Personal Info
Birth date
1960-10-09 (64 Years)
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also known as
-Dana Wheeler-Nicholson
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Dana Wheeler-Nicholson (born New York City, New York, October 9, 1960) is an American actress. Sometimes credited as Dana Wheeler Nicholson, she has appeared in numerous movies, but is probably best known for her role in Fletch as Gail Stanwyk (wife of the villain and love interest of the title character played by Chevy Chase) and in Tombstone (1993) as Mattie Blaylock (Wyatt Earp's common law wife). Her most recent movie role was in Fast Food Nation (2006). She has also appeared in several TV series including Seinfeld, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Sex and the City, Boston Public, Boston Legal, Friday Night Lights, and most recently The Good Guys. She is the granddaughter of pioneering American comic book publisher Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Filmography
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
7.9
Overview:
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.Grey's Anatomy
8.2
Overview:
Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.Law & Order
7.4
Overview:
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.Seinfeld
8.248
Overview:
A stand-up comedian and his three offbeat friends weather the pitfalls and payoffs of life in New York City in the '90s. It's a show about nothing.Law & Order: Criminal Intent
7.6
Overview:
The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.The X-Files
8.377
Overview:
The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.Without a Trace
7.3
Overview:
The series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.Sex and the City
7.395
Overview:
Based on the bestselling book by Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City tells the story of four best friends, all single and in their late thirties, as they pursue their careers and talk about their sex lives, all while trying to survive the New York social scene.Boston Legal
7.892
Overview:
Alan Shore and Denny Crane lead a brigade of high-priced civil litigators in an upscale Boston law firm in a series focusing on the professional and personal lives of brilliant but often emotionally challenged attorneys. A spin-off of long-running series The Practice.Bull
7.071
Overview:
Dr. Jason Bull is the brilliant, brash, and charming founder of a hugely successful trial consulting firm.Nashville
6.6
Overview:
Rayna Jaymes and Juliette Barnes face personal and professional challenges as they navigate their paths as artists and individuals. Surrounding them, and often complicating their lives, are their family, friends and, in some cases, lovers, as well as the up-and-coming performers and songwriters trying to get ahead in the business.Friday Night Lights
8
Overview:
The trials and triumphs of life in the small town of Dillon, Texas, where high school football is everything.Walker
7.1
Overview:
Cordell Walker, a widower and father of two with his own moral code, returns home to Austin after being undercover for two years, only to discover there's harder work to be done at home.Boston Public
7.6
Overview:
Principal Steven Harper runs Winslow High School as best as he can while dealing with the demands of the faculty, the students and their parents.The Hitchhiker
6.2
Overview:
A young hitchhiker introduces characters who are about to experience a frightening and sometimes supernatural incident of some kind in this moody anthology series.Grounded for Life
6.9
Overview:
Right out of high school, Sean Finnerty got his girlfriend Claudia pregnant. Now she’s his wife, and at just 32, he’s somehow found himself with 14-year-old daughter Lily, two little boys, and a constant struggle between his need to be responsible and his desperate desire to be irresponsible. His judgmental father Walt and devil-may-care brother Eddie are no help at all. When they all get together, stories always start to fly. Of course, Sean’s family will never let him finish a story; they interrupt, they debate, they derail, they defend themselves; just like any good family would.The Night We Never Met
5.5
Overview:
Sam has a problem with his roommates: they are disgusting, and don't seem to share his views on responsibility, privacy, and basic hygine. Such is his discomfort with his living arrangements that he agrees to share the occupancy of another flat: he gets two nights a week, the owner (a sleazy frat-boy yuppie named Brian, soon to be married) and Ellen (a would-be painter seeking relief from her boring marriage) each get their seperate nights in the flat. Things go extremely well until Sam and Brian swap nights without telling Ellen, who attributes the "nice" things that happen around the place to the slob Brian, while berating the responsible Sam for his hedonistic lifestyle.Tombstone
7.589
Overview:
Legendary marshal Wyatt Earp, now a weary gunfighter, joins his brothers Morgan and Virgil to pursue their collective fortune in the thriving mining town of Tombstone. But Earp is forced to don a badge again and get help from his notorious pal Doc Holliday when a gang of renegade brigands and rustlers begins terrorizing the town.Crime Story
8
Overview:
The hard-boiled saga of hair-trigger cop Lieutenant Mike Torello and his obsessive pursuit of ruthless gangster Ray Luca.The Good Guys
