Shauna MacDonald is a Canadian television and film actress, director, producer, writer, voice actor, and radio announcer. She became known for her role as the national continuity announcer for CBC Radio One.

Life and career

MacDonald was born in

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. She graduated from

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in Antigonish and later attended

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, earning a degree in

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and Slavic Studies. She became known as the national continuity announcer for

CBC Radio One CBC Radio One is the English-language news and information radio network of the publicly owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It is commercial-free and offers local and national programming. It is available on AM and FM to 98 percent of C ...

, a role she held from the start of Radio One's 2004 summer season. With MacDonald's identity kept secret, the voice was quickly dubbed Promo Girl. MacDonald's identity was exposed by ''

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'' in 2005. The promo spots were taken over in May 2007 by Steve Fletcher. In the summer of 2005, Radio One ran a series of weekly "comedy-mysteries" starring MacDonald, along with other Radio One personalities, titled ''Promo Girl in The Mystery of....'' Short segments designed to highlight various CBC Radio programmes and the upcoming fall season were repeated a number of times each day, with prizes going to listeners who correctly solved the various clues or mysteries. The series was not completed due to a lockout of CBC employees that began in the late summer. MacDonald has appeared in various Canadian series, including ''

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'' (as Officer Erica Miller), '' These Arms of Mine'' (as Claire Monroe), and ''

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'' (as a substitute newsreader), among other roles. In 2003 she starred in the two-part miniseries '' Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion''. She has also appeared in an episode of ''

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''. MacDonald also played Tara in ''

Saw VI ''Saw VI'' is a 2009 horror film directed by Kevin Greutert, in his feature directorial debut, from a screenplay by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan. It is the sequel to 2008's ''Saw V'' and sixth installment in the ''Saw'' film series. The fil ...

'', and reprised the role in ''

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''. She received a 2009

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nomination for ''Outstanding Performance – Female'' for her role as Lily in the short film ''Loving Loretta'' (2008). In 2013, MacDonald and Kate Johnston co-wrote and co-directed the film '' Tru Love'', in which MacDonald also starred. The film won the Best Feature Film Audience Award at the Toronto Inside / Out Film Festival in 2014.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video game

References

External links

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Shauna MacDonald
at CBC Media Centre (2018) {{DEFAULTSORT:Macdonald, Shauna 1970 births Canadian radio personalities Living people Canadian people of Scottish descent People from Antigonish, Nova Scotia Radio and television announcers Actresses from Nova Scotia Canadian film actresses Canadian television actresses Canadian voice actresses Canadian women film directors Canadian screenwriters