MARITAL STATUS
Professions Actress , Executive producer
American nationality
Birth March 13, 1956 (New York City)
BIOGRAPHY
Dana Delany leaves her native Connecticut for the very prestigious Phillips Academy in Andover before attending Wesleyan University . At 21, she moved to New York where she became a waitress while waiting to break through as an actress. Between two cocktails, she attended casting calls and made her debut in the soaps Ryan’s Hope , Love of Life and As the World Turns . She took her first steps in the cinema on the set of Fanatic , alongside Lauren Bacall . At the beginning of the 1980s, Dana Delany mainly performed on stage. His participation in the musical A Life earned him his first positive reviews from the press. After a role in Nicholas Kazan ‘s highly controversial Bloodmoon , she left Broadway and headed to Hollywood. And Hollywood is under its spell! Television welcomed her with open arms with Gary Sherman ‘s The Streets and the sexy Two Boys and a Girl in 1984. Dana Delany appeared in Moonlight , alongside Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd , crossed paths with Tom Selleck for several episodes of Magnum . Then, she got the lead role in Sweet Surrender . This comedy, about a woman who abandons her career for the benefit of her family, is canceled after only 6 episodes. Interested in more serious, even historical roles, she is Moya Trevor, the one who inspired the face of the Statue of Liberty for Bartholdi in the Franco-American TV film Liberty . In 1988, the young woman landed the lead role in China Beach , a series that deals with the Vietnam War. For 4 years, she will be nurse Colleen McMurphy. A role that earned him two Emmy Awards for four nominations, and two Golden Globe nominations. That same year, she participated in three films: Masquerade , in which she met Doug Savant and Kim Catrall for the first time , Patty Hearst , which was presented at Cannes in 1988, and finally Full Moon on Parador . In 1991, China Beach ended at the end of its 4th season. Crowned with success, Dana Delany turned to cinema with Light Sleeper , where she shared the bill with Susan Sarandon and Willem Dafoe , and Make Yourself at Home
in which she opposite Steve Martin . In 1993, she sang in Tombstone and got her first big role on the big screen in Exit to Eden . Not abandoning television, however, she teamed up with Charles Bronson in Donato father and daughter , and found Kim Catrall in the brief Wild Palms . She plays Margaret Sanger, contraceptive pioneer, in Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story , and makes notable appearances in series such as Cheers , Spy Games and Associates for the Law .
A fan of dubbing, Dana Delany lent her voice to Andrea Beaumon in 1993 for Batman vs. the Masked Phantom . She participates in all 13 episodes of the Wing Commander Academy cartoon , alongside Mark “Luke Skywalker” Hamill . And from 1996 to 2007, she was the official voice of Lois Lane for Warner and DC Comics, in particular for Superman, the Angel of Metropolis .
Friend with Kim Cattrall , the actress was offered the role of Carrie Bradshaw for Sex & the City in 1998 . Role that she refuses and which will go to Sarah Jessica Parker . Did Dana Delany miss her chance? In the credits of Pasadena , San Francisco Hospital and Kidnapped , these series did not last long. Far from being discouraged, Dana Delany multiplies guest-star appearances in Boston Justice , Kojak , New York Special Unit , Battlestar Galactica , The L Word and Related . On the big screen, she focused on independent projects and low-budget films, particularly Drunkboat , in which she played the leading role.
2007 is, for Dana Delany, the year of consecration. If the actress has already built a nice little reputation with the American public, she manages to push the boundaries with Desperate Housewives . For 4 years, she played Katherine Mayfair, a desperate housewife who hides a dark secret and falls under the spell of Mike Delfino. In 2010, she left the show and made an appearance in Castle , the new series by Nathan Fillion , who for a time played her husband in Desperate Housewives. She plays FBI agent Jordan Shaw for two episodes. This recognition allowed her to land, in the fall of 2010, a series just for her, still on ABC: the new police drama Body Of Proof , in which she plays forensic doctor Megan Hunt.
