Dana Ivey
Dana Ivey 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).
Known for
![Ocean's Eight](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/MvYpKlpFukTivnlBhizGbkAe3v.jpg)
Ocean's Eight
![The Leisure Seeker](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1IOnJzgbgVj85vDEIf1fPmCQ7KP.jpg)
The Leisure Seeker
![Professional Cuddler](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fo3HASrXPVdNNIoutqJqFnumJ4n.jpg)
Professional Cuddler
![We'll Never Have Paris](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zX0JHMQbo41xCRXSKBJCYQ8fpHq.jpg)
We'll Never Have Paris
![Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zbAWQ41NPaWbN0deyMuxF1ustmj.jpg)
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
![The Help](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7XLSwxpfpPoJyTdJVot6a42TS2V.jpg)
The Help
![Boardwalk Empire](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3IKbPI1uQFcT7gNHi3la7uwOnsN.jpg)
Boardwalk Empire
![Did You Hear About the Morgans?](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/an5zZaGHntApQbAmO8a9GYaGgnY.jpg)
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
![Ghost Town](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/b8VS14DwpLlugTxVWSllYU0Gjn5.jpg)
Ghost Town
![The Return of Jezebel James](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dSstwIVGSqs8o6huJ9OpVPOjme3.jpg)
The Return of Jezebel James
![Broken English](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7xxZH98y9kIesh5OpFauu7GXKBh.jpg)
Broken English
![Rush Hour 3](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rZ7IxJlPhNNJ6Rn8z1rzsXuA70P.jpg)
Rush Hour 3
![Ugly Betty](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/prGylxnFpIWMcvHh9sUC46hmiIC.jpg)
Ugly Betty
![A Very Serious Person](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1t89cKI4qqHOJMKVPUfU0HsATFM.jpg)
A Very Serious Person
![Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4kC0UGTuJgFnlZq2ZM6OiY7nuY8.jpg)
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
![Two Weeks Notice](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/r18hSGAcxWiUysbX6nFShIZyjjP.jpg)
Two Weeks Notice
![Monk](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3axGMbUecXXOPSeG47v2i9wK5y5.jpg)
Monk
![Orange County](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lmLcncTWV78v91tKBmI5ytjKvOc.jpg)
Orange County
![The Kid](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jNfL8De5IDVIuUYsrNnmPxCQkz8.jpg)
The Kid
![Mumford](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/a2uqenG3BZICDrcrr49IZwoHA8Y.jpg)
Mumford
![A Lesson Before Dying](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oYC3CxsXA5iL0ODInvmxJYtH5b0.jpg)
A Lesson Before Dying
![Walking Across Egypt](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vW7tJUxCgCWAQW31feb4syzEXtE.jpg)
Walking Across Egypt
![The Impostors](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/p5eEqZxIcQsxIN4eKLqutyd5CKF.jpg)
The Impostors
![Simon Birch](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vRJcV9l3tLFoUWZel9RikS3nfJ6.jpg)
Simon Birch
![Sex and the City](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tzVUZxNwntAS8Gk3WF2DCcI8x1B.jpg)
Sex and the City
![Oz](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oTQ9PUnCgf9CimYeWuDGp8iaT07.jpg)
Oz
![The Practice](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7OKZSUIWhjFP0F2s478zTrAYwDB.jpg)
The Practice
![Sabrina](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/z1oNjotUI7D06J4LWQFQzdIuPnf.jpg)
Sabrina
![The Scarlet Letter](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8gIU7O3oV6NyWUjlL6ppbpnIZLW.jpg)
The Scarlet Letter
![Addams Family Values](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sdxT2VjVSx9DRicwnuECUdBHeE7.jpg)
Addams Family Values
![Frasier](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gYAb6GCVEFsU9hzMCG5rxaxoIv3.jpg)
Frasier
![Sleepless in Seattle](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/iLWsLVrfkFvOXOG9PbUAYg7AK3E.jpg)
Sleepless in Seattle
![Guilty as Sin](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yqEFrL47aqfKf1glpkv06sk8dom.jpg)
Guilty as Sin
![Class of '61](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/r6Rb65B1GcmPtsFmnY5ZZWYTmED.jpg)
Class of '61
![The Adventures of Huck Finn](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zTI7eEh6vf4BqDawKKLn4aHvZYz.jpg)
The Adventures of Huck Finn
![Homicide: Life on the Street](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nb5310xlFjx5r9TnpKoaOTQsAlP.jpg)
Homicide: Life on the Street
![A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7g8vYOelQxS4TcdlgLvCqINEDJO.jpg)
A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story
![Home Alone 2: Lost in New York](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/uuitWHpJwxD1wruFl2nZHIb4UGN.jpg)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
![The Addams Family](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qFf8anju5f2epI0my8RdwwIXFIP.jpg)
The Addams Family
![William Shakespeare's Hamlet](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ssq0280GJyx5fUgfbbBGJ0b7Bug.jpg)
William Shakespeare's Hamlet
![Postcards from the Edge](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/uF7bO5UcenRgag0jpbVvKsGyfBK.jpg)
Postcards from the Edge
![Law & Order](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/m9zTQr4TYS98UFSiA1k0mMfECPe.jpg)
Law & Order
![Dirty Rotten Scoundrels](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3176xH21fSetstKpEtAD1giHbyT.jpg)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
![Another Woman](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ds4CcnlACh0r1r3VGa7y85dz72R.jpg)
Another Woman
![The Appointments of Dennis Jennings](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tbFWHqxURoNBn8BwRHEF1j86JhP.jpg)
The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
![Easy Street](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wAmx5TUwOUEKD2hkzNMS0ZHVMxh.jpg)
Easy Street
![Heartburn](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4bnpG3EOmETJNrNlLg4l4ICaKG5.jpg)
Heartburn
![Sunday in the Park with George](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gu0LyMftRvGeCJEJ5MtpVcrtJOY.jpg)
Sunday in the Park with George
![The Color Purple](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ziosRyziefrmEmAMIswpjQzvAur.jpg)
The Color Purple
![Explorers](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oFJosj5ECYjf1jkvpTEjGNzPx2x.jpg)
Explorers
![Little Gloria... Happy at Last](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qoBLguftVIhkW0P1ULJlICQIRTQ.jpg)
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
![Great Performances](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1RD6s6KEbX36Cb99pAoWmU8gkwh.jpg)
Great Performances