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Donna Rawlins

Donna Rawlins has been the spokesperson for United Airlines, Macy's, May Company, Suzuki, Nationwide Insurance, Ralphs grocery stores, PetSmart, St. Ives, Birdseye, Rosetta Pasta, Hillshire Farms, On the Border Mexican Grill & Cantina, Renuzit air fresheners, and Tilex Fresh Shower, in addition to Aviva Financial, American Century Investments, and the Clean Skies America campaign. Rawlins has also lent her voice to numerous audio books, such as Sydney Sheldon's Tell Me Your Dreams; Tami Hoag's Taken by Storm; Margaret George's Memoirs of Cleopatra; Laura Zigman's Animal Husbandry; Dana Reinhardt's Harmless; and Jane Heller's Female Intelligence. Originally from the small town of Lancaster, Ohio, Rawlins now lives with her husband Robert in Venice Beach, California.

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