Donna Lynne Champlin (born January 21, 1971) is an American actress,
dancer and singer from New York City. She is best known for playing
Paula Proctor on The CW comedy-drama series Crazy
Ex-Girlfriend.Champlin was born in Rochester, New York, to a technical
writer mother and a scientist father. She participated in various
lessons, theatre productions, and national and international
competitions throughout her childhood, in voice, piano, flute, theatre
and dance.Champlin went on to study musical theatre at Carnegie Mellon
University, graduating with her BFA in 1993, and studied abroad as a
1992 Advanced Acting Scholar in Shakespeare and Chekhov at the
University of Oxford. In 1992 she won the Princess Grace Foundation
Award in Theatre. While still in college, she performed as Dorothy in
The Wizard of Oz with Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera.
dancer and singer from New York City. She is best known for playing
Paula Proctor on The CW comedy-drama series Crazy
Ex-Girlfriend.Champlin was born in Rochester, New York, to a technical
writer mother and a scientist father. She participated in various
lessons, theatre productions, and national and international
competitions throughout her childhood, in voice, piano, flute, theatre
and dance.Champlin went on to study musical theatre at Carnegie Mellon
University, graduating with her BFA in 1993, and studied abroad as a
1992 Advanced Acting Scholar in Shakespeare and Chekhov at the
University of Oxford. In 1992 she won the Princess Grace Foundation
Award in Theatre. While still in college, she performed as Dorothy in
The Wizard of Oz with Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera.
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