Lily Donoghue

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Lily Donoghue

Lily Marie Donoghue (born January 19, 1998) is an American actress best known for her roles as Marty Coolidge in the Blumhouse horror film Black Christmas (2019), and Lisa Crowne in the Amazon Prime series Daisy Jones & the Six (2023).

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Donoghue in 2016
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Lily Marie Donoghue

(1998-01-19) 19 January 1998 (age 27)
OccupationActress
Years active2016–present
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Early life and athletics

Donoghue was born in Stamford, Connecticut to Michael and Dawn Ann (née Lally) Donoghue,[1][2] and was raised in Sarasota, Florida. She has a twin brother, Liam. In her younger years before acting, Donoghue competed as an award-winning national rower for the Sarasota Crew[3] and as a swimmer in the Junior Olympics.[4]

Career

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In 2017, Donoghue guest starred in the AMC network series Halt and Catch Fire. From 2017 to 2019 she made guest appearances in Grey's Anatomy, The Goldbergs and Jane the Virgin. After filming Grey's Anatomy, Ellen Pompeo became a mentor to Donoghue.[5]

It was reported in 2018 that Donoghue had been cast in season 2 of the Netflix streaming series Dirty John as Tracy Broderick, a character based on Betty Broderick's daughter, Kim Broderick[6] alongside Christian Slater and Amanda Peet.[7] On August 1, 2018, it was announced that Donoghue would lead the Hulu drama pilot, Less Than Zero, alongside Austin Abrams and Cooper Koch, which was an adaptation of Brett Easton Ellis's novel of the same name.[8]

Donoghue made her feature film debut in 2019 portraying Marty Coolidge in Sophia Takal's Black Christmas reboot with a cast including Imogen Poots, Aleyse Shannon, Brittany O'Grady and Cary Elwes. She has revealed that all four of the primary female leads auditioned for the main role of Riley Stone, which eventually went to Poots.[9][10] In 2021, she appeared in the independent film Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets.

In 2023, Donoghue guest starred as Lisa Crowne, Where she played a movie star who marries one of the band members of The Six in the Amazon Prime Video streaming drama series Daisy Jones & the Six.[5]

Filmography

Film

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2016 Dark Night Lily
2019 Black Christmas Marty Coolidge
2021 Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets Jorie
TBA You're Dating a Narcissist! Chloe
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Television

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2017 Halt and Catch Fire Vanessa 3 episodes
2017-2018 The Goldbergs Jamie Weisman 3 episodes
2018 Grey's Anatomy Young Jo / Brooke Wilson 1 episode
Less Than Zero (pilot) Blair unreleased
2019 Jane the Virgin Young Brenda 3 episodes
2020 Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story Tracy Broderick 7 episodes
2023 Daisy Jones & the Six Lisa Crowne 2 episodes
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