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Dana Welles Delany (born March 13, 1956 in New
York City, New York) is an United States|American
film, stage, and television actor|actress.

Known mainly for her 2-time Emmy Award winning
performance as Colleen McMurphy on the ABC
television show China Beach (1988-1991), Dana
Delany has been an actress in films, television,
and stage since the late 1970s.

After growing up in Connecticut, Dana attended
Phillips Academy in Andover, then Wesleyan
University. 

Her early career included a TV role on Love of
Life (1979), performing on Broadway in A Life
(1980), then back to TV on As the World Turns
(1981). The west coast production of the
controversial play Bloodmoon (1983-1984) took Dana
to Hollywood. The next few years consisted of
small parts in various films and TV guest spots,
including an appearance on Moonlighting (TV
series) (1985) and 3 notable episodes on Magnum
P.I. (1986).

The significant break for Dana occurred when she
was cast as Colleen McMurphy on China Beach,
airing from 1988 to 1991, bringing intense media
attention to the actress. This role not only
garnered 2 Emmy awards, but 2 other Emmy
nominations, and 2 Golden Globe nominations.

Leveraging this newfound fame, Dana appeared in
feature films such as Light Sleeper (1992),
Housesitter (1992), and Tombstone (film)|Tombstone
(1993), and TV movies such as Promise to Keep
(1991), and Wild Palms (1993).  

Dana took on controversial roles such as Margaret
Sanger in the TV movie Choices of the Heart
(1995), Mistress Lisa in the 1994 feature film
adaptation of the Anne Rice book Exit to Eden
(including several nude scenes featuring this
beautiful woman)
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p/4551, and an Emmy nominated role as a gun-owning
mother in an episode of the TV series Family Law
(1999) (which was not rerun, due to sponsorship
withdrawal). 

Dana provided voice-over work as Lois Lane in the
Warner Bros. animated productions of Superman,
starting in the mid 1990s, and continuing through
2005. This resulted in her being one of the few to
be mentioned by name in the Animaniacs theme song.

The latter part of the 1990s and early 2000s
showed Dana's preference for projects that
challenged her.  Thus, she focused on roles in TV
series, such as the shortlived Pasadena (2001) and
Presidio Med (2002); TV movies like True Women
(1997), Resurrection (1999), A Time to Remember
(2003) and Baby for Sale (2004); and feature films
by indie film producers, such as The Outfitters
(1999), and Spin (2003).

Dana also found time to get back to the stage, on
and off Broadway, in Translations (1995 -
Broadway), Dinner With Friends (2000 -  New York
City, Los Angeles, Boston), and Much Ado About
Nothing (2003 - San Diego). 

She continues to be featured in guest roles on TV
shows such as Law & Order:SVU  and Boston
Legal (both in 2004), and Kojak (2005).

Since the mid-'90s, Dana has served on the board
of the http://www.srfcure.org/srf/index.htm
Scleroderma Research Foundation, and with her
friend Sharon Monsky, she helped campaign for
support in finding a cure for scleroderma. Working
with director Bob Saget, Dana starred in the TV
movie For Hope (1996), based on Saget's sister
Gay, who had died as a result of the disease.

A rather unique facet to Dana's career is her
presence on the internet. Since the mid-1990s, she
has participated in several online chat events
promoting various projects. But her main internet
venue has been her http://www.danadelany.com/
Official Web Site, online since 1996, which
includes a guestbook that she occasionally posts
to, answering questions from her fans, and
updating them on her life and work.

==External links==
* http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001127/ The IMDb
entry on Dana Delany
* http://www.danadelany.com/ Official Dana Delany
web site