Dana Ivey is an American actress. She was born in Georgia in 1941. She earned a Fulbright grant to study drama at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Ivey first received recognition for her acting for a supporting role in a revival of Noël Coward's Present Laughter, for which she won the Clarence Derwent Award as Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play. On the silver screen Ivey has appeared in many films such as The Addams Family, Postcards from the Edge, The Help, and others. Dana Ivey has also performed on television on such shows as Ugly Betty, Monk, Sex and the City, Frasier, Oz, and Boardwalk Empire.
