---
name: "Dana Wheeler-Nicholson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dana-wheeler-nicholson"
fi1m_id: "dana-wheeler-nicholson"
imdb_id: "nm0923984"
tmdb_id: 58866
wikidata_id: "Q1972214"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 October 1960"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T19:10:26.792497+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Dana Wheeler-Nicholson

## Identity

Dana Wheeler-Nicholson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dana-wheeler-nicholson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dana-wheeler-nicholson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0923984
- **TMDB ID:** 58866
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1972214
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Wheeler-Nicholson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1972214, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0923984/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58866

Actor. Born 9 October 1960 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 October 1960, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1985–2012
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 71 (1), 2000s 86 (1), 2010s 74 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 70 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $60m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Wheeler-Nicholson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1972214, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0923984/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58866

## Biography

Dana Wheeler-Nicholson is an American actress. She was born on 9 October 1960 in New York City.

She is best known for her role as Gail Stanwyk in the 1985 film *Fletch* and as Mattie Earp in *Tombstone* (1993). Other film credits include *Fast Food Nation* (2006) and *Parkland* (2013). On television she has appeared in episodes of *Seinfeld* (1989), *Law & Order* (1990), *The X-Files* (1993), *Sex and the City* (1998), *Grey's Anatomy* (2005) and *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999).

She is the granddaughter of comic book publisher Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Nashville* (2012), Fi1m 74, as Beverly — [page](https://film.one/tv/nashville-2012.md)
- *Friday Night Lights* (2006), Fi1m 86, as Angela Collette — [page](https://film.one/tv/friday-night-lights.md)
- *Fletch* (1985), Fi1m 71, as Gail Stanwyk — [page](https://film.one/film/fletch.md)

## Complete filmography (55)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Unconventional* (2025), series, as Carolyn Guillory
- *Unconventional* (2022), Actor
- *Blue Miracle* (2021), as Tricia Bisbee
- *Walker* (2021), series, as Joy Caldwell
- *Emergence* (2019), series, as Vanessa Cox
- *Miss Arizona* (2018), as Maybelle
- *Bull* (2016), series, as Evelyn Waters
- *6 Years* (2015), as Joanne
- *Winter in the Blood* (2014), as Malvina
- *Angels Sing* (2013), as Maggie
- *Parkland* (2013), as Lillian Zapruder
- *Nashville* (2012), series, as Beverly — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/nashville-2012.md)
- *Five Time Champion* (2012), as Danielle
- *Blacktino* (2011), as Moon
- *The Good Guys* (2010), series, as Meredith
- *Dance with the One* (2010), as Mary
- *The Deep End* (2010), series, as Judge Reyes
- *Fast Food Nation* (2006), as Debi Anderson
- *Friday Night Lights* (2006), series, as Angela Collette — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/friday-night-lights.md)
- *Grey's Anatomy* (2005), series, as Dana Hamilton — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/greys-anatomy.md)
- *Boston Legal* (2004), series, as Stephanie Rogers — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/boston-legal.md)
- *The Battle of Shaker Heights* (2003), as Mathilda
- *Without a Trace* (2002), series, as Sarah Pritchard
- *In My Life* (2002), as Eleanor McCullough
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, as Tara Black, Hilary Marsden
- *Sam the Man* (2001), as Woman #2 in Restaurant
- *Grounded for Life* (2001), series, as Arianna
- *Boston Public* (2000), series, as FBI Agent Monica Price
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Donna Evans, Lilah Jones
- *Sex and the City* (1998), series, as Laney Berlin
- *Nick and Jane* (1997), as Jane
- *Living in Peril* (1997), as Linda Woods
- *Jamaica Beat* (1997), as Lori Peterson
- *The Pompatus of Love* (1996), as Kathryn
- *The Single Guy* (1995), series, as Erika
- *Denise Calls Up* (1995), as Gail Donelly
- *Bye Bye Love* (1995), as Heidi
- *Frank & Jesse* (1994), as Annie
- *My Life's in Turnaround* (1994), as Rachel
- *Tombstone* (1993), as Mattie Earp
- *The X-Files* (1993), series, as Det. Angela White — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)
- *The Night We Never Met* (1993), as Inga
- *Palace Guard* (1991), series, Actor
- *NYPD Mounted* (1991), as Donna Lee Wellington
- *Murder in High Places* (1991), as Natalie
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Maggie Callister — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Circuitry Man* (1990), as Lori
- *Seinfeld* (1989), series, as Shelly — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md)
- *Baby M* (1988), series, as Sherri
- *Beverly Hills Buntz* (1987), series, as Rebecca Griswold
- *Crime Story* (1986), series, as Marilyn Stewart
- *Fletch* (1985), as Gail Stanwyk — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/fletch.md)
- *Mrs. Soffel* (1984), as Jessie Bodyne
- *The Little Drummer Girl* (1984), as Katrin
- *The Hitchhiker* (1983), series, as Belinda Haskell

## Gallery

- ![Dana Wheeler-Nicholson](https://film.one/media/person/382340/gallery-d89d14fcc38a.jpg) Dana Wheeler-Nicholson — Image via TMDB
- ![Dana Wheeler-Nicholson](https://film.one/media/person/382340/gallery-8c310445d024.jpg) Dana Wheeler-Nicholson — Image via TMDB
- ![Dana Wheeler-Nicholson](https://film.one/media/person/382340/gallery-186df9ca852e.jpg) Dana Wheeler-Nicholson — Image via TMDB

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