Biography
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" …
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Career Milestones
| After college, moved to NYC to pursue an acting career | ||
| Appeared in the Off-Broadway and L.A. stagings of "Bloodmoon" by Nicholas Kazan | ||
| Began appearing in TV commercials | ||
| Raised in Stamford, Connecticut | ||
1979 | Appeared in the CBS soap opera "Love of Life" | |
1980 | Performed in the Broadway play "A Life" | |
1981 | Briefly acted on the CBS daytime serial "As the World Turns" | |
1981 | Feature debut, small role in "The Fan", starring Lauren Bacall | |
1984 | Primetime TV debut in the busted NBC pilot "The Streets" | |
1987 | TV series debut in NBC's "Sweet Surrender" | |
1988 | Breakthrough TV role as Nurse Coleen McMurphy on the ABC drama "China Beach"; won two Emmy Awards for the role | |
1988 | First film with Paul Schrader, "Patty Hearst" | |
1992 | Returned to feature films after a four-year absence to play prominent supporting roles in "Housesitter" and Schrader's "Light Sleeper" | |
1993 | Cast as actress Josephine Marcus in the feature Western "Tombstone" | |
1993 | Had featured role as James Belushi's wife in the ABC miniseries "Wild Palms" | |
1994 | Played first leading role in a feature, cast as a leather-clad dominatrix in the comedy-drama "Exit to Eden" | |
1995 | Portrayed birth control advocate Margaret Sanger in the Lifetime TV biopic "Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story" | |
1995 | Returned to Broadway as co-star of the short-lived "Translations" | |
1996 | Appeared in "Fly Away Home" | |
1996 | Starred in the ABC TV-movie "For Hope", playing a schoolteacher stricken with schleroderma | |
1996 | Voiced the character of Lois Lane on the animated series "Superman" (The WB) | |
1997 | Starred in the CBS miniseries "True Women" | |
1998 | Played opposite Martin Donovan in the Showtime original drama "Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Couples" | |
1999 | Had lead in the small screen remake of "Resurrection"; played a woman who develops healing powers after surviving an automobile accident | |
2000 | Joined cast of the Pulitzer-winning Off-Broadway play "Dinner With Friends" | |
2001 | Made guest appearance on the CBS drama "Family Law"; received Emmy nomination | |
2002 | Co-Starred in the CBS drama series "Presidio Med," which also co-starred Blythe Danner | |
2004 | Appeared on an episode of ABC's freshman drama "Boston Legal" as a friend of Alan Shore (James Spader) | |
2004 | Cast in Lifetime's "Baby for Sale" | |
2006 | Guest-starred on an episode of "Battlestar Galactica" (Sci Fi) | |
Awards
1989 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama in China Beach |
1989 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in China Beach |
1990 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama in China Beach |
1990 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in China Beach |
1991 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in China Beach |
1992 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in China Beach |
2001 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress In a Drama Series in Family Law |
2008 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in Desperate Housewives |
2009 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in Desperate Housewives |