7.3
Overview:
Once upon the 1970s, Dan Stark and his partner, Frank Savage, were big-shot Dallas detectives. So big, in fact, that they were lauded as American heroes after saving the Governor's son. Thirty years later, Dan Stark is a washed-up detective who spends most of his time drunk or re-hashing his glory days. Dan's new partner, Jack Bailey, is an ambitious, by-the-book and overall good detective, but is sometimes a bit too snarky for his own good. His habit of undermining himself has earned him a dead-end position in the department, and he is stuck solving annoying petty theft cases that nobody else wants. Worse, he's been given the thankless task of babysitting Dan, the drunk pariah who can never keep partners for long.Emergence
6.924
Overview:
A police chief takes in a young child she finds near the site of a mysterious accident who has no memory of what has happened. The investigation draws her into a conspiracy larger than she ever imagined, and the child’s identity is at the center of it all.NYPD Mounted
1
Overview:
New York City cop becomes partners with a rodeo cowboy from Montana on the City's Mounted Police Department.Mrs. Soffel
6.12
Overview:
Kate Soffel is married to a prison warden in Pittsburgh, and is the mother of their four children. Ed Biddle is a convicted murderer awaiting execution on death row with his brother Jack. When Kate meets Eddie through her Bible readings to the prisoners, she is drawn to him, and they pursue a clandestine relationship. She agrees to help the brothers escape, and begins a treacherous journey with them to freedom in Canada.The Pompatus of Love
4.1
Overview:
Four guys sit around drinking beer and talking, trying to figure out the meaning of "the pompatus of love" (from the Steve Miller song "Joker") and analyzing their relationships with women.Fletch
6.7
Overview:
When investigative reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher goes undercover to write a piece on the drug trade at a local beach, he's approached by wealthy businessman Alan Stanwyk, who offers him $50,000 to murder him. With sarcastic wit and a knack for disguises, Fletch sets out to uncover Stanwyk's story.Sam the Man
2.3
Overview:
A writer having difficulty completing his second novel goes on a journey of self-discovery.Blue Miracle
7.4
Overview:
To save their cash-strapped orphanage, a guardian and his kids partner with a washed-up boat captain for a chance to win a lucrative fishing competition.Bye Bye Love
5.9
Overview:
With varying degrees of success, recently divorced friends Dave, Vic and Donny are trying to move on with their lives. Vic feels vilified by his ex-wife's parents, while Donny has a shaky bond with his teen daughter, Emma. Dave, meanwhile, has an enviable problem -- he has more dates than he can handle. As they confront their post-marital challenges, the men take solace in one another's plights.Parkland
6.2
Overview:
November 22nd, 1963 was a day that changed the world forever — when young American President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. This film follows, almost in real time, a handful of individuals forced to make split-second decisions after an event that would change their lives and forever alter the world’s landscape.Acting
2025Unconventional (7 Episodes) as Carolyn Guillory
2022Unconventional as Unknown
2021Blue Miracle as Tricia Bisbee
2021Walker (1 Episode) as Joy Caldwell
2019Emergence (1 Episode) as Vanessa Cox
2018Miss Arizona as Maybelle
2016Bull (1 Episode) as Evelyn Waters
20156 Years as Joanne
2014Winter in the Blood as Malvina
2013Parkland as Lillian Zapruder
2012Nashville (2 Episodes) as Beverly
2012Five Time Champion as Danielle
2011Blacktino as Moon
2010The Good Guys (1 Episode) as Meredith
2010Dance with the One as Mary
2010The Deep End (1 Episode) as Unknown
2006Fast Food Nation as Debi Anderson
2006Friday Night Lights (21 Episodes) as Angela Collette
2005Grey's Anatomy (1 Episode) as Dana Hamilton
2004Boston Legal (1 Episode) as Stephanie Rogers
2003The Battle of Shaker Heights as Mathilda
2002Without a Trace (1 Episode) as Sarah Pritchard
2001Law & Order: Criminal Intent (1, 1 Episode) as Tara Black, Hilary Marsden
2001Sam the Man as Woman #2 in Restaurant
2001Grounded for Life (1 Episode) as Unknown
2000Boston Public (1 Episode) as FBI Agent Monica Price
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1, 1 Episode) as Donna Evans, Lilah Jones
1998Sex and the City (1 Episode) as Laney Berlin
1997Nick and Jane as Jane
1997Living in Peril as Linda Woods
1997Jamaica Beat as Lori Peterson
1996The Pompatus of Love as Kathryn
1995The Single Guy (2 Episodes) as Erika
1995Denise Calls Up as Gail Donelly
1995Bye Bye Love as Heidi
1994Frank & Jesse as Annie
1994My Life's in Turnaround as Rachel
1993Tombstone as Mattie Earp
1993The X-Files (1 Episode) as Det. Angela White
1993The Night We Never Met as Inga
1991Palace Guard (1 Episode) as Unknown
1991Murder in High Places as Natalie
1991NYPD Mounted as Donna Lee Wellington
1990Law & Order (1 Episode) as Maggie Callister
1990Circuitry Man as Lori
1989Seinfeld (1 Episode) as Shelly
1987Beverly Hills Buntz (13 Episodes) as Rebecca Griswold
1986Crime Story (1 Episode) as Marilyn Stewart
1985Fletch as Gail Stanwyk
1984Mrs. Soffel as Jessie Bodyne
1984The Little Drummer Girl as Katrin
1983The Hitchhiker (1 Episode) as Belinda Haskell