recurring role: 12 episodes |
2003 | Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion | Dr. Barbara Paxton | TV film |
2003–2004 | Trailer Park Boys | Officer Erica Miller | Episodes: "Where in the Fuck Is Randy's Barbeque?", "The Delusions of Officer Jim Lahey", "A Shit Leopard Can't Change Its Spots", "A Man's Gotta Eat" |
2003–2005 | The Blobheads | Kiki Barnes | Main. 24 episodes. |
2004 | The Newsroom | Yvonne | "One of Us" |
2004 | While I Was Gone | Detective Geary | TV film |
2004 | Kevin Hill | Dana Goyer | Episode: "Snack Daddy" |
2005 | This Is Wonderland | Jen Brooks | Episode: "208" |
2005 | Riding the Bus with My Sister | Nona | TV film |
2006 | ReGenesis | Heather Michelle | Episode: "Dim & Dimmer" |
2006 | Puppets Who Kill | Ophelia McCoy | Episode: "A Few Feuds" |
2006 | Angela's Eyes | Erika Bell | Episode: "Eyes for Windows" |
2006 | Sons of Butcher | Tammi (voice) | Episode: "Handlin' the Bike" |
2006–2007 | Jeff Ltd. | Dorota | Episodes: "Body by Jeff", "Some of My Best Friends Are Queer", "To Kill a Mocking Man", "The Auto-Fish 9000" |
2007 | Friends and Heroes | Jezebel / Lydia / Naomi (voice) | 6 episodes |
2007 | The Best Years | Mary Hawke | Episode: "Mommie Dearest" |
2008 | Life with Derek | Olga | Episode: "Driving Lessons" |
2008 | Flashpoint | Ruth Skellar | Episode: "Who's George?" |
2008 | Paradise Falls | Grace Coleman | Episodes: "Revelations", "Crash!" |
2008 | Less Than Kind | Cougar | Episode: "Fight and Flight – Part 2" |
2008 | Testees | Amy | Episodes: "Gas Pills", "Uber-Glued", "Project X" |
2009 | The Listener | Margaret | Episode: "Lisa Says" |
2009 | Aaron Stone | Amanda Landers | Recurring role: 12 episodes |
2009–2010 | Being Erica | Marjorie | Episodes: "Papa Can You Hear Me?", "Physician, Heal Thyself" |
2009–2011 | Majority Rules! | Alana Richards | Recurring role: 11 episodes |
2010 | Republic of Doyle | Charlotte | Episode: "The Return of the Grievous Angel" |
2010 | Turn the Beat Around | Cynthia | TV film |
2010 | Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars | Violetta | TV film |
2010 | Warehouse 13 | Sutton Harris | Episode: "Age Before Beauty" |
2010 | Lost Girl | Dean Peretti | Episode: "Oh Kappa, My Kappa" |
2010 | The Dating Guy | Nautica 5000 (voice) | Episode: "20,000 VJ's Under the Sea" |
2011 | The Kennedys | Janet Auchincloss | Episode: "The First Campaign" |
2011 | Salem Falls | Carol | TV film |
2011 | Covert Affairs | Emma | Episode: "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" |
2012 | Murdoch Mysteries | Mrs. Billings | Episode: "Murdoch of the Klondike" |
2012–2014 | Degrassi: The Next Generation | Mrs. Novak | Episodes: "Got Your Money: Part 1", "Got Your Money: Part 2", "My Hero" |
2013 | Cracked | Dr. Vanessa Currie | Episodes: "What We Can't See", "The Light in Black" |
2013 | Waterloo Road | Yvonne Hegarty | Episode: "Love Hurts" |
2013 | Hard Rock Medical | Pippa | Episode: "Love, Labour, Loss" |
2013 | Saving Hope | Sheila Burke | Episode: "Defense" |
2013 | Rookie Blue | Audrey Harding | Episode: "Friday the 13th" |
2013 | Twelve Trees of Christmas | Better Greven | TV film |
2013 | Kid's Town | Sue Redshaw | Episodes: "Your File", "Reason to Stay" |
2014 | Remedy | Detective Parker | Episode: "Bad Blood" |
2014 | Reign | Hortenza de' Medici | Episode: "Higher Ground" |
2014 | Hemlock Grove | Dr. Galina Zhelezhnova-Burdukovskaya | Recurring role: 9 episodes |
2014 | The Divide | Karen Woods | Episode: "I Can't Go Back" |
2014 | Midnight Masquerade | Helen | TV film |
2015 | Bitten | Lily Bevelaqua | Episode: "Bad Dreams" |
2015 | The Plateaus | Young Nun #1 | Episode: "1.10" |
2015 | Lead With Your Heart | Catherine | TV film |
2016 | 11.22.63 | Jeanne de Mohrenschildt | Episodes: "The Rabbit Hole"; "Other Voices, Other Rooms"; "Happy Birthday, Lee Harvey Oswald" |
2016 | Rogue | AUSA Samantha Polley | Episodes: "New Shooter", "Hardboiled", "Baggage" |
2016 | Group Home | Nancy | TV film |
2016 | A Nutcracker Christmas | Sharon | TV film |
2014 | Ransom | Alexis Duspleis | Episode: "Regeneration" |
2017 | The Girlfriend Experience | Episode: "The List" | |
2018–2019 | Little Dog | Tammy Mackey | Recurring role: 11 episodes |
2019 | Carter | Lorraine | Episode: "Harley Insisted On Wearing Pants" |
2022 | Workin' Moms | Tina | 3 episodes |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2016 | World of Warcraft: Legion | Voice | |
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