She later had supporting parts in the made-for-television movies Cagney & Lacey: Together Again (1995), Prison of Secrets (1997) and Christy: Return to Cutter Gap (2000). The following year, she made her big screen debut in the comedy-drama film The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love. She made her television debut playing the recurring role of Opal McHone in CBS historical drama Christy from 1994 to 1995. Career ĭickey has been working as a character actress in both mainstream and independent films since the 1990s. On December 10, 2015, she returned to the University of Tennessee as a guest speaker, where she gave the commencement speech to Fall graduates, and was awarded an honorary Master of Fine Arts degree from the university. She later attended the University of Tennessee from 1979 to 1984, but left to pursue her acting career. She played several roles in high school productions, notably as Emily in Our Town.
She also was a regular cast member on the second season of the HBO comedy series Vice Principals (2017), co-starred in the Netflix miniseries Unbelievable (2019), and currently features in Amazon's comedy-series reboot of A League of Their Own.ĭickey received widespread acclaim from critics for her lead performance in the 2022 romantic drama film A Love Song, for which she was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Performance and the Gotham Independent Film Award for Outstanding Lead Performance.ĭiana Dale Dickey was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, and attended Bearden High School. Her television credits including recurring roles on My Name Is Earl (2005–09), Breaking Bad (2009), True Blood (2012–13), Justified (2014), and Claws (2017–22). Over her career, she has appeared in more than 60 movies, most notably Changeling (2008), Super 8 (2011), Iron Man 3 (2013), Regression (2015), Hell or High Water (2016), Leave No Trace (2018) and Bloodline (2018). She won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female for her breakthrough performance as Merab in the 2010 independent drama film Winter's Bone.
Known as a "consummate character actor," Dickey made her screen debut in 1995. She's the recipient of two Ovation Awards for her stage work in Los Angeles. She began her career on stage, performing in the 1989 Broadway version of The Merchant of Venice, before appearing in popular revivals of A Streetcar Named Desire, Sweeney Todd and more off-Broadway and in regional theaters. Diana Dale Dickey (born September 29, 1961) is an American character actress who has worked in theater, film, and television.
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