Acting credits
53
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Dana Wheeler-Nicholson
Acting
Career Snapshot
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1.1
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Movies: 28Series: 25
TMDB ID: 58866
IMDb ID: nm0923984
Known for: Acting
Born: October 9, 1960
Age: 65
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1983 - 2025
Years active: 43
Average TMDB rating: 6.74
Wikidata: Q3281731
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Dana Wheeler-Nicholson.
1.0
Unconventional
2022 Movie
7.3
Blue Miracle
as Tricia Bisbee
2021 Movie
6.0
Miss Arizona
as Maybelle
2018 Movie
5.4
6 Years
as Joanne
2015 Movie
5.0
Winter in the Blood
as Malvina
2014 Movie
6.3
Parkland
as Lillian Zapruder
2013 Movie
6.2
Five Time Champion
as Danielle
2012 Movie
3.9
Blacktino
as Moon
2011 Movie
Dance with the One
as Mary
2010 Movie
6.0
Fast Food Nation
as Debi Anderson
2006 Movie
5.7
The Battle of Shaker Heights
as Mathilda
2003 Movie
2.3
Sam the Man
as Woman #2 in Restaurant
2001 Movie
3.3
Nick and Jane
as Jane
1997 Movie
4.6
Living in Peril
as Linda Woods
1997 Movie
6.0
Jamaica Beat
as Lori Peterson
1997 Movie
3.6
The Pompatus of Love
as Kathryn
1996 Movie
6.0
Denise Calls Up
as Gail Donelly
1995 Movie
5.9
Bye Bye Love
as Heidi
1995 Movie
5.1
Frank & Jesse
as Annie
1994 Movie
4.0
My Life's in Turnaround
as Rachel
1994 Movie
7.6
Tombstone
as Mattie Earp
1993 Movie
5.4
The Night We Never Met
as Inga
1993 Movie
3.0
Murder in High Places
as Natalie
1991 Movie
1.0
NYPD Mounted
as Donna Lee Wellington
1991 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Dana Wheeler-Nicholson.
4.0
Unconventional
as Carolyn Guillory • 7 eps
2025 Series
7.1
Walker
as Joy Caldwell • 1 eps
2021 Series
7.0
Emergence
as Vanessa Cox • 1 eps
2019 Series
7.1
Bull
as Evelyn Waters • 1 eps
2016 Series
6.6
Nashville
as Beverly • 2 eps
2012 Series
7.3
The Good Guys
as Meredith • 1 eps
2010 Series
6.0
The Deep End
as Judge Reyes • 1 eps
2010 Series
8.0
Friday Night Lights
as Angela Collette • 21 eps
2006 Series
8.2
Grey's Anatomy
as Dana Hamilton • 1 eps
2005 Series
7.9
Boston Legal
as Stephanie Rogers • 1 eps
2004 Series
7.2
Without a Trace
as Sarah Pritchard • 1 eps
2002 Series
7.6
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Tara Black • 1 eps
2001 Series
6.8
Grounded for Life
as Arianna • 1 eps
2001 Series
7.6
Boston Public
as FBI Agent Monica Price • 1 eps
2000 Series
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Donna Evans • 1 eps
1999 Series
7.4
Sex and the City
as Laney Berlin • 1 eps
1998 Series
5.0
The Single Guy
as Erika • 2 eps
1995 Series
8.4
The X-Files
as Det. Angela White • 1 eps
1993 Series
3.5
Palace Guard
1 eps
1991 Series
7.3
Law & Order
as Maggie Callister • 1 eps
1990 Series
8.3
Seinfeld
as Shelly • 1 eps
1989 Series
5.0
Baby M
as Sherri • 2 eps
1988 Series
5.0
Beverly Hills Buntz
as Rebecca Griswold • 13 eps
1987 Series
8.0
Crime Story
as Marilyn Stewart • 1 eps
1986 Series