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Heather Donahue (born 22 December 1974 in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania) is an
American actress most famous for her role—under her real name—in the movie
The Blair Witch Project.
She also starred in Taken, the Steven Spielberg-produced miniseries based
around tales of alien abduction. Before landing her role in Blair Witch,
Donahue appeared in commercials for Steak n Shake restaurants
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Donahue graduated from Upper Darby High School (1991) and University of the
Arts (Philadelphia) (1995).
An unknown actress with experience in the theater and improv, Heather
Donahue jump-started her movie career as one of the three ill-fated
filmmakers in the 1999 horror sensation The Blair Witch Project. After
studying acting, doing theater in her hometown of Philadelphia, and
appearing on stage in London and New York, Donahue's improv skills were put
to unusual use in The Blair Witch Project. Cast as the pushy director of the
eponymous documentary, Donahue, along with costars Joshua Leonard and
Michael Williams, only received brief instructions from directors Eduardo
Sanchez and Daniel Myrick about what their character were to do, and took
turns wielding the film's 16mm and video cameras. Shot on a minute budget,
screened at midnight at the Sundance Film Festival, and inventively marketed
as a "real" documentary with an Internet site detailing the legend, The
Blair Witch Project became an unexpected summer blockbuster. The ultra-low
tech visual aesthetic, unseen terrors, and the cast's palpable -- and
occasionally genuine -- fear petrified audiences and spawned the almost-inevitable
comic parodies. Donahue's tear-stained, close-up apology/confessional in
particular inspired numerous take-offs. After her initial cinematic success,
Donahue returned to multiplex screens as part of the supporting cast in the
teen-targeted college romance Boys and Girls (2000). |
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