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.
Life and career MacDonald was born in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. 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. The promo spots were taken over in May 2007 by Jeremy Harris.
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.... 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).
In 2013, MacDonald and Kate Johnston co-wrote and co-directed the film Tru Love, in which MacDonald also starred. The film won the Best Feature Film Audience Award at the Toronto Inside / Out Film Festival in 2014.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes1997Someone to LoveEx GirlfriendShort film1998Jack and JillJill1998Apocalypse: Caught in the Eye of the StormKerryVideo2002Time of the WolfAnna MacKenzie2002Undercover BrotherWendy Marshall2003Spinning BorisLisa2004Saint RalphEmma Walker2004VelmaShort film2005Love Is WorkCelia2007Monica Tepper2007Breakfast with ScotJoan2008Production OfficeJane2008Loving LorettaLilyShort film2008Toronto StoriesLowry2009At Home by Myself...With YouErin2009Saw VITara Abbott2009DoppelgangerLenny 'The Weasel'Short film2010Ninety-OneSimoneShort film2010Love Letter from an Open GraveMonaShort film2010Saw 3DTara Abbott2012Seven YearsSandraShort film2012Moving DayBrenda2012AttachmentsDavinaShort film2013Tru LoveTru Producer, co-director (with Kate Johnston), screenwriter 2013 Stormcloud Short film; producer2014SirenImpatient WomanShort film2017UnpluggedMomShort film2018Backstabbing for BeginnersReporter 2019PolaroidBird’s Mother2019Ring RingCarolShort film2019Business Ethics Fräulein Stumpf2026The BetrayersNina Semonovna
Television Year Title Role Notes1997DiabolikNaomi (voice)Episode: "Panther Uncaged"1998Earth: Final ConflictKatya PetrenkoEpisode: "If You Could Read My Mind"1999Mythic WarriorsLachesis (voice)Episode: "Damon and Pythias"1999Tales from the CryptkeeperMom (voice)Episode: "Monsters Ate My Homework"1999–2001These Arms of MineClaire MonroeRecurring role: 12 episodes2003Shattered City: The Halifax ExplosionDr. Barbara PaxtonTV film2003–2004Trailer Park BoysOfficer Erica MillerEpisodes: "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"2003–2005The BlobheadsKiki BarnesMain. 24 episodes.2004Yvonne"One of Us"2004While I Was GoneDetective GearyTV film2004Kevin HillDana GoyerEpisode: "Snack Daddy"2005This Is WonderlandJen BrooksEpisode: "208"2005Riding the Bus with My SisterNonaTV film2006ReGenesisHeather MichelleEpisode: "Dim & Dimmer"2006Puppets Who KillOphelia McCoyEpisode: "A Few Feuds"2006Angela's EyesErika BellEpisode: "Eyes for Windows"2006Sons of ButcherTammi (voice)Episode: "Handlin' the Bike"2006–2007Jeff Ltd.DorotaEpisodes: "Body by Jeff", "Some of My Best Friends Are Queer", "To Kill a Mocking Man", "The Auto-Fish 9000"2007Friends and HeroesJezebel / Lydia / Naomi (voice)6 episodes2007Mary HawkeEpisode: "Mommie Dearest"2008Life with DerekOlgaEpisode: "Driving Lessons"2008FlashpointRuth SkellarEpisode: "Who's George?"2008Paradise FallsGrace ColemanEpisodes: "Revelations", "Crash!" 2008Less Than KindCougarEpisode: "Fight and Flight – Part 2"2008TesteesAmyEpisodes: "Gas Pills", "Uber-Glued", "Project X"2009MargaretEpisode: "Lisa Says"2009Aaron StoneAmanda LandersRecurring role: 12 episodes2009–2010Being EricaMarjorieEpisodes: "Papa Can You Hear Me?", "Physician, Heal Thyself"2009–2011Majority Rules!Alana RichardsRecurring role: 11 episodes2010Republic of DoyleCharlotteEpisode: "The Return of the Grievous Angel"2010Turn the Beat AroundCynthiaTV film2010Harriet the Spy: Blog WarsViolettaTV film2010Warehouse 13Sutton HarrisEpisode: "Age Before Beauty"2010Lost GirlDean PerettiEpisode: "Oh Kappa, My Kappa"2010Nautica 5000 (voice)Episode: "20,000 VJ's Under the Sea"2011Janet AuchinclossEpisode: "The First Campaign"2011Salem FallsCarolTV film2011Covert AffairsEmmaEpisode: "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?"2012Murdoch MysteriesMrs. BillingsEpisode: "Murdoch of the Klondike"2012–2014Degrassi: The Next GenerationMrs. NovakEpisodes: "Got Your Money: Part 1", "Got Your Money: Part 2", "My Hero"2013CrackedDr. Vanessa CurrieEpisodes: "What We Can't See", "The Light in Black"2013Waterloo RoadYvonne HegartyEpisode: "Love Hurts"2013Hard Rock MedicalPippaEpisode: "Love, Labour, Loss"2013Saving HopeSheila BurkeEpisode: "Defense"2013Rookie BlueAudrey HardingEpisode: "Friday the 13th"2013Twelve Trees of ChristmasBetter GrevenTV film2013Kid's TownSue RedshawEpisodes: "Your File", "Reason to Stay"2014RemedyDetective ParkerEpisode: "Bad Blood"2014ReignHortenza de' MediciEpisode: "Higher Ground"2014Hemlock GroveDr. Galina Zhelezhnova-BurdukovskayaRecurring role: 9 episodes2014Karen WoodsEpisode: "I Can't Go Back"2014Midnight MasqueradeHelenTV film2015BittenLily BevelaquaEpisode: "Bad Dreams"2015 The PlateausYoung Nun #1Episode: "1.10"2015Lead With Your HeartCatherineTV film201611.22.63Jeanne de MohrenschildtEpisodes: "The Rabbit Hole"; "Other Voices, Other Rooms"; "Happy Birthday, Lee Harvey Oswald"2016Rogue AUSA Samantha PolleyEpisodes: "New Shooter", "Hardboiled", "Baggage" 2016Group HomeNancyTV film2016 A Nutcracker ChristmasSharonTV film2014RansomAlexis DuspleisEpisode: "Regeneration"2017 The Girlfriend ExperienceOliviaEpisode: "The List"2018–2019Little Dog Tammy MackeyRecurring role: 11 episodes2019CarterLorraineEpisode: "Harley Insisted On Wearing Pants"2022 Workin' MomsTina3 episodes
Video game Year Title Role Notes2016World of Warcraft: Legion Voice
See also List of female film and television directors List of LGBT-related films directed by women
References
External links
Shauna MacDonald at CBC Media Centre (2018)