Shauna MacDonald (Canadian actress)

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]

Not to be confused with Shauna Macdonald (Scottish actress).
Shauna MacDonald
MacDonald in 2014
Born
Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
Occupation(s)Actress, director, producer, writer, voice actor, radio announcer
Years active1997–present
Notable work

Life and career

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.

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.

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]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
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

Television
Year Title Role Notes
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

Video game
Year Title Role Notes
2016 World of Warcraft: Legion Voice

See also

References
  1. MacDonald, Gayle (March 3, 2005). "CBC's sexy-voiced Promo Girl reveals all to The Globe". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  2. MacDonald, Gayle (25 June 2005). "Promo Girl to the rescue . . . of Peter Mansbridge???". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  3. "The ACTRA Awards in Toronto – 2009 Nominees Announced" (PDF). ACTRA. January 27, 2009. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  4. Sumi, Glenn (May 13, 2009). "Hogtown Homos". NOW Toronto. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  5. Williams, Ken (21 May 2014). "FilmOut: Shauna MacDonald wears four hats in "Tru Love"". San Diego LGBT News. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  6. "Sunshine Coast Pride Film Night Presents Tru Love". The Local Weekly. 25 June 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  7. Anderson, Jason (5 March 2010). "At Home By Myself ... With You: Actors shine in Canadian rom-com". The Star. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
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