Acting

Donna Anita Nikolaisen

Known for

Acting

Credits

12 titles

Donna Anita Nikolaisen is an Irish stage and screen actor. She trained through LAMDA at Montfort College of Performing Arts, attended The Focus Theatre Stanislavsky Studio and trained vocally at Bel Canto School of Voice. She won Best Supporting Actor at the Underground Cinema Festival for her role in the award winning short QED. Her film credits include: Hallmark's Christmas at Castle Hart, Sweetness in the Belly and The Last Right. Her TV credits include: Conversation with Friends, Nova Jones, The South Westerlies, Blood and Fair City. Her theatre credits include: Tea Chests and Dreams (The Axis), No Irish No Blacks No Dogs (The New Theatre), Jane Eyre (The Gate), Talking to Terrorists (Th…

Known for

Kin poster
7.6

The lives of a Dublin family embroiled in a gangland war and the consequences of their choices.

Kin

2021

Cold Courage poster
5.7

Two young Finnish women in London are drawn inexorably together via the Studio - a clandestine group dedicated to bringing justice to those beyond the law. But, as their battle against exploitation, violence and corporate greed intensifies, will the Studio's ends continue to justify its means?

Cold Courage

2020

Blood poster
6.8

Cat Hogan returns to West Meath upon her mother's sudden death - she has an accident at home and died (or was it an accident?). Blood is about old secrets, older betrayals, mind games and the lies family tell each other.

Blood

2018

Sweetness in the Belly poster
6.2

Orphaned in Africa as a child, Lilly escapes to England as a refugee, fleeing civil war in Ethiopia. Lost in this cold new world, Lilly embraces the immigrant community in London, attempting to reunite people with their scattered families. But as her friend Amina discovers, Lilly's mission isn't purely selfless: a passionate lost love affair is revealed.

Sweetness in the Belly

2019

The Last Right poster
6.0

Daniel Murphy is lumbered with a corpse that has the same last name as his, who dies on his flight from Boston to County Cork. Travelling back to Ireland to attend his mother’s funeral, Daniel also checks on his autistic brother. What follows is an unconventional road trip with his brother and the mortuary assistant as they take the coffin from Clonakilty to Rathlin Island.

The Last Right

2019

Christmas at Castle Hart poster
6.2

Brooke Bennett goes to Ireland for Christmas to search for her Irish roots. While there, she meets Aiden Hart, Earl of Glaslough. Mistaken for an elite event planner, she’s hired to host his castle’s epic Christmas party.

Christmas at Castle Hart

2021

Film credits

2010s · 3 titles

2000s · 3 titles

Series credits