JANE EYRE. THE GATE.

TALKING TO TERRORISTS. THE SAMUEL BECKETT.

THE BACCHAE OF BAGHDAD. THE ABBEY.

"Ray Yeates reprises his role in this production, almost years on from his first with Bolger. He is strongly accompanied by Fionnuala Gygax and Donna Anita Nikolaisen, who play various roles, believably occupying the space of a cocky drug dealer one moment, an immigrant the next."

Conor Capllis, THE IRISH TIMES

 4/5

"In the opening scene we meet four of the five characters, one or two spatting already. ‘Fat’ Hanna (impressive Leah Rossiter) gets in an argument with Ellen (Fiona Keenan O’ Brien) over who caught the cook’s eye. The air turns blue but Judith, a natural leader and excellently played by Donna Anita Nikolaisen, sorts them out."

THE BELFAST TIMES

“In a delicate exchange between the bright mannered Hickey and Nikolaisen, radiant with sincerity, the elderly character tells a new arrival about the psychology of accruing heirlooms, by which they “try and stop time by hording things”.”

Peter Crawley, THE IRISH TIMES

FILM/TV

SEPTEMBER SAYS

SWEETNESS IN THE BELLY

CHRISTMAS AT CASTLE HART

CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS

KIN

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bio

Donna Anita Quinn is an Irish Caribbean stage and screen actor. She played the roles of Martin, Wafaa and Nathan in Dermot Bolger’s play ‘Home, Boys, Home’ as part of the 2024 Dublin Theatre Festival. Before that she played the lead role of Judith Noone in Jaki McCarrick’s 2024 Irish premiere of the play ‘Belfast Girls’, which ran in The Táin, The Lyric, The Droichead and The Solstice.

Her breakthrough role came as Zambian nurse Ama Chisenga in RTE’s ‘Fair City’. She went on to play roles in ‘KIN’, ‘The South Westerlies’ and ‘Nova Jones’. Recent film credits include ‘September Says’, ‘Sweetness in the Belly’ and ‘Christmas at Castle Hart’. At the 2018 Dublin Underground Cinema Festival she won Best Supporting Actor for her role as Ali in the award winning short ‘QED’. Donna is represented by Alex Cusack Management and Voice Bank.

A bit about me

Born in Dublin I was raised in Cork and from an early age the stage called to me. My debut performance was a student showcase with The Monfort School of Performing Arts at Cork Cat Club. Around this time I also sang regularly at our local church folk group.

After graduating from UCC with a degree in business I moved to Dublin and worked in the IT industry for a number of years, which lead me to set up my own business: Visual Aspects. During this time I began training my voice at Bel Canto School of Voice, Waltons School of Music and attended The Focus Theatre Stanislavsky Studio.

Early roles include Margaret in ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ with The Dublin Shakespeare Society and Bloody Mary in The Pioneer Society’s ‘South Pacific’. I then started to attend The Attic Studio in Filmbase where I met and worked with so many young actors. From this springboard I began my acting career. My goal is to continue developing my craft through inspiring roles and working with creative people.