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Deanna Dunagan

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Deanna Dunagan
A dramatic thriller directed by Academy Award® winner Tom McCarthy and starring Matt Damon, Stillwater follows an American oil-rig roughneck from Oklahoma who travels to Marseille to visit his estranged daughter, in prison for a murder she claims she did not commit. Confronted with language barriers, cultural differences, and a complicated legal system, Bill builds a new life for himself in France as he makes it his personal mission to exonerate his daughter.
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Deanna Dunagan is a Tony Award-winning actress who has had a prolific career acting on the Chicago stage. Originally from Monahans, Texas, Dunagan made her Broadway debut in the 1979 production of George Bernard Shaw's "Man and Superman" at Circle in the Square. In 1981, she performed in the first national tour of "Children of a Lesser God", during which time she visited Chicago for the first time. Having fallen in love with that city, Dunagan moved to Chicago after the tour ended and has lived there ever since. Over the last three decades, she has performed in more than 30 theaters in the Chicago area, garnering three Joseph Jefferson Awards and three "After Dark" Awards. In 2007, Dunagan returned to Broadway in the Steppenwolf Theatre's transplant production of Tracy Letts' "August: Osage County". For her performance, Dunagan won a Tony Award, Theatre World Award and a Drama Desk Award.
BornMay 25, 1940
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BornMay 25, 1940
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    • 1 win & 2 nominations

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Deanna Dunagan and Olivia DeJonge in The Visit (2015)
Deanna Dunagan in The Visit (2015)
Geena Davis, Ben Daniels, Deanna Dunagan, Alfonso Herrera, and Hannah Kasulka in The Exorcist (2016)
Ben Daniels, Deanna Dunagan, Alfonso Herrera, and Hannah Kasulka in The Exorcist (2016)
Deanna Dunagan and Chris Clowers in The Exorcist (2016)
Ben Daniels, Deanna Dunagan, Chris Clowers, Ceci Fernandez, and Emily Ember in The Exorcist (2016)
Ben Daniels, Deanna Dunagan, and Chris Clowers in The Exorcist (2016)
Ben Daniels, Deanna Dunagan, Chris Clowers, and Madeline Pell in The Exorcist (2016)
Deanna Dunagan in The Exorcist (2016)
Deanna Dunagan in The Exorcist (2016)
Deanna Dunagan in The Exorcist (2016)
Ben Daniels and Deanna Dunagan in The Exorcist (2016)

Known for

The Visit (2015)
The Visit
6.2
  • Nana
  • 2015
The 62nd Annual Tony Awards (2008)
The 62nd Annual Tony Awards
5.9
TV Special
  • Self - Winner
  • 2008
Matt Damon in Stillwater (2021)
Stillwater
6.6
  • Sharon
  • 2021
The Exorcist (2016)
The Exorcist
7.9
TV Series
  • Mother Bernadette

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Actress

  • Bethany Joy Lenz in So Cold the River (2022)
    So Cold the River
    • Anne McKinney
    • 2022
  • Matt Damon in Stillwater (2021)
    Stillwater
    • Sharon
    • 2021
  • Amy Brenneman and Lily Rabe in Tell Me Your Secrets (2021)
    Tell Me Your Secrets
    • Esther Moses
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Dispatches from Elsewhere (2020)
    Dispatches from Elsewhere
    • Nana
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Oliver Platt, Steven Weber, Marlyne Barrett, S. Epatha Merkerson, Brian Tee, Dominic Rains, Guy Lockard, Jessy Schram, and Nick Gehlfuss in Chicago Med (2015)
    Chicago Med
    • Mrs. Charles
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Kelsey Grammer, Russell Hornsby, and Rachelle Lefevre in Proven Innocent (2019)
    Proven Innocent
    • Deborah Vandenhey
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Jamie Lee Curtis, Tika Sumpter, and Ben Tavassoli in An Acceptable Loss (2018)
    An Acceptable Loss
    • Willa
    • 2018
  • The Exorcist (2016)
    The Exorcist
    • Mother Bernadette
    • TV Series
    • 2016
  • The Strain (2014)
    The Strain
    • Ancharia
    • TV Series
    • 2016
  • The Visit (2015)
    The Visit
    • Nana
    • 2015
  • Kevin Spacey in House of Cards (2013)
    House of Cards
    • Susan Marbury
    • TV Series
    • 2014
  • The Cherokee Word for Water (2013)
    The Cherokee Word for Water
    • Irene Mankiller
    • 2013
  • Amy Brenneman, Brian Benben, Benjamin Bratt, Taye Diggs, Kate Walsh, Paul Adelstein, Caterina Scorsone, and KaDee Strickland in Private Practice (2007)
    Private Practice
    • Dr. Vivian Carlsmith
    • TV Series
    • 2012
  • Golshifteh Farahani and Sienna Miller in Just Like a Woman (2012)
    Just Like a Woman
    • George's Mother
    • 2012
  • Mariachi Gringo (2012)
    Mariachi Gringo
    • Monica
    • 2012

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  • Born
    • May 25, 1940
    • Monahans, Texas, USA
  • Spouse
    • Malcolm James Bell Jr.August 26, 1962 - August 14, 1963 (divorced)
  • Other works
    (12/07) Stage: Appeared (as "Violet Weston") in "August: Osage County", a play by Tracy Letts. Imperial Theatre, New York City.

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    Won 2008 Best Actress Tony Award for her role as Violet in "August: Osage County.".

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