Dana Ivey
Acting • Born on 8/12/1941 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Dana Ivey (born August 12, 1941) is an American actress. She is a five-time Tony Award nominee for her work on Broadway, and won the 1997 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play for her work in both Sex and Longing and The Last Night of Ballyhoo. She originated the title role in Driving Miss Daisy and was nominated for a Drama Desk award for Best Actress in a Play. Her film appearances include The Color Purple (1985), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988), The Addams Family (1991), Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), Sleepless in Seattle (1993), Addams Family Values (1993), Two Weeks Notice (2002), Rush Hour 3 (2007), and The Help (2011).
Filmography (58)
Law & Order
Shore
Great Performances
Lady Ariadne Utterword
Monk
Mrs. Eels
Frasier
Ms. Langer
Sex and the City
Trudy Stork
The Practice
Judge Natalie Brown
Madam Secretary
Nelly Conlon
Boardwalk Empire
Mrs. McGarry
American Playhouse
Yvonne / Naomi Eisen
Oz
Patricia Nathan
Homicide: Life on the Street
Margie Bolander
Ugly Betty
Roberta