Kether Donohue is an American actress. She is known for her role as Lindsay on You're the Worst,[1] as a cappella leader Alice in Pitch Perfect, and as the exocomp Peanut Hamper on Star Trek: Lower Decks.[2][3]

Kether Donohue
Donohue at the series premieres of You're the Worst and Married in July 2014
Other namesKether Fernandez
Annice Moriarty
OccupationActress
Years active1997–present

Early life

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Donohue grew up in the Lower East Side neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City,[2] and went to a performing arts high school.[4]

Donohue studied at the Anthony Meindl Acting Center.[5] In 2008, she graduated from Fordham University where she was a communication and media studies major with a concentration in film.[6]

Career

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Donohue is known for the voices of Lily on Kappa Mikey,[7][8] Kiki Benjamin on Mew Mew Power, Angela Rains on Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, and Zoe and Chomp on Dinosaur King. Donohue was also featured in the video for "Coder Girl" by Dale Chase.

In January 2016, Donohue appeared in the role of Jan in the Fox presentation of Grease Live.[9]

She received a Critics' Choice Television Award nomination in December 2015 for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role in the FX/FXX series You're the Worst.[10]

Personal life

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Donohue's first name came from an angel name book, and means “Crown" in Hebrew.[2]

Filmography

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Live-action

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List of acting performances in film and television
Year Title Role Notes Source
2005 Hope & Faith Madison Melville
2007 Over the GW Sofia Serra
2008 Late Night with Conan O'Brien Pregnant Intern
2009 Aaron Bacon Carrie Bacon
2009 New York Lately Pam
2009 An Old Hope Brenda Applegate
2009 Royal Pains Ali
2010 Boy Wonder Lizzy
2012 Altered States of Plaine Violet
2012 The Bay Donna Thompson
2012 The Mindy Project Restaurant's Maitre D
2012 Pitch Perfect Alice
2012 Ringer Waitress
2013 High Maintenance Annie
2014 - 2019 You're the Worst Lindsay Jillian main cast
2015 Pitch Perfect 2 Legacy Bella
2016 Collar Debbie
2016 Grease Live Jan
2016 Opening Night Eileen
2018 Champions Denise
2018 The Guest Book Tara
2018 LA to Vegas Meghan
2019 You Tina
2020 B Positive Gabby
2020 Royalties Sara

Voice roles

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List of voice performances in film and animation
Year Title Role Notes Source
1997 The King of Braves GaoGaiGar Reiko Komori As Annice Moriarty
1999 Magical Doremi Mirabelle Haywood As Annice Moriarty
2002 The Boy Who Wanted To Be A Bear Young She-Bear As Kether Fernandez
2002 Mew Mew Power Kiki Benjamin
2002 Piano: The Melody of a Young Girl's Heart Shinohara
2004 Midori Days Midori Kusagano As Kether Fernandez
2004 Munto 2 Arine, Suzume Imamura As Annice Moriarty
2005 Negadon: The Monster from Mars Emi Narisaki As Annice Moriarty
2005–2006 Ah! My Goddess Skuld As Annice Moriarty
2006 Ellen's Acres Ms. Flomens, Mrs. MacStinger, Mrs. Steele, Lydia Galentine As Annice Moriarty
2006–2008 Kappa Mikey Lily, Ethel As Annice Moriarty [8][7]
2006 Winx Club Hecate, Tressa 4Kids dub
2006 Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters Young pigtailed African-American girl Episode: "Eye of the Storm"
2007 Dinosaur King Zoe Drake, Chomp As Annice Moriarty
2007 Let's Go! Tamagotchi Makiko As Annice Moriarty
2008 GoGoRiki Rosariki, additional voices
2008 Joe vs. Joe Yu
2008–2009 Three Delivery Eunice As Annice Moriarty
2009–2010 Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl Candice, additional voices
2009 Kurokami the Animation Makana
2009–2011 Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Angela Raines
2010 Hareport Cookie, Crow Sister #1, additional voices
2010 Slayers Evolution-R Yappi
2016–2017 All Hail King Julien Brosalind, April
2017 Sunny Day Sara
2019 American Dad! Chloe, Trench Woman
2019–2020 Elena of Avalor Flo
2020–2023 Star Trek: Lower Decks Ensign Peanut Hamper 6 episodes
2021-2022 Birdgirl Gillian
2021 Robot Chicken Party Store Vendor
2021-2022 Tuca & Bertie Additional voices

References

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  1. ^ Strassberg, Rebecca (September 8, 2015). "How 20 Years of Auditioning Led Kether Donohue to 'You're the Worst'". Backstage. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Kether Donohue On Voice Acting, Pitch Perfect, and Her New FX Comedy 'You're The Worst'". Toon Zone. July 16, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  3. ^ Collis, Clark (June 17, 2016). "'You're the Worst': Lindsay to get 'dark and twisted' in new season". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  4. ^ McHenry, Jackson (June 14, 2016). "Kether Donohue on Standing Out in You're the Worst, Learning to Dance on Grease: Live!, and Doing Anime Voice-over Work". Vulture. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  5. ^ Wigler, Josh (July 21, 2014). "Kether Donohue Bruises and Abuses on FX's 'You're the Worst'". Spinoff Online. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  6. ^ Venturanza, Ramona (September 4, 2015). "Alumna Returns for Second Season of "You're the Worst"". Fordham Observer. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  7. ^ a b Perlmutter, David (May 4, 2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781538103746.
  8. ^ a b "UPROXX 20: Kether Donohue Of 'You're The Worst' Will Always Choose Beer Over A Fancy Cocktail". July 14, 2014.
  9. ^ Bentley, Jean (September 30, 2015). "Meet the New Pink Ladies: Grease: Live Cast Keeps Getting Even More Amazing With Carly Rae Jepsen!". E! Online. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  10. ^ Appelo, Tim (June 24, 2015). "Emmy Breakout Kether Donohue on 'You're the Worst' Breasts, Cocaine and Bad Romance: Watch Her #selfieinterview (Video)". TheWrap. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
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