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Dana Delany

Highest Rated: 100% Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013)

Lowest Rated: 0% Dead Man's Curve (1998)

Birthday: Mar 13, 1956

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

An Emmy Award-winning actress, Dana Delany first made her mark on primetime audiences during the 1980s as the star of the Vietnam War-set medical drama "China Beach" (ABC, 1988-1991). After her role as a mild-mannered Midwestern nurse with the highly desirable hairstyle, Delany became a frequent star in made-for-TV-movies like "Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story" (1995) and "True Women" (CBS, 1997), where she embodied "every day" women who found great courage in the face of adversity. Feature films rarely offered as many challenging portraits of heroic women, and while Delany did make supporting film appearances, she spent the majority of her career as a mainstay on hour-long medical, family, and legal dramas, earning considerable attention for her run on the dramedy "Desperate Housewives" (ABC, 2004-2012). Meanwhile, Delany held down a lucrative side career as an animation voiceover artist, primarily playing Lois Lane in the DC animated universe as well as on "The Batman" (The WB/The CW, 2004-08). But it was live action where Delany truly thrived and after her run on "Desperate Housewives" ended, she moved on to another hit show, "Body of Proof" (ABC, 2011-13), where she played a former neurosurgeon turned medical examiner. Delany's performance confirmed that she was an actress of considerable range able to tackle a wide array of complicated roles.

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Highest rated movies

100% 93% Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
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88% 70% Fly Away Home
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87% 65% Light Sleeper Watchlist
83% 88% Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
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80% 77% The Batman-Superman Movie
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74% 93% Tombstone
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60% 52% Patty Hearst
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60% 92% Where the River Runs Black
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50% 51% Masquerade
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45% 66% Wide Awake
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
21% 47% Literally, Right Before Aaron Wendy (Character) - 2017
100% 93% Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox Lois Lane (Voice) - 2013
No Score Yet 30% Freelancers Lydia Vecchio (Character) - 2012
23% 22% Drunkboat Eileen (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet 60% Firebreather Margaret (Voice) - 2010
No Score Yet 10% Camp Hope Patricia Leary (Character) - 2010
9% 24% Multiple Sarcasms Annie (Character) $28.9K 2010
0% 26% A Beautiful Life Anne (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 50% Route 30 Amish Martha (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 60% Superman: Brainiac Attacks Unknown (Voice) - 2006
No Score Yet 45% Baby for Sale Nathalie Johnson (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet 67% A Time to Remember Britt Calhoun (Character) - 2003
43% 69% Spin Margaret Swift-Bejarano (Character) $9.9K 2003
No Score Yet 52% Mother Ghost Karen Bennett (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet 65% Conviction Martha (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Final Jeopardy Alexandra Cooper (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet 33% The Right Temptation Anthea Farrow-Smith (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet 60% The Outfitters Cat Fonifam (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sirens Sally Rawlings (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Resurrection Clare Miller (Character) - 1999
0% 53% Dead Man's Curve Dr. Ashley (Character) - 1998
80% 77% The Batman-Superman Movie Lois Lane (Voice) - 1998
No Score Yet 33% The Patron Saint of Liars Rose Cleardon Abbott (Character) - 1998
45% 66% Wide Awake Mrs. Beal (Character) $258.2K 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rescuers: Stories of Courage -- Two Couples Johtje Vos (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet True Women Sarah McClure (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet 80% True Women Unknown (Character) - 1997
88% 70% Fly Away Home Susan Barnes (Character) $24.6M 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet For Hope Hope Altman (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 77% Superman: The Last Son of Krypton Lois Lane (Voice) - 1996
No Score Yet 78% The Adventures of Mowgli Bagheera (Voice) - 1996
No Score Yet 43% Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story Margaret Sanger (Character) - 1995
38% 39% Live Nude Girls Jill (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet 35% The Enemy Within Betsy Corcoran (Character) - 1994
5% 26% Exit to Eden Lisa Emerson (Character) $6.8M 1994
83% 88% Batman: Mask of the Phantasm Andrea 'Andi' Beaumont/The Phantasm (Voice) $5.0M 1993
74% 93% Tombstone Josephine Marcus (Character) $55.9M 1993
No Score Yet 33% Donato and Daughter Lt. Dena Donato (Character) - 1993
36% 48% Housesitter Becky Metcalf (Character) $58.1M 1992
87% 65% Light Sleeper Marianne Joseph (Character) $1.0M 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Promise to Keep Jane Goodrich (Character) - 1990
60% 52% Patty Hearst Gelina (Character) $984.0K 1988
50% 51% Masquerade Anne Briscoe (Character) $14.4M 1988
No Score Yet 94% China Beach Colleen McMurphy (Character) - 1988
60% 92% Where the River Runs Black Sister Ana (Character) $582.0K 1986
No Score Yet 60% A Winner Never Quits Nora (Character) - 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Threesome Laura Shaper (Character) - 1984
33% 35% The Fan Saleswoman in Record Store (Character) - 1981

TV

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89% 83% Tulsa King Margaret (Character) 2022-2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Talk Guest 2011 2019 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jeopardy! Contestant 2020
36% 64% The Code Colonel Glenn Turnbull (Character) 2019
No Score Yet 61% Bull Sylvia Banner (Guest Star) 2018
30% 85% Hand of God Crystal Harris (Character) 2014-2015 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hollywood Game Night Guest 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tavis Smiley Guest 2015
76% 61% Body of Proof Dr. Megan Hunt (Character) 2011-2013
No Score Yet 42% Jimmy Kimmel Live! Guest 2010-2011 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Chew Guest 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Doctors Guest 2013
72% 89% Desperate Housewives Katherine Mayfair (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star)
2007-2010 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rachael Ray Guest 2008 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Wendy Williams Show Guest 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Nate Berkus Show Guest 2011
82% 87% Castle Special Agent Jordan Shaw (Guest Star) 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Bonnie Hunt Show Guest 2008-2009
67% No Score Yet Kidnapped Unknown (Character) 2006-2007
33% No Score Yet Related Unknown (Guest Star) 2005-2006
95% 94% Battlestar Galactica Sesha Abinell (Guest Star) 2006
27% No Score Yet Presidio Med Dr. Rae Brennan (Character) 2002-2003 2006
86% 90% Boston Legal Samantha Fleming (Guest Star) 2004
78% 83% Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Carolyn Spencer (Guest Star) 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet Pasadena Catherine McAllister (Character) 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Family Law Unknown (Guest Star) 2001
No Score Yet 91% Superman: The Animated Series Lois Lane (Voice) 1996-2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shake, Rattle & Roll Unknown (Character) 1999
44% No Score Yet Spy Game Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wing Commander Academy Gwen "Archer" Bowman (Voice) 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fallen Angels Helen Fiske (Character) 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wild Palms Unknown (Character) 1993
87% 95% Cheers Susan Metheny (Guest Star) 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet China Beach Nurse Colleen McMurphy (Character) 1988-1991
83% No Score Yet thirtysomething Eve (Guest Star) 1988
No Score Yet 95% Magnum, P.I. Cynthia Farrell (Guest Star) 1986-1987