Dale Dickey

Dale Dickey
Born	Diana Dale Dickey (1961-09-29) September 29, 1961 Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.A.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1994-present

Dale Dickey (born September 29, 1961) is an American film, stage and television character actress. Dickey has won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female for her performance as Merab in the 2010 independent drama film Winter's Bone. She is also known for her character roles in the number of mainstream and independent films as of early 2000s, and for recurring performances in television shows such as My Name Is Earl, Breaking Bad, True Blood and Justified.

Life and career

Diana Dale Dickey was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, and graduated from Bearden High School in Knoxville. She played several roles in High School productions, notably as Emily in Our Town. She later attended the University of Tennessee from 1979 to 1984, but left to pursue her acting career. 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.

Dickey has been working as a character actress in both mainstream and independent films since the 1990s. She is known for her recurring roles as Patty on NBC comedy series My Name Is Earl and as Opal McHone in CBS historical drama Christy. Dickey has had several roles in films such as The Pledge, Our Very Own, Domino, Super 8, Being Flynn and The Guilt Trip. She performed on many Broadway productions, like The Merchant of Venice (1989) and A Streetcar Named Desire (2009). Dickey has appeared in guest roles on numerous television series, including The X-Files, Frasier, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Gilmore Girls, The Closer, Grey's Anatomy and Breaking Bad.

Dickey received critical praise for performance in 2010 independent drama film Winter's Bone opposite Jennifer Lawrence. She won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female for her performance as Merab in Winter's Bone on February 2011. In 2012 she plays Martha Bozeman in the fifth and sixth seasons of the HBO series True Blood. Dickey appeared in the superhero film Iron Man 3, directed by Shane Black in 2013. She also was cast in Bonnie and Clyde: Dead and Alive miniseries in 2013. In 2014, she had a recurring role in the FX series Justified. 2015 portrayed Rose Gray in the Spanish-American Thriller film Regression, in which she co-stars Ethan Hawke and Emma Watson.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love	Regina
1995	Running Wild	Judith
1995	The Journey of August King	Jenny
1997	Prison of Secrets	Lynn's friend
2000	Sordid Lives	Glyndora
2001	The Pledge	Strom
2005	Our Very Own	Skillet
2005	Domino	Edna Fender
2006	Nichts als Gespenster	Annie
2008	Trailer Park of Terror	Daryl
2008	Dark Canvas	Wilma
2008	Changeling	Patient
2008	Leaving Barstow	Linda
2009	A Perfect Getaway	Earth Momma
2010	Winter's Bone	Merab	Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Performance Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble (2nd place) Nominated — San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated — San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble Performance
2011	Child of the Desert	Elia
2011	Super 8	Edie
2011	Pirates of the Caribbean: Tales of the Code: Wedlocked	Oona
2012	Evidence	Katrina Fleishman
2012	Blues for Willadean	Rayleen Hobbs
2012	Tales of Everyday Magic	Maggie
2012	The Happiest Person in America	Meg
2012	Being Flynn	Marie
2012	The Yellow Wallpaper	Jennie Gilman
2012	The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez	Denise
2012	The Guilt Trip	Tammy
2012	Lost on Purpose	Retta Lee
2012	9 Full Moons	Billie
2013	C.O.G.	Debbie
2013	The Trials of Cate McCall	Mrs. Stubbs
2013	Teddy Bears	Lori
2013	Iron Man 3	Mrs. Davis
2013	Southern Baptist Sissies	Odette
2014	What Lola Wants	Mama
2014	Dark Around the Stars	Rita
2014	White Bird in a Blizzard	Mrs. Hillman
2014	The Possession of Michael King	Beverly
2014	San Patricios	Colleen Donnelly
2015	Regression	Rose Gray
2015	Blood Father	Cherise

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Cagney & Lacey: Together Again	Gloria	TV movie
1994-1995	Christy	Opal McHone	4 episodes
2000	City of Angels	Rose Odalee Greenup	Episode: "The High Cost of Living"
2000	Christy: The Movie	Opal McHone	TV movie
2001	Christy, Choices of the Heart, Part II: A New Beginning	Opal McHone	TV mini-series
2001	The X-Files	Game Warden	Episode: "Existence"
2003	Frasier	Mrs. Grant	Episode: "Some Assembly Required"
2004	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Cassie	Episode: "Bad to the Bone"
2004	ER	Mrs. Price	Episode: "Twas the Night"
2005	Numb3rs	Karen	Episode: "Counterfeit Reality"
2006	Gilmore Girls	Ruthie	2 episodes
2006	Cold Case	Reba Dautry	Episode: "Joseph"
2006	The Closer	Anna Larson	Episode: "Out of Focus"
2007	Shark	Nancy Padget	Episode: "Porn Free"
2007	Ugly Betty	Sugar Free Shirley	Episode: "East Side Story"
2008	Sordid Lives: The Series	Glyndora Roberts	6 episodes
2005-2009	My Name Is Earl	Patty, the daytime hooker	19 episodes
2009	Princess Protection Program	Helen	TV movie
2009	Breaking Bad	Spooge's Lady	2 episodes
2010	All Signs of Death	Thea	TV Pilot
2010	Bones	Marsha Vinton	Episode: "The X in the File"
2010	Criminal Minds	Carol	Episode: "Exit Wounds"
2010	Weeds	Sugarpop	Episode: "Gentle Puppies"
2011	2 Broke Girls	Elena	Episode: "And the Pop-Up Sale"
2013	Grey's Anatomy	Gasoline	Episode: "Things We Said Today"
2012-2013	Raising Hope	Patty	2 episodes
2013	Southland	Maureen	Episode: "Heroes"
2012–2013	True Blood	Martha Bozeman	12 episodes
2013	Last Man Standing	Doris	Episode: "Shoveling Snow"
2013	Bonnie and Clyde: Dead and Alive	Cummie Barrow	TV mini-series
2014	Justified	Judith	4 episodes
2014	The Middle	Sandy	Episode: "Orlando"
2014	Sons of Anarchy	Gibby's Mother	Episode: "The Separation of Crows"

External links

• Dale Dickey at the Internet Movie Database

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