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Dana Ashbrook
Dana Ashbrook (born 1967, San Diego) is an American actor known for playing Bobby Briggs in Twin Peaks (1990), Fire Walk with Me (1992), and The Return (2017), plus Dawson's Creek and Crisis Center.
Dana Barron
Dana Barron (born 1966, New York City) is an American actress, the original Audrey Griswold in National Lampoon's Vacation (1983), reprised in Christmas Vacation 2 (2003); Daytime Emmy winner, distinct from Dana Lyn Baron and Ina Barrón.
Dana Carvey
Dana Thomas Carvey (born 1955, Missoula, Montana) is an American comedian and impressionist, an SNL cast member 1986-1993 known for the Church Lady, Garth, and George H. W. Bush impressions, star of Wayne's World, and creator of the short-lived 1996 Dana Carvey Show.
Dana DeArmond
Dana DeArmond, "The Internet's Girlfriend," American adult film performer and director born 1979 in Fort Bragg, North Carolina; known for MySpace-era fan interaction, fetish work, directing, and AVN, XRCO, and Urban X Hall of Fame inductions.
Dana Delany
Dana Welles Delany, American actress born 1956 in New York City; two-time Emmy winner as Colleen McMurphy on China Beach (1988–1991), later Katherine Mayfair on Desperate Housewives, Megan Hunt on Body of Proof, and the DCAU voice of Lois Lane.
Dana Eden
Dana Eden (דנה עדן), Israeli TV producer and co-creator of the Emmy-winning Apple TV+ spy thriller Tehran, co-founder of Donna & Shula Productions; died 15 February 2026 in Athens during season four filming.
Dana Elcar
Dana Elcar (Ibson Dana Elcar, 1927-2005), American character actor and director, best known as Peter Thornton on MacGyver (1985-1992); his real glaucoma blindness was written into the show; over 150 screen credits including The Sting and 2010.
Dana Evans (The Pitt)
Dana Evans is a fictional charge nurse in the HBO Max medical drama The Pitt, played by Katherine LaNasa. Based on nurse Kathy Garvin, she runs the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center ER, survives a patient assault in Season 1, and won LaNasa an Emmy.
Dana Goldberg (producer)
Dana Goldberg (born 1979) is an American film producer and studio executive, Chief Creative Officer of Skydance Media; not the comedian Dana Goldberg. She joined Skydance in 2010 as President of Production and executive produced the Mission: Impossible films and Top Gun: Maverick.
Dana Gould
Dana Gould (born 1964, Hopedale, Massachusetts) is an American stand-up comedian, writer, and actor, voice of Gex, Simpsons writer and two-time Emmy winner, and host of The Dana Gould Hour podcast.
Dana Hill
Dana Hill (Dana Lynne Goetz, 1964-1996) was an American film and voice actress: Audrey Griswold in National Lampoon's European Vacation, Sherry in Shoot the Moon, and the voice of Max Goof; she died of diabetes complications at 32.
Dana International (דנה אינטרנשיונל)
Dana International (דנה אינטרנשיונל), stage name of Israeli singer Sharon Cohen, born Yaron Cohen, won Eurovision 1998 in Birmingham with "Diva", becoming the contest's first transgender winner and Israel's third champion.
Dana Ivey
Dana Ivey (born 1941, Atlanta) is an American character actress, five-time Tony nominee, three-time Obie winner, creator of Daisy Werthan in Driving Miss Daisy, and film supporting player from The Color Purple to The Leisure Seeker.
Dana Plato
Dana Plato (Dana Michelle Strain, 1964-1999), American actress who played Kimberly Drummond on Diff'rent Strokes 1978-1984; later legal troubles, low-budget films, and a 1999 overdose ruled suicide.
Dana Reeve
Dana Reeve, born Dana Charles Morosini, was an American actress and caregiver advocate, widow of Christopher Reeve, who chaired his paralysis foundation until her death in 2006.
