Career

McDonald focused on acting, landing a job in the series, System Crash, in 1999. McDonald found a niche as a voice-over actress, after she was cast in 2001 to participate in a cartoon series named Ripping Friends. She has done a total of 39 voice-over jobs.

In 2000, she was cast as Emma Nelson in Degrassi: The Next Generation, a spin-off of the successful Degrassi series.

In 2004, she played Dawn Gensler in the made-for-television movie She's Too Young. She also had a guest role on the Canadian Family show Naturally, Sadie as Heidi.

In 2008, she played Danielle "Daisy" Brooks in the made-for-television erotic-thriller movie, Poison Ivy: The Secret Society.

In 2013, she got two roles in the popular Canadian TV-show Lost Girl and also made an appearance in Orphan Black.

Personal life

In 2015 she worked in real estate.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	System Crash		TV series
2001	Pecola	"Chewy" (or "Chuie"/"Chewie"/"Little Chu")	TV series
	The Ripping Friends	Additional Voices	TV series
2001-2010	Degrassi: The Next Generation	Emma Nelson	Main role Seasons 1-9, debuted October 14
2004	She's Too Young	Dawn Gensler	TV movie, debuted February 16
	Blue Murder	Lucy Wentworth	season 4 episode 5 (44 overall) "Boarders" debuted May 19
2005	Karma	Samantha	Video
2007	Naturally, Sadie	Heidi	season 2 episode 25 (49 overall) "As Bad as It Gets", debuted January 7
	The Poet	Willa	film, debuted June 21
	Devil's Diary	Heather	TV movie, debuted September 22
2008	Sea Beast	Carly McKenna	TV movie, debuted June 30
	Poison Ivy: The Secret Society	Danielle "Daisy" Brooks	TV movie, debuted July 27
2012	XIII: The Series	Sasha	Episode 19: "Gauntlet"
2013	Lost Girl	twins	season 3: Riley (at time credited as "Hot Fae") in episode 5 (40 overall) "Faes Wide Shut" (debuted February 10), then Anita in episode 11 (46 overall) "Adventures in Fae-bysitting" (debuted March 31)
	Orphan Black	Madison	season 1, episode 5: "Conditions of Existence" (debuted April 27)
2014	Wolves	Haley
2015	It Goes There: Degrassi's Most Talked About Moments	herself

[ Source: Wikipedia ]