Acting credits
54
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Dana Wheeler-Nicholson
Acting
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Movies: 29Series: 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: 6.73
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.
Unconventional
2022 • Movie
as Tricia Bisbee
Blue Miracle
2021 • Movie
as Maybelle
Miss Arizona
2018 • Movie
as Joanne
6 Years
2015 • Movie
as Malvina
Winter in the Blood
2014 • Movie
as Maggie
Angels Sing
2013 • Movie
as Lillian Zapruder
Parkland
2013 • Movie
as Danielle
Five Time Champion
2012 • Movie
as Moon
Blacktino
2011 • Movie
as Mary
Dance with the One
2010 • Movie
as Debi Anderson
Fast Food Nation
2006 • Movie
as Mathilda
The Battle of Shaker Heights
2003 • Movie
as Woman #2 in Restaurant
Sam the Man
2001 • Movie
as Jane
Nick and Jane
1997 • Movie
as Linda Woods
Living in Peril
1997 • Movie
as Lori Peterson
Jamaica Beat
1997 • Movie
as Kathryn
The Pompatus of Love
1996 • Movie
as Gail Donelly
Denise Calls Up
1995 • Movie
as Heidi
Bye Bye Love
1995 • Movie
as Annie
Frank & Jesse
1994 • Movie
as Rachel
My Life's in Turnaround
1994 • Movie
as Mattie Earp
Tombstone
1993 • Movie
as Inga
The Night We Never Met
1993 • Movie
as Donna Lee Wellington
NYPD Mounted
1991 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Dana Wheeler-Nicholson.
as Carolyn Guillory • 7 eps
Unconventional
2025 • Series
as Joy Caldwell • 1 eps
Walker
2021 • Series
as Vanessa Cox • 1 eps
Emergence
2019 • Series
as Evelyn Waters • 1 eps
Bull
2016 • Series
as Beverly • 2 eps
Nashville
2012 • Series
as Meredith • 1 eps
The Good Guys
2010 • Series
as Judge Reyes • 1 eps
The Deep End
2010 • Series
as Angela Collette • 21 eps
Friday Night Lights
2006 • Series
as Dana Hamilton • 1 eps
Grey's Anatomy
2005 • Series
as Stephanie Rogers • 1 eps
Boston Legal
2004 • Series
as Sarah Pritchard • 1 eps
Without a Trace
2002 • Series
as Tara Black • 1 eps
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 • Series
as Arianna • 1 eps
Grounded for Life
2001 • Series
as FBI Agent Monica Price • 1 eps
Boston Public
2000 • Series
as Donna Evans • 1 eps
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 • Series
as Laney Berlin • 1 eps
Sex and the City
1998 • Series
as Erika • 2 eps
The Single Guy
1995 • Series
as Det. Angela White • 1 eps
The X-Files
1993 • Series
1 eps
Palace Guard
1991 • Series
as Maggie Callister • 1 eps
Law & Order
1990 • Series
as Shelly • 1 eps
Seinfeld
1989 • Series
as Sherri • 2 eps
Baby M
1988 • Series
as Rebecca Griswold • 13 eps
Beverly Hills Buntz
1987 • Series
as Marilyn Stewart • 1 eps
Crime Story
1986 • Series