Donna W. Scott, a native of North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where she majored in dance and communication. At a young age, Donna began competing in beauty pageants, accumulating numerous titles and made her state proud when she was crowned Miss North Carolina, USA. At the same time, she became a favorite of advertising agencies and did numerous television commercials, making her film debut at 18 in Rich Hall's Vanishing America (1985). Moving to New York, Donna became a successful model and studied acting at HB Studios. Her life changed when she landed a role in the blockbuster film Days of Thunder (1990) starring Tom Cruise and Robert Duvall. She later married the director, Tony Scott. Donna's versatility as an actor is apparent with diverse roles in MGM's Get Shorty (1995), Dark Breed (1996), a comedic turn in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997), Enemy of the State (1998), Idle Hands (1999), the Indy film Beat Boys Beat Girls (2003), the action-thriller Domino (2005), and the upcoming Disney film Deja Vu (2006). On television, Donna had recurring roles as "Tamara Van Zant" on Nash Bridges (1996) and "Lieutenant Grace" on Soldier of Fortune, Inc. (1997). Television guest starring roles include CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000), Tracey Takes On... (1996) and The District (2000). Currently, she can be seen in The N's new teen-oriented drama South of Nowhere (2005). Donna works tirelessly for several charitable organizations and was delighted to lend her support to Sojourn Services for Battered Women and Break the Cycle by appearing in VDAY West LA's benefit production of Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues. Donna's greatest joy is being a mom to twin 6-year-old boys Max and Frank.
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Biography from IMDb.
- June 8, 1973 (53)
- North Carolina, USA
- Actor, also producer
- 20 on MovieCove · 25 credits in all
What are Donna W. Scott's films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Power.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
A split, not a type: Light 0 · Serious 3 · Dark 2
Grounded 1 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 4
Steady 0 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 1
A split, not a type: Casual 3 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet2
- Ambiguous2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Donna W. Scott's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 20 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (8).
Subscription and free streaming for Donna W. Scott's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
25 credits, 20 with a MovieCove page.
The Consultant(2023)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows
Ida Red(2021)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Asking for It(2021)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Femme Fatales (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Water for Elephants(2011)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Maneater(2009)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
The Good Wife(2009)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
The Uninvited (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
3Way (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Deja Vu(2006)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
South of Nowhere(2005)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
Domino(2005)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
The Debtors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Idle Hands(1999)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Enemy of the State(1998)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Plump Fiction(1997)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Dark Breed(1996)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
Nash Bridges(1996)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows
Tracey Takes On... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Get Shorty(1995)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
The Last Seduction(1994)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
The Last Boy Scout(1991)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Days of Thunder(1990)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Career shape
Star power in the 89th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 23 titles from 1990 to 2021; peak year 1990.
Biggest box office
Water for Elephants (2011)
Highest rated
Water for Elephants (2011)
Most popular right now
The Consultant (2023)
Film career
Peak 1990 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1990Screen debut· Days of Thunder
- 2011Career best· Water for Elephants
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do Donna W. Scott's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 51st percentile, the median of all 15; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 16th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up10
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
10 of their 20 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Universally Panned1
- Crowd Pleaser10
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the acting 59/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 75, detractors 41. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Donna W. Scott's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Donna W. Scott work with?
People who share at least 2 of Donna W. Scott's MovieCove titles; Christoph Waltz shares the most, 2.
- Christoph WaltzShared titles: The Consultant (2023), Water for Elephants (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Christoph Waltz
