Donna Margaret Burke (Born December 12, 1964) is a voice actress and singer.
Born and raised in Australia, she's lived in Japan for the last twenty-ish years.
She's known primarily for providing English voices in Japanese contexts — as in, voicing the Gratuitous English in Japanese audio tracks and providing the singing voice for songs with English lyrics in anime and video games, as well as more mundane voice work. (Within Japan, her best-known "role" is probably the voice of the English language announcements on the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train.) She also does more standard dubbing work, as well.
Also uses the alias Margaret Lucy on occasion.
Notable roles by Donna Burke:
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Video Games
- Shenmue and Shenmue II: Additional voices
- Virtua Fighter 4, Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution, and Virtua Quest: Vanessa Lewis
- Silent Hill 2: Angela Orosco (original release; replaced by Laura Bailey in the HD rerelease)
- Bust a Move: Dance Summit 2001: DJ Donna Burke
- Silent Hill 3: Claudia Wolf (original release; replaced by Laura Bailey in the HD rerelease. Again.)
- Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Narrator. Also sang; see music folder, below.
- F-Zero GX: Mrs. Arrow, Princia Ramode
- Boktai: The Sun is in Your Hand: Hel
- Bloody Roar 4: Uranus
- Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django: Blue Dvalinn
- Rumble Roses: Anesthesia / Dr. Cutter
- Lunar Knights: Ursula
- The King of Fighters XII: Mature
- Diabolical Pitch: Christina
- Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes and Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain: iDroid. Also sang; see music folder, below.
- Nightcry: Kelly Butler, Jessica Lopez, Maria Ortiz, Angie
- ARMS: Dr. Coyle
Anime
- Strange Dawn: Yuko Miyabe. Also sang; see music folder, below.
- Voices of a Distant Star: The Lysithea
- Lyrical Nanoha: Raising Heart, Nanoha's Intelligent Device. She's reprised the role in basically every follow-up sequel, spinoff, and video game. Of which there are many.
Music
- Phantasy Star Online: Performer for "Can Still See the Light"
- Vandread: Performer for "What a Wonderful World", lyricist and performer for "Somedays".
- ∀ Gundam: Performer for "After All" (composed by Yoko Kanno) for the Compilation Movie.
- Strange Dawn: Performer for the English version of the opening theme, "Sora E" ("To the Sky"). Also voice acted; see anime folder, above.
- Haibane Renmei: Lyricist and performer for "Wondering" (composed by Kow Otani)
- Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Lyricist and performer for "Morning Sky" and "Moonlit Starry Night", the English versions of the game's opening and ending themes, respectively. Also voice acted; see video game folder, above.
- OutRun 2: Performer for "Life Was a Bore"
- Tales of Legendia: Performer for "My Tales" and "Hotarubi"
- DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA: Lyricist and performer for "Star Gate Heaven"
- Elebits: Lyricist for "The Smile of You"
- The Last Remnant: Performer for "Journey's End"
- Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers: Performer for several tracks, including background choral vocals in "An Unlikely Guest" and lyrics in Finnish for "A Moment of Repose", "Ephemeron", and "Kuule tää Unelmain".
- God Eater Burst: Performer for "Gods & Man"
- Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker: Lyricist and performer for "Heavens Divide"
- Last Ranker: Lyricist for "Born to Survive" and "Glorious Fights We Call 'Life'" (composed by Yoko Shimomura)
- Resident Evil 6: Lyricist for "At the End of a Long Escape"
- Tokyo Ghoul: Performer for "Glassy Sky"
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain: Performer for "Sins of the Father". Also voice acted; see video game folder, above.
Miscellaneous
- The English-language announcements for the Shinkansen bullet train.
Tropes associated with Donna Burke:
- Anime Theme Song: She's done quite a few opening and ending themes for both anime and video games.
- Fake Nationality: She's Australian, but frequently does other accents, particularly Fake American and Fake Irish.
