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Dina Spybey-Waters

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  • Producer
  • Soundtrack
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Dina Spybey-Waters
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Just Like Heaven (2005)
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A petite, stage-trained blonde adept at portraying naive or off-center characters, Dina Spybey Waters first came to prominence in and won a Daytime Emmy Award for the leading role of an underage teenager in the fact-based HBO special, Public Law 106: The Becky Bell Story (1992).

In 2000, she married director Mark Waters and eventually changed her professional name to reflect their union. The two collaborated on several projects, including Freaky Friday (2003) and Just Like Heaven (2005). In the latter film, she delivered one of her best performances as Reese Witherspoon's protective, married-with-kids sister, veering adroitly between her trademark high-pitched comedic energy and convincing emotional moments.

Waters earned a B.F.A. in Acting from Ohio State University and an M.F.A. from Rutgers University, before beginning her career on stage. She had appeared in numerous Broadway and off-Broadway plays, including Alan Ball's "Five Women Wearing the Same Dress", for which she earned a Theatre World Award for Outstanding New Talent, "Blue Light" and "The Shawl", both directed by Sidney Lumet, and "The Iceman Cometh", opposite Kevin Spacey.
BornAugust 29
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BornAugust 29
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  • Awards
    • 1 win & 1 nomination

Photos33

Minnie Driver, Dina Spybey-Waters, John Ross Bowie, Kyla Kenedy, Mason Cook, and Micah Fowler in Speechless (2016)
Minnie Driver, Dina Spybey-Waters, John Ross Bowie, Kyla Kenedy, Mason Cook, and Micah Fowler in Speechless (2016)
Minnie Driver, Dina Spybey-Waters, John Ross Bowie, Marin Hinkle, Kyla Kenedy, Mason Cook, and Micah Fowler in Speechless (2016)
Minnie Driver, Dina Spybey-Waters, John Ross Bowie, Marin Hinkle, Kyla Kenedy, Mason Cook, and Micah Fowler in Speechless (2016)
Dina Spybey-Waters, Kyla Kenedy, Mason Cook, and Micah Fowler in Speechless (2016)
Dina Spybey-Waters in Six Feet Under (2001)
David Spade and Dina Spybey-Waters in Just Shoot Me! (1997)
Laura San Giacomo, George Segal, J.P. Manoux, Wendie Malick, David Spade, Dina Spybey-Waters, Enrico Colantoni, Hamilton von Watts, and Fred Willard in Just Shoot Me! (1997)
Eddie Murphy, Wallace Shawn, Dina Spybey-Waters, and Aree Davis in The Haunted Mansion (2003)
Dina Spybey-Waters in Just Like Heaven (2005)
Dina Waters
Jennifer Tilly, Eddie Murphy, Wallace Shawn, and Dina Spybey-Waters in The Haunted Mansion (2003)

Known for

Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo in Just Like Heaven (2005)
Just Like Heaven
6.7
  • Abby(as Dina Waters)
  • 2005
The Haunted Mansion (2003)
The Haunted Mansion
5.1
  • Emma(as Dina Waters)
  • 2003
Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, and Christina Vidal in Freaky Friday (2003)
Freaky Friday
6.3
  • Dottie Robertson(as Dina Waters)
  • 2003
Demi Moore in Striptease (1996)
Striptease
4.5
  • Monique, Jr.(as Dina Spybey)
  • 1996

Credits

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Actress

  • Kurt Angle, Jim Cashman, Drew Droege, and Shelley Pack in Chasing Molly (2019)
    Chasing Molly
    • Janet (as Dina Sbybey-Waters)
    • 2019
  • Minnie Driver, John Ross Bowie, Cedric Yarbrough, Kyla Kenedy, Mason Cook, and Micah Fowler in Speechless (2016)
    Speechless
    • Jennifer
    • TV Series
    • 2016
  • Leslie Bibb and Rachel Dratch in Salem Rogers (2015)
    Salem Rogers
    • Sponsor (Karen)
    • TV Movie
    • 2015
  • Julia Ormond, Mädchen Amick, Rachel Boston, and Jenna Dewan in Witches of East End (2013)
    Witches of East End
    • Woman In Hospital (as Dina Waters)
    • TV Series
    • 2013
  • Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Sarah Hyland, Ed O'Neill, Eric Stonestreet, Beatrice the Dog, Ariel Winter, Nolan Gould, Rico Rodriguez, Reid Ewing, Aubrey Anderson-Emmons, and Jeremy Maguire in Modern Family (2009)
    Modern Family
    • Art Teacher (as Dina Waters)
    • TV Series
    • 2013
  • CPA Holes
    • Annette Wicks
    • TV Series
    • 2011
  • Neighbors from Hell (2010)
    Neighbors from Hell
    • Marjoe Saint Sparks (voice, as Dina Waters)
    • TV Series
    • 2010
  • Yoga Matt
    • Bonnie Putterman (as Dina Waters)
    • Short
    • 2008
  • Family of the Year
    • Barbara Anderson (as Dina Spybey)
    • TV Series
    • 2007
  • Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo in Just Like Heaven (2005)
    Just Like Heaven
    • Abby (as Dina Waters)
    • 2005
  • Matt LeBlanc in Joey (2004)
    Joey
    • Judy (as Dina Waters)
    • TV Series
    • 2005
  • Seth Green, Eugene Levy, and Dan Milano in Greg the Bunny (2002)
    Greg the Bunny
    • Dottie Sunshine (as Dina Waters)
    • TV Series
    • 2002–2004
  • Dina Spybey-Waters in The Haunted Mansion: Virtual Tour (2004)
    The Haunted Mansion: Virtual Tour
    • Emma
    • Video Game
    • 2004
  • The Haunted Mansion (2003)
    The Haunted Mansion
    • Emma (as Dina Waters)
    • 2003
  • Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, and Christina Vidal in Freaky Friday (2003)
    Freaky Friday
    • Dottie Robertson (as Dina Waters)
    • 2003

Producer

  • Orchard House: Home of Little Women (2018)
    Orchard House: Home of Little Women
    • associate producer
    • TV Movie
    • 2018
  • CPA Holes
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2011

Soundtrack

  • Kelsey Grammer, David Hyde Pierce, John Mahoney, Peri Gilpin, and Jane Leeves in Frasier (1993)
    Frasier
    • performer: "Bangladesh, Dhaka Before The Dawn" (uncredited)
    • TV Series
    • 2001

Videos9

Dina Spybey-Waters Demo Reel
Demo Reel 6:05
Dina Spybey-Waters Demo Reel
Dina Spybey-Waters Comedy Reel
Demo Reel 5:16
Dina Spybey-Waters Comedy Reel
Yoga Matt
Full Movie 5:55
Yoga Matt
The Haunted Mansion
Clip 1:04
The Haunted Mansion
The Haunted Mansion
Clip 0:57
The Haunted Mansion
The Haunted Mansion
Clip 0:47
The Haunted Mansion
Just Like Heaven
Clip 0:37
Just Like Heaven
The Haunted Mansion
Trailer 1:16
The Haunted Mansion
Just Like Heaven
Trailer 2:31
Just Like Heaven

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Dina
  • Born
    • August 29
    • Columbus, Ohio, USA
  • Spouse
    • Mark WatersNovember 10, 2000 - present (2 children)
  • Other works
    Co-starring with Kevin Spacey in "The Iceman Cometh", at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York.

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Dina Spybey replaced actress Ever Carradine as "Nina Bloom" in the final episodes of the now-canceled NBC sitcom Conrad Bloom (1998).

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