Donna Anita Nikolaisen
Also Known As: Donna Anita Quinn
Biography: Donna Anita Nikolaisen is an Irish stage and screen actor. She trained through LAMDA at Montfort College of Performing Arts, attended The Focus Theatre Stanislavsky Studio and trained vocally at Bel Canto School of Voice. She won Best Supporting Actor at the Underground Cinema Festival for her role in the award winning short QED. Her film credits include: Hallmark's Christmas at Castle Hart, Sweetness in the Belly and The Last Right. Her TV credits include: Conversation with Friends, Nova Jones, The South Westerlies, Blood and Fair City. Her theatre credits include: Tea Chests and Dreams (The Axis), No Irish No Blacks No Dogs (The New Theatre), Jane Eyre (The Gate), Talking to Terrorists (The Samuel Beckett) and The Bacchae of Baghdad (The Abbey). As a voice over artist Donna has voiced radio plays, narrated TV documentaries: Ireland's Refugee Hotel (BBC/TV3) and The Story of Water (Virgin Media) and narrated audio books including the audio book for award winning novel Strange Flowers by Donal Ryan. She is currently (2022) voicing a main character in an animation scheduled for release in 2023.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
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Christmas at Castle Hart
Overview: Brooke Bennett goes to Ireland for Christmas to search for her Irish roots. While there, she meets Aiden Hart, Earl of Glaslough. Mistaken for an elite event planner, she’s hired to host his castle’s epic Christmas party.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-11-27
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Royally Ever After
Overview: Sara's dream of finding the perfect mate is realized when boyfriend Daniel proposes marriage, but there is one tiny hitch. It turns out he is the real-life prince of a small European monarchy, and his marriage requires the approval of his royal parents. Commoner Sara will have to do more than simply impress the in-laws-to-be. If she wants to become Daniel’s wife, she’ll have to prove she’s got all the makings of an honest-to-goodness princess.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-05-19
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The Last Right
Overview: Daniel Murphy is lumbered with a corpse that has the same last name as his, who dies on his flight from Boston to County Cork. Travelling back to Ireland to attend his mother’s funeral, Daniel also checks on his autistic brother. What follows is an unconventional road trip with his brother and the mortuary assistant as they take the coffin from Clonakilty to Rathlin Island.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-12-06
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Sweetness in the Belly
Overview: Orphaned in Africa as a child, Lilly escapes to England as a refugee, fleeing civil war in Ethiopia. Lost in this cold new world, Lilly embraces the immigrant community in London, attempting to reunite people with their scattered families. But as her friend Amina discovers, Lilly's mission isn't purely selfless: a passionate lost love affair is revealed.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-09-06
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September Says
Overview: Sisters September and July share an intense bond, speaking in a secret language and keeping the outside world at a distance. After September is suspended from school, their mother brings them to a remote house on the Irish coast—where July begins to resist her sister’s increasingly sadistic control.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-02-19
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The Blaxorcist
Overview: A black priest who has lost his soul many years ago is called upon to perform an exorcism on a young white girl whose soul has been possessed by soul music.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-08-24
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Mebollix
Overview: A man has a nightmare journey home following a vasectomy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-07-15
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Hotel Darklight
Overview: Ten horror tales about the strange and sinister goings-on in the Hotel Darklight.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-10-10
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