• Dana Delany is the Emmy Award-winning actress who played Colleen McMurphy on China Beach. She has also done voice-over work as Lois Lane in an animated Superman series. Since 2007, Delany has played Katherine Mayfair on the television show Desperate Housewives.

  She was chosen in September 2009 to be a host of the Primetime Emmy Awards. In the same month, she appeared on Celebrity Jeopardy and lost to Andy Richter.

• 1. Full Name: Dana Welles Delany
  2. Born: March 13, 1956
  3. Birthplace: New York, New York
  4. Grandfather invented the "Delany valve"
  5. Dana is not related to Kim Delaney
  6. Served on board of Scleroderma Research Foundation
  7. Awards: 2 Emmy Awards
  8. Award Nominations: 2 Emmy Awards, 2 Golden Globe Awards

• Notable Roles

  • Colleen McMurphy in China Beach (1988-1991)
  • Marianne in Light Sleeper (1992)
  • Josephine Marcus in Tombstone (1993)
  • Betsy Corcoran in The Enemy Within (1994)
  • Susan Barnes in Fly Away Home (1996)
  • Alexandra Cooper in Final Jeopardy (2001)
  • Sesha Abinell in Battlestar Galactica (2006)
  • Katherine Mayfair in Desperate Housewives (2007-Present)
  • Annie in Multiple Sarcasms (2008)

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