Mary Agnes Donoghue (born 1942/1943) is an American screenwriter and director. Following early jobs as a secretary and short story writer, Donoghue's first writing credit was the 1984 film
The Buddy System. She went on to pen the screenplays for
Beaches (1988) and
Paradise (1991), which was also her directorial debut. Donoghue co-wrote and co-produced
Deceived (1991) and two year later, her first play,
Me and Mamie O'Rourke, made its debut at the
Strand Theatre in London. In the 2000s, Donoghue wrote the screenplay for
White Oleander (2002) and co-wrote
Veronica Guerin (2003) with Carol Doyle. In 2013, Donoghue wrote and directed
Jenny's Wedding.