Jocelin Donahue

Jocelin Donahue Biography

Jocelin Donahue (born November 8, 1981) is an American actress. She is best known for her lead role in Ti West's critically acclaimed horror film The House of the Devil, winning Best Actress at the 2009 LA Screamfest.

Early life

Donahue was born and raised in Bristol, Connecticut, and graduated from Bristol Central High School in 1999. After high school, she attended New York University, where she earned a degree in sociology.

Career

Donahue began her career in short films, appearing in several of them between 2006 and 2008. After a supporting role in the Western horror film The Burrowers (2008), Donahue was cast as the lead in The House of the Devil in 2009. She went on to play leading roles in The Last Godfather by Korean filmmaker Shim Hyung-rae, and in the independent film Live at the Foxes Den. In 2012 she appeared in The End of Love, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and worked with director Terrence Malick on Knight of Cups. She played a young version of Barbara Hershey's character in Insidious: Chapter 2, which was released in September 2013.

As a commercial actress, she has appeared in numerous national campaigns, including ads for Levi's, Zune, Vitamin Water, Apple, and Subway. In campaigns for Ketel One and Old Navy, she worked with directors David O. Russell and Roman Coppola.

She followed this with a role in the drama Live at the Foxes Den (2013), and had a small supporting part in Terrence Malick's experimental film Knight of Cups (2015) and had a lead role in the Crime Thriller film; "THE FRONTIER" directed by Oren Sha. She also appeared in the anthology horror film Holidays (2016), in a segment directed by Anthony Scott Burns.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Heartbreaker	Jessie	Short film
2007	Boundaries	Vanessa	Short film
2007	Masquerade	Young Woman	Short film
2007	Roman Candles	Wendy	Short film
2007	Not Another High School Show	Melissa	Television film
2008	Express 831	Star	Short film
2008	The Burrowers	Maryanne Stewart
2009	He's Just Not That Into You	Cute Girl
2009	The House of the Devil	Samantha Hughes	Screamfest Award for Best Actress
2010	Wes and Ella	Ella
2010	The Last Godfather	Nancy Bonfante
2011	Butterfinger the 13th	Betty	Short film
2012	The End of Love	Jocelin
2012	Free Samples	Paula
2013	Distant Places	Mia	Short film
2013	Insidious: Chapter 2	Young Lorraine
2013	Live at the Foxes Den	Kat
2014	The Crumb of It	May	Short film
2014	The Living	Molly
2014	Knight of Cups	Jocelin
2015	The Frontier	Laine
2015	Furious 7	Advisor
2015	Midnight Sex Run	Jennifer Peters
2016	Holidays	Carol
2016	Boomtown	Emma Turner
2016	Startup	Maddie Pierce

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