Amanda Donohoe is an English film and television actress.
The daughter of Joan and Ted Donohoe, antique dealers. She left home at 16, and she was accepted at the Central School of Speech and Drama. In the late 1980s, she decided to move to Los Angeles.
Donohoe first came to attention of the worldwide audience in 1986, when she was cast opposite Oliver Reed as Lucy Irvine in Nicolas Roeg's Castaway.
Donohoe appeared in L.A. Law for 2 seasons. More recently Donohoe has worked in Liar, Murder City, Bad Girls and a guest appearance in Ally McBeal. Donohoe joined the cast of ITV soap Emmerdale.