Portrait of Dana Wheeler-Nicholson

Acting

Dana Wheeler-Nicholson

Career

Active from 1985 to 2021, busiest in 1997 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles
6
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score53/100
Highest rated
Poster for Fletch
Fletch
GoodWatch score72/100

Characters

2

The characters Dana Wheeler-Nicholson played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 39 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Dana Wheeler-Nicholson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Fantasy
    0.9, average 1.7
  • Scare
    1.7, average 2.5
  • Wonder
    2.7, average 3.4
  • Uncanny
    1.8, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

54
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

3 titles ยท average score 61
Unconventional
Unconventional (2025)

TV show ยท as Carolyn Guillory

Blue Miracle
Blue Miracle (2021)
GoodWatch score 63

as Tricia Bisbee

Walker
Walker (2021)
GoodWatch score 59

TV show ยท as Joy Caldwell

2010s

13 titles ยท average score 55
Emergence
Emergence (2019)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Vanessa Cox

Miss Arizona
Miss Arizona (2018)
GoodWatch score 38

as Maybelle

Bull
Bull (2016)
GoodWatch score 52

TV show ยท as Evelyn Waters

6 Years
6 Years (2015)
GoodWatch score 56

as Joanne

Winter in the Blood
Winter in the Blood (2014)
GoodWatch score 54

as Malvina

Parkland
Parkland (2013)
GoodWatch score 55

as Lillian Zapruder

Angels Sing
Angels Sing (2013)
GoodWatch score 40

as Maggie

Nashville
Nashville (2012)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show ยท as Beverly

Five Time Champion
Five Time Champion (2012)

as Danielle

Blacktino
Blacktino (2011)

as Moon

The Good Guys
The Good Guys (2010)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Meredith

The Deep End
The Deep End (2010)
GoodWatch score 34

TV show ยท as Judge Reyes

2000s

11 titles ยท average score 63
Friday Night Lights
Friday Night Lights (2006)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Angela Collette

Fast Food Nation
Fast Food Nation (2006)
GoodWatch score 62

as Debi Anderson

Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy (2005)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Dana Hamilton

Boston Legal
Boston Legal (2004)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Stephanie Rogers

The Battle of Shaker Heights
The Battle of Shaker Heights (2003)
GoodWatch score 45

as Mathilda

Without a Trace
Without a Trace (2002)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Sarah Pritchard

In My Life
In My Life (2002)

as Eleanor McCullough

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Hilary Marsden / Tara Black

Grounded for Life
Grounded for Life (2001)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Arianna

Sam the Man
Sam the Man (2001)
GoodWatch score 35

as Woman #2 in Restaurant

Boston Public
Boston Public (2000)
GoodWatch score 49

TV show ยท as FBI Agent Monica Price

1990s

19 titles ยท average score 56
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Lilah Jones / Donna Evans

Sex and the City
Sex and the City (1998)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Laney Berlin

Nick and Jane
Nick and Jane (1997)
GoodWatch score 51

as Jane

Living in Peril
Living in Peril (1997)
GoodWatch score 42

as Linda Woods

Denise Calls Up
Denise Calls Up (1995)
GoodWatch score 67

as Gail Donelly

The Single Guy
The Single Guy (1995)
GoodWatch score 57

TV show ยท as Erika

Frank & Jesse
Frank & Jesse (1994)
GoodWatch score 38

as Annie

The X-Files
The X-Files (1993)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Det. Angela White

Tombstone
Tombstone (1993)
GoodWatch score 71

as Mattie Earp

The Night We Never Met
The Night We Never Met (1993)
GoodWatch score 50

as Inga

Circuitry Man
Circuitry Man (1990)
GoodWatch score 46

as Lori

Law & Order
Law & Order (1990)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Maggie Callister

1980s

8 titles ยท average score 63
Seinfeld
Seinfeld (1989)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show ยท as Shelly

Baby M
Baby M (1988)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show ยท as Sherri

Beverly Hills Buntz
Beverly Hills Buntz (1987)

TV show ยท as Rebecca Griswold

Crime Story
Crime Story (1986)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show ยท as Marilyn Stewart

Fletch
Fletch (1985)
GoodWatch score 72

as Gail Stanwyk

Mrs. Soffel
Mrs. Soffel (1984)
GoodWatch score 51

as Jessie Bodyne

The Little Drummer Girl
The Little Drummer Girl (1984)
GoodWatch score 50

as Katrin

The Hitchhiker
The Hitchhiker (1983)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show ยท as Belinda Haskell