Sarah Rafferty - wikipedia Sarah Rafferty Sarah Rafferty Sarah Gray Rafferty ( 1972 - 12 - 06 ) December 6, 1972 ( age 45 ) New Canaan, Connecticut, U.S. Education Hamilton College, New York ( BA ) Yale University ( MFA ) Occupation Actress Years active 1998 -- present Spouse ( s ) Aleksanteri Olli - Pekka Seppälä ( m. 2001 ) Children Sarah Gray Rafferty ( born December 6, 1972 ) is an American television and film actress. She is known mainly for her role as Donna Roberta Paulsen on the USA Network legal drama Suits. Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Personal life 3 Filmography 3.1 Film 3.2 Television 4 References 5 External links Early life and education Rafferty grew up as the youngest of four daughters in the Riverside neighborhood of Greenwich, Connecticut. She credits her mother, Mary Lee Rafferty, the Chairwoman of the English Department at Convent of the Sacred Heart school, and her father, Michael Griffin Rafferty Jr., who enjoys two successful careers in finance and oil painting, for cultivating her passion for the arts. Her sisters are Maura, Ann, and Constance. Rafferty studied at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, and graduated in 1989. She majored in English and Theatre at Hamilton College, studied theatre abroad in the United Kingdom and at the University of Oxford during her junior year, and, after graduating magna cum laude from Hamilton in 1993, went on to study at the Yale School of Drama, receiving a Master of Fine Arts. Personal life Rafferty met her Finnish husband Aleksanteri Olli - Pekka Seppälä, a stock research analyst in the asset management unit of Lazard Frères & Company in New York, and they were married on June 23, 2001, at the Roman Catholic church of St. Mary in Greenwich, Connecticut. The couple has two daughters, Oona Gray ( b. 22 October 2007 ) and Iris Friday ( b. January 2012 ). She and her Suits co-star Gabriel Macht have been friends for over 20 years. They met in 1993 at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2000 Mambo Café Amy 2002 Speakeasy Nurse Soccer Dog : European Cup Cora Stone 2006 Falling for Grace Sydney 2006 The Devil Wears Prada Liz Deleted scene 2009 Four Single Fathers Julia 2011 Small, Beautifully Moving Parts Emily Television Year Title Role Notes 1998 Trinity Sarah TV film 1999 Law & Order Jennifer Shaliga Episode : `` Ambitious '' Walker, Texas Ranger Laura Pope Episode : `` Desperate Measures '' 2002 Third Watch Kelly Episode : `` Crash and Burn '' CSI : Miami Melissa Starr Episode : `` Breathless '' The District Sally Episode : `` Small Packages '' 2003 Without a Trace Dr. Patty Morrison Episode : `` The Friendly Skies '' Six Feet Under Rachel Mortimer Episode : `` The Eye Inside '' The Practice Judy Wilson Episode : `` Heroes and Villains '' Tremors Dr. Casey Matthews Episodes : `` Flora or Fauna '', `` Graboid Rights '', `` Water Hazard '' Good Morning, Miami Lila Episode : `` The Ex Games '' CSI : Crime Scene Investigation Terry Minden Episode : `` Eleven Angry Jurors '' Charmed Carol Episode : `` The Legend of Sleepy Halliwell '' Second Time Around Daphne Fitzgerald Episodes : `` Pilot '', `` Secrets '' 8 Simple Rules Danielle Episode : `` A Very C.J. Christmas '' 2006 Pepper Dennis Callie Episode : `` Heiress Bridenapped : Film at Eleven '' 2007 Football Wives Kelly Cooper TV film What If God Were the Sun ? Rachel TV film 2008 Samantha Who ? Kayla Kaminski Episode : `` So I Think I Can Dance '' 2009 Law & Order : Criminal Intent Sandra Dunbar / Sandra O'Bannon Episode : `` Passion '' Numb3rs Margo Episode : `` 7 Men Out '' Bones Katie Selnick Episode : `` The Foot in the Foreclosure '' Brothers & Sisters Gloria Pierson - Davenport Episode : `` A Righteous Kiss '' 2011 -- present Suits Donna Roberta Paulsen Main role ( 111 episodes ) 2015 All Things Valentine Avery Parker TV film References ^ Jump up to : Chris Hodenfield. `` Perfectly suited ''. Greenwich Magazine. Archived from the original on December 12, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2013. ^ Jump up to : `` Weddings ; Sarah Rafferty, Santtu Seppala ''. New York Times. June 24, 2001. Retrieved February 19, 2013. Jump up ^ Gina Roberts - Grey ( January 21, 2013 ). `` Sarah Rafferty : fitness ' suits ' her ''. Yahoo ! Health. Retrieved February 19, 2013. Jump up ^ Laurel Brown ( June 13, 2012 ). `` ' Suits ' interview : Sarah Rafferty on how Donna may just get something wrong in Season 2 ''. BuddyTV.com. Retrieved February 19, 2013. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sarah Rafferty. Sarah Rafferty on Twitter Sarah Rafferty on IMDb LCCN : no2012048717 VIAF : 243914661 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sarah_Rafferty&oldid=856234499 '' Categories : 1972 births Actresses from Connecticut American film actresses American television actresses Living people People from New Canaan, Connecticut Yale School of Drama alumni 20th - century American actresses 21st - century American actresses Phillips Academy alumni Hamilton College ( New York ) alumni People from Riverside, Connecticut Hidden categories : Articles with hCards Twitter username same as Wikidata Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia تۆرکجه Català Čeština Deutsch فارسی Français 한국어 Italiano עברית Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk Português Русский Suomi Українська 8 more Edit links This page was last edited on 23 August 2018, at 20 : 03 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: who is the actress that plays donna on suits
Answer: Sarah Gray Rafferty