Donna Burke

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Born
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia[1]
Occupations
  • Voice actress
  • singer
  • narrator
  • businesswoman
Yearsactive1997–present[2]
SpouseBill Benfield
Donna Burke
Born
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia[1]
Occupations
  • Voice actress
  • singer
  • narrator
  • businesswoman
Years active1997–present[2]
SpouseBill Benfield
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentVocals
Years active1987–present
LabelDag Music
Websitedonnaburke.com

Donna Burke (born 1964[3]) is an Australian actress, singer, and businesswoman. She primarily voices characters in anime and video games including Angela Orosco in Silent Hill 2 (2001), Claudia Wolf in Silent Hill 3 (2003), and has performed songs for the Metal Gear and Final Fantasy video game series.

Burke graduated from Edith Cowan University. Her education included "operatic voice, speech and drama"[4] and she received classical voice training for ten years.[5]

From 1989 to 1995, Burke taught Media, English and Religious Education to senior students at Chisholm Catholic College. She moved to Japan in 1996 and initially worked as a teacher of English before obtaining some recording work.[4][6]

Burke married Bill Benfield,[when?] a British former teacher. In 2004, Burke and Benfield started a record label, Dagmusic, which catered for foreign artists. Burke released her debut album, Lost and Found, through Dagmusic.[4][7][8]

Burke has worked as a freelance announcer at NHK since 1999. She is also the lyricist for numerous Japanese TV commercials, anime songs and J-pop group tunes.

Burke created Hotteeze in 2004,[9] a company she created to export Japanese heat pads worldwide.

Voice work

Burke's voice has been used in Japan since 2005 for announcements on the Tokaido, Sanyo, and Kyushu Shinkansen bullet train system.[10] Her voice is also used in Narita Airport Delta lounges and in English language guidance for the Emperor Showa Memorial Museum.[citation needed]

In 2007,[citation needed] Burke narrated a documentary titled Climate in Crisis - Part 1, which won the 2007 silver medal for Environment/Ecology at the New York Television Festival and the 2007 Earth Vision Award at the Tokyo Global Environmental Film Festival.

Filmography

Anime

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000Strange DawnYuko Miyabe[11]
2002Voices of a Distant StarOperator of the Lysithea[12]
2003Trip TrekCatherine, Three Bee[12]
2004–2018Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha seriesRaising Heart[13]
2010Little Charo 2Kanon[14]
2014–2017Fastening DaysAnna, Kelly (ep. 2)[15]
2016Princess SesameQueen[13]
Mainichi KaasanGrandmother[13]

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000ShenmueOthers
2001Silent Hill 2Angela Orosco[13]
2001Virtua Fighter 4Vanessa Lewis[2]
2002Shenmue IIAdditional VoicesPC, PS4, Xbox, Xbox One versions
2003Silent Hill 3Claudia WolfOriginal release only[12]
2003Dino Crisis 3Sonya HartMotion capture
2003F-Zero GXMrs. Arrow[12]
2003Boktai: The Sun Is in Your HandHel[12]
2003Bloody Roar 4UranusCredited as Donnna Burke[12]
2004Final Fantasy Crystal ChroniclesStorytelling Narrator[13]
2004Boktai 2: Solar Boy DjangoLady, Dvalinn[12]
2004Rumble RosesAnesthesia / Dr. Cutter[12]
2005Virtua QuestVanessa Lewis[2][16]
2006Let's Go Jungle!: Lost on the Island of SpiceNorah[13]
2007Lunar KnightsUrsula[12]
2008Cooking Mama: World KitchenBoy, Maylee[12]
2010Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's Portable: The Battle of AcesRaising Heart
2011Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's Portable: The Gears of DestinyRaising Heart
2012Lumines Electronic SymphonyAnnouncer[17]
2012Diabolical PitchChristina[18]
2014Metal Gear Solid V: Ground ZeroesiDROID[12]
2015Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom PainiDROID[12]
2016NightCryJessica, Angie, Maria, Kelly[19]
2016Let It DieVarious[13]
2017ArmsDr. Coyle[20]
2018Fitness BoxingLaura[21]
2019Homestar VR Special EditionNarrator[22]
2020Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Remastered EditionNarrator
2020Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm and ExerciseLaura[13]
2021Phantasy Star Online 2: New GenesisSystem Voice[23]
2024EvotinctionAnnabel[24]

Solo discography

  • Lost and Found (with Bill Benfield) (2000)[8]
  • Éirí na Gréine (2001)
  • Donna Burke with the David Silverman Quartet (2002)
  • Goodbye Nakamura EP (2004)
  • Blue Nights (1 June 2005)[25]

Other discography

Lyricist

References

External links

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