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Amanda Donohoe

(1962) Stage Actor United Kingdom

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Amanda Donohoe is a stage actor from the United Kingdom.

Quick Facts About Amanda Donohoe

Born: June 29, 1962
Nationality: United Kingdom
Profession: Stage Actor

About Amanda Donohoe

Amanda Donohoe is an English actress. She first came to public attention at age 16 for her relationship with pop singer Adam Ant, appearing in the music videos for the Adam and the Ants singles "Antmusic" (1980) and "Stand and Deliver" (1981) during their four-year relationship. After making her film debut in Foreign Body (1986), she co-starred in Castaway with Oliver Reed and starred in two films by Ken Russell: The Lair of the White Worm (1988) and The Rainbow (1989).

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film

Quotes by Amanda Donohoe

What I do for a living is re-create human emotion, and that's a pretty weird thing to do from nine till five.

Emotion

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At 50 you're more confident, more comfortable in your skin and you don't put up with nonsense, especially from men.

Comfortable

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I have no regrets about not having children. I still wait for the pang of guilt, but I have none. I tune…

About

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I don't like posh hotels. I like small, eclectic hotels, and luxury for me would mean really good company with good food…

Beautiful

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The worst hotels are any with a bad bed. I stayed in a hotel where they left cards telling me my enjoyment…

Any

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I've always loved my red wine, and when I'm not working I can open a bottle too many. I love to cook,…

Always

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If you build a career on being a beautiful young woman, that's going to be a short career. I have to establish…

Act

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It's either feast or famine, and that's the way it's been for as long as I can remember. I've spent my whole…

Actor

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I watch an awful lot of old Hollywood movies - I'll devour anything with Bette Davis or Joan Crawford. My absolute favourite…

Absolute

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My preferred environment is by the sea or somewhere rural. I don't want to be in a city, I don't want to…

Cities

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I have always been a huge fan of reggae music. I remember going to see Bob Marley And The Wailers at the…

Always

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Soaps are one of the few areas on TV that really embrace older women. In drama, there's this ridiculous invisibility for women…

Age

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Of course, like any woman, I look in the mirror and think, 'Oh, wouldn't I look better with a bit of Botox?'…

After

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That's the problem with soaps, of course. The stories never end. They can go on and on and on.

Course

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I loved living in Hollywood - and the weather there was just fantastic - but there is something about rural England, and…

About

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My sister is older than me and would often go off, so I grew up alone in a sense. I had to…

Adulthood

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Its either feast or famine, and thats the way its been for as long as I can remember. Ive spent my whole…

Actors

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People say to me 'You're a big Hollywood star', and I find it so funny. I still feel as though I'm the…

Ability

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I love my work - it's what I know how to do best.

Best

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I read, go for walks and I love to garden. My hands are such a mess. People think I should have movie…

Always

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I don't think atheism means one does not believe in a spiritual life. I think it means one does not follow the…

Atheism

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I think the joy of any soap opera is it is always there. You are allowed into this world for a little…

About

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My father worked for the Foreign Office, so he was away a lot of the time. We were a very volatile family.…

Adolescence

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Your roots, your family, your friends all become so much more important to you as you get older, especially if you are…

Family

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If all you're doing is making money, you have a luxurious but empty life.

Empty

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