CAST DEANNA MILLIGAN as DONNA MCGONIGAL Despite being a British Columbia native who started her acting career at age thirteen, award-winning actress Deanna Milligan never did work on the original Beachcombers series. She makes up for that however, appearing as ‘Donna McGonigal’ in The New Beachcombers. Milligan’s long list of film and television credits include: Lynne Stopkewich’s controversial film Suspicious River; the CBC Christmas Television special, Must Be Santa, which garnered her a Gemini nomination; Justice, for which she also received a Gemini nomination; Once In A Blue Moon, for which she won a Leo Award; and guest starring roles on Outer Limits, Millennium, Cold Squad, The Net, Dead Man’s Gun, X-Files, Avalanche, and the mini-series, Intensity. She appeared in the independent feature film Barbeque …A Love Story, and also played the mystery woman in Mark Sawyer’s independent short film Shoes Off, which won the Critics’ Choice Award at the Cannes Film Festival. Still a Vancouver-based actress, Milligan first worked with Producer Nick Orchard when she played ‘Jennifer’ in his award-winning teen drama Northwood. Prior to that she had a recurring role on the long-running series Danger Bay. Milligan made her comedy breakout in the 2000 series Big Sound, playing the adorable, often baffling and always offbeat ‘Jessie Polt’. Set in the back-stabbling milieu of the music business the series featured several guest stars, including Dave Thomas, who plays Milligan’s father in The New Beachcombers MOW. Other recent credits for this versatile actress include a dramatic recurring role in Da Vinci’s Inquest, the independent features The Rhino Brothers and Sea, plus the short film Riding The Bus. Milligan, who recently gave birth to a baby girl, her first child, sings, play guitar and has published an album. She also recently executive produced and starred in Blue Boy and Girl in Pink, a short film written and directed by her husband, Jason Gaffney, who also acted in the show.     << Go Back to Cast