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Donna Meagle

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Parks and Recreation Character Guide

Donna Meagle is a main character in the NBC comedy Parks and Recreation. In season three, Donna becomes one of the main characters; however, she doesn't appear in the opening titles until the middle of season six. She is portrayed by Retta.
Donna is the office manager for the Pawnee Parks and Recreation Department. She is confident and worldly. She is often selfish, but is also very kind. She clicks with Tom and is more similar to him than anyone else in the office. She is shown to be very mysterious and seems to have a secret second life.
it is revealed that her family owns a lake house in the foothills that they keep very quiet because they're not big on hospitality. While they are there for Jerry's birthday party, Tom discovers that the singer Ginuwine is Donna's cousin.
In season six, Donna accidentally tweets something inappropriate using the Parks and Rec twitter page and not her personal page. During the investigation, it is found that Donna has posted very many bad things about Leslie.
In "One in 8,000", when Ron asks Donna to volunteer at the elementary school with her, she tells him that she will go as long as he keeps her away form her ex-boyfriend Joe, who she says is "her Tammy.
While volunteering, Ron discovers that Joe is an extremely likable and selfless person, and that Donna simply broke up with him because he was "boring." Ron tells her not to "confuse drama with happiness", persuading Donna to give Joe a second chance. She asks Joe out, promising that she will not cheat on him as long as he doesn't try to pin her down.
In season seven, Donna reveals that she and Joe are engaged. In "Save JJ's", Tom takes Donna to Beverly Hills for a pre-wedding "Treat Yo Self" day. She and Joe marry in the episode "Donna & Joe". They eventually move to Seattle, where Joe continues to work as a teacher and Donna starts a non-profit to help his school.