---
name: "Martina Deignan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/martina-deignan"
fi1m_id: "martina-deignan"
imdb_id: "nm0214781"
tmdb_id: 943665
wikidata_id: "Q13560345"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 February 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:44:47.126837+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Martina Deignan

## Identity

Martina Deignan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/martina-deignan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** martina-deignan
- **IMDb ID:** nm0214781
- **TMDB ID:** 943665
- **Wikidata ID:** Q13560345
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martina_Deignan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13560345, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0214781/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/943665

Actor. Born 1 February 1950 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 February 1950, East Orange, New Jersey, USA
- **Also known as:** Martina Degnan
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martina_Deignan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13560345, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0214781/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/943665

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Ghost*](https://film.one/film/ghost.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Martina Deignan is an American actress. She was born on 1 February 1950 in East Orange, New Jersey. She studied acting at Loyola University and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and performed in off-off-Broadway plays.

Deignan is known for her television work in soap operas, including the role of Annie Stewart Ward on *As the World Turns* (1976–1979) and Jackie Parks on *Santa Barbara* (1985). She starred as Haley Green in the series *Code Red* (1981–1982) and appeared as Sonja Hughes in an episode of *Law & Order* (1993).

Her film credits include Shirley Biggs in *The Long Riders* (1980) and Rose in *Ghost* (1990), the latter credited as Martina Degnan.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Ghost* (1990), Fi1m 80, as Rose — [page](https://film.one/film/ghost.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Sonja Hughes — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Ghost* (1990), as Rose — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/ghost.md)
- *Blackout* (1985), as Pauline
- *Santa Barbara* (1984), series, as Jackie Parks
- *Prime Suspect* (1982), Actor
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Betty
- *Code Red* (1981), series, as Haley Green
- *Madame X* (1981), as Elizabeth Reeves
- *The Long Riders* (1980), as Shirley Biggs
- *Island Claws* (1980), as Lynn
- *A Man Called Sloane* (1979), series, Actor

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