biography

Dana Welles Delany is probably best known for her Emmy Award winning role as Colleen McMurphy on the classic TV series China Beach which aired from 1988 to 1991.

Dana is also well known as an actress with a long and full acting career who has taken on many challenging or controversial roles as well, sometimes in preference over lesser but possibly more lucrative parts.

In the successful feature film Tombstone (1993), Dana was charming as Josephine Marcus, then a year later raised eyebrows as Mistress Lisa in Exit to Eden (1994).

TV movies seemed to offer more important and challanging women's roles, though. In Choices of the Heart (1995), Dana played the historic birth control pioneer Margaret Sanger, the strong Sarah McClure in True Women (1997), and a mystical healer in Resurrection (1999).

Series TV also showed Dana in interesting roles. Starring in the outrageous Pasadena (2001) and the touching Presidio Med (2003), Dana showed her full range. And as a guest star on many shows such as Family Law(2001), Law & Order:SVU(2004), and Battlestar Galactica(2006), she gave us very rich performances that received a lot of recognition.

Dana has also been noted as the actress to have played the classic character from the Superman franchise, Lois Lane, longer than anyone else, in her case for the Warner Brothers animated series going from 1996 to 2006.

Most recently, Dana starred in another unusual show, Kidnapped, which, though shortlived, garnered a dedicated following, and marked the first time that a major television series was shown solely on the internet.

Beyond acting, close to Dana's heart is the Scleroderma Research Foundation, started by her friend the late Sharon Monsky. Dana sits on the board, and frequently participates in their fund raising activities. She also played a scleroderma victim in the powerful ABC TV movie For Hope(1996).

Dana also shows a very unique appreciaiton for her fans by particpating in her Official Forum, answering questions and providing updates on her projects, something she's been doing for over ten years.

 

awards

Dana is grateful to have received such gracious and generous acknowledgement of her work from these respected groups who represent industry peers and a conscientious audience.

Awards Received

Emmy

1992 - China Beach
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

1989 - China Beach
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

 

Viewers for Quality Television

1991 - China Beach
Best Actress in a Quality Drama Series

1990 - China Beach
Best Actress in a Quality Drama Series

1989 - China Beach
Best Actress in a Quality Drama Series

Lone Star Film & Television

1998 - True Women
Best TV Actress

Additional Nominations

Emmy

2001 - Family Law
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series

1991 - China Beach
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

1990 - China Beach
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

Golden Globes

1990 - China Beach
Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama

1989 - China Beach
Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama

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