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Donna Burke

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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
LabelsDag Music
Websitedonnaburke.com

Donna Burke (born 1964[3]) is an Australian actress, singer, and businesswoman. She voiced Angela Orosco in Silent Hill 2 (2001), which is considered one of the greatest games ever made. She also voiced Claudia Wolf in Silent Hill 3 (2003), and has performed songs for the Metal Gear and Final Fantasy video game series.

Biography

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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

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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

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Anime

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Year Title Role Notes
2000 Strange Dawn Yuko Miyabe [11]
2002 Voices of a Distant Star Operator of the Lysithea [12]
2003 Trip Trek Catherine, Three Bee [12]
2004–present Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha series Raising Heart [13]
2010 Little Charo 2 Kanon [14]
2014–2017 Fastening Days Anna, Kelly (ep. 2) [15]
2016 Princess Sesame Queen [13]
Mainichi Kaasan Grandmother [13]

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
2000 Shenmue Others
2001 Silent Hill 2 Angela Orosco [13]
2001 Virtua Fighter 4 Vanessa Lewis [2]
2002 Shenmue II Additional Voices PC, PS4, Xbox, Xbox One versions
2003 Silent Hill 3 Claudia Wolf Original release only[12]
2003 Dino Crisis 3 Sonya Hart Motion capture
2003 F-Zero GX Mrs. Arrow [12]
2003 Boktai: The Sun Is in Your Hand Hel [12]
2003 Bloody Roar 4 Uranus Credited as Donnna Burke[12]
2004 Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Storytelling Narrator [13]
2004 Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django Lady, Dvalinn [12]
2004 Rumble Roses Anesthesia / Dr. Cutter [12]
2005 Virtua Quest Vanessa Lewis [2][16]
2006 Let's Go Jungle!: Lost on the Island of Spice Norah [13]
2007 Lunar Knights Ursula [12]
2008 Cooking Mama: World Kitchen Boy, Maylee [12]
2010 Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's Portable: The Battle of Aces Raising Heart
2011 Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's Portable: The Gears of Destiny Raising Heart
2012 Lumines Electronic Symphony Announcer [17]
2012 Diabolical Pitch Christina [18]
2014 Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes iDROID [12]
2015 Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain iDROID [12]
2016 NightCry Jessica, Angie, Maria, Kelly [19]
2016 Let It Die Various [13]
2017 Arms Dr. Coyle [20]
2018 Fitness Boxing Laura [21]
2019 Homestar VR Special Edition Narrator [22]
2020 Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Remastered Edition Narrator
2020 Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm and Exercise Laura [13]
2024 Evotinction Annabel [23]

Solo discography

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  • 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)[24]

Other discography

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Lyricist

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  • Final Fantasy 15 XP - "Choosing Hope" (2017)
  • Implosion - "Way in the Dark" (2015)
  • Resident Evil - "At the End of a Long Escape" (2013)
  • Square Enix DISSIDIA012 - "Final Fantasy" (2011)
  • The Last Ranker - "Born to Survive" (2010)
  • Bandai Games - "God Eater" (2010)
  • NHK Little Charo 2 - "Sayonara" (2010)
  • Capcom - "Bio Hazard Dark Side Chronicles" (Sleeping Beauty) (2009)
  • Capcom - "Last Ranker" (2009)
  • Bandai Namco Games God Eater - "God and Man" (2009)
  • Square Enix Last Remnant - "Journey’s End" (2008)
  • Square Enix Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles - "Moonless Starry Night", "Morning Sky" (2003)
  • Haibanae Renmei - "Wondering" (2007)
  • Konami Elebits - "The Smile Of You" (2006)
  • Konami - "Star Gate Heaven" (2004)

References

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  1. ^ "Donna Burke Official About Donna Burke".
  2. ^ a b c Kemps, Heidi (31 December 2014). "Interview: Donna Burke, veteran singer and voice actor". Gaming.moe. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  3. ^ "The Aussie woman behind the English announcements on Japan's busiest bullet trains". ABC News. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  4. ^ a b c "Donna Burke".
  5. ^ "Japan-Australia Music Artist Exchange in Roppongi". Year of Exchange (Japan Australia Cultural Exchange Association). August 2006. Archived from the original on 24 August 2006. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  6. ^ a b Nibayashi, Maki. "Life in Japan: Donna Burke". Metropolis (341). Archived from the original on 2 March 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  7. ^ "Lost and Found – Donna Burke". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  8. ^ a b Burke, Donna; Benfield, Bill (2000), Lost and Found, Dag Music. National Library of Australia, retrieved 16 January 2014
  9. ^ "About Us – Hotteeze International". hotteeze.com.
  10. ^ Ashcraft, Brian (November 2019). "Metal Gear Singer's Other Gig? The Voice Of The Bullet Train". Kotaku. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  11. ^ Macdonald, Christopher (6 February 2002). "Strange Dawn - Review - Anime News Network". animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Donna Burke (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 27 January 2016. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h "Acting & Narration | Donna Burke". donnaburke.com. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  14. ^ Burke, Donna [@TheDonnaBurke] (1 November 2011). "Tomorrow November 3rd 9.00-9.45 I'll be interviewed on a Channel 3 NHK show about Little Charo 2 my role as Kanon" (Tweet). Retrieved 28 July 2017 – via Twitter.
  15. ^ "YKK presents "FASTENING DAYS"". ykkfastening.com. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  16. ^ "Virtua Quest voice cast". Album on Imgur. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  17. ^ Burke, Donna [@TheDonnaBurke] (25 August 2017). "no hang on I'm confusing this with something else...i have absolutely no memory of recording this but it is definitely me..!" (Tweet). Retrieved 7 September 2017 – via Twitter.
  18. ^ Grasshopper Manufacture. Diabolical Pitch. Microsoft Studios. Scene: Closing credits, Voice Actors.
  19. ^ "English Voice Cast Announced For NightCry ｜ Rely on Horror". Rely on Horror. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  20. ^ Burke, Donna [@TheDonnaBurke] (25 December 2017). ""I'm Unstoppable!" I'm Doctor Coyle!!!! #ARMS #Nintendo #AussieVoiceActress Hope you enjoy it! #soproud #lovemyjob !!!" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 December 2017 – via Twitter.
  21. ^ Burke, Donna [@TheDonnaBurke] (18 December 2018). "I'm in this game! Laura, the Aussie #Fitboxing sensei!" (Tweet). Retrieved 19 December 2018 – via Twitter.
  22. ^ "特別仕様版『ホームスターVR SPECIAL EDITION』 - 株式会社ポケット". pckt.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  23. ^ Burke, Donna [@TheDonnaBurke] (12 September 2024). "I'm singing and acting in a new game! "A Normal Life, for #Evotinction, a tactical stealth game from @SpikewaveGames inspired a little bit by @Kojima_Hideo and #MetalGearSolid And voice acting for Annabel. What a thrill!!" (Tweet). Retrieved 13 September 2024 – via Twitter.
  24. ^ "Blue Nights – Donna Burke". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  25. ^ "METAL GEAR SOLID VOCAL TRACKS". Konami. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  26. ^ Burke, Donna [@TheDonnaBurke] (8 April 2015). "Donna Burke - Way in the Dark ("Implosion - Never Lose Hope" Theme Song) - Single - (link: https://itun.es/i6L62Xt) itun.es/i6L62Xt #iTunes" (Tweet). Retrieved 28 July 2017 – via Twitter.
  27. ^ "Girls Frontline and Vanguard-sound announcements on Bilibili".
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