Dana: When you're nominated, it is just so exciting. I'm full of nerves and excitement. It's a thrill.
Her broadway debut was in 1981, in the play Macbeth.
After being in show business for over a decade, she won high praise and recognition for her starring role in Driving Miss Daisy.
She has received critical acclaim on the stage, winning many honors, such as a Tomy Nomination, an Outer Critics award, a Drama Desk Award.
In May 2005, she served on the National Council of the Actors' Equity Association.
She is a graduate of Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, USA.
She decided at age six that she wanted to act, and throughout school she pursued it.