Dana Rosemary Scallon
Dana Rosemary Scallon (born 1951), known as Dana, is a Derry-raised singer who won the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland with "All Kinds of Everything" and later served as MEP for Connacht-Ulster and ran twice for the Irish presidency.
Dana Scully
Dana Katherine Scully is the fictional FBI agent and medical doctor, played by Gillian Anderson, who serves as the scientific skeptic to Fox Mulder on The X-Files (1993-2002, revived 2016); known for the Scully Effect on women in STEM.
Dana Snyder
Dana Snyder (born 1973) is an American voice actor and comedian from Easton, Pennsylvania, known as Master Shake in Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Granny in Squidbillies, The Alchemist in The Venture Bros, Scratch in The Ghost and Molly McGee, and Dr. Colosso in The Thundermans.
Dana Terrace
Dana Terrace, American animator and creator of Disney's The Owl House; formerly storyboard revisionist on Gravity Falls and director on DuckTales; now makes Knights of Guinevere with Glitch Productions.
Dana Vespoli
Dana Vespoli (Christa Nikom Walker), born 1972 in Portland, Oregon, is an American adult film performer, director, and writer active since 2003, directing from 2006 for Sweetheart Video, Evil Angel, and TransSensual, an AVN Hall of Fame inductee (2015) and XBIZ award winner.
Dana Wheeler-Nicholson
Dana Wheeler-Nicholson (born 1960, New York City) is an American actress known for Fletch, Tombstone, The Night We Never Met, Friday Night Lights, and Nashville; granddaughter of DC Comics founder Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, based in Austin, Texas since 2005.
Dana Winner
Dana Winner, stage name of Chantal Vanlee (born Hasselt, 1965), is a Flemish singer known for "Westenwind", "Woordenloos" and "One Moment In Time", recording in Dutch, English and Afrikaans, with a large South African following.
Dana Wynter
Dana Wynter (Dagmar Winter, 1931–2011), Berlin-born English actress; starred as Becky Driscoll in Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956); Fox contract player, films Sink the Bismarck! and Airport, later TV work.
Danai Gurira
Danai Gurira (Danai Jekesai Gurira, born 1978) is a Zimbabwean-American actress and playwright: Michonne in The Walking Dead, Okoye in Marvel's Black Panther films, and author of Eclipsed, The Convert, and In the Continuum.
Dananeer Mobeen
Dananeer Mobeen (born 2001, Peshawar) is a Pakistani actress and influencer, the "Pawri Ho Rahi Hai" viral star of 2021, known for Sinf-e-Aahan, Meem Se Mohabbat, Mera Lyari, and Hurmat.
Danay García
Danay García (Danay Aguilar Garcia), Cuban-born American actress born 1984 in Havana; known as Sofia Lugo in Prison Break and Luciana Galvez in Fear the Walking Dead (2016–2023, 98 episodes); now a series regular on Peacock's M.I.A. as twins Leah and Carmen.
Dance
Dance is stylized rhythmic human movement carrying social, ritual, and artistic meaning. Also called dancing across folk, ballroom, and contemporary genres, it spans five historical phases from courtship to professional performance and UNESCO-listed heritage.
Dance (Matisse)
Dance (La Danse) is Henri Matisse's ring of five nude dancers, painted as Dance (I) (1909, MoMA) and Dance (II) (1910, Hermitage) for Sergei Shchukin's Moscow staircase, derived from Bonheur de vivre.
Dance Academy
Dance Academy is an Australian teen drama (2010-2013) created by Samantha Strauss and Joanna Werner about teens at Sydney's National Academy of Dance; 65 episodes, three seasons, sold to 160+ territories, Logie winner, followed by a 2017 feature film.
Dance band
A dance band was a professional orchestra of the 1920s and 1930s playing primarily for dancers, with standard instrumentation set by Paul Whiteman in 1920.