Biography
Dina Spybey (born August 29, 1965) is an American actress, also known as Dina Waters or Dina Spybey-Waters since her 2000 marriage to director Mark Waters. She has appeared in more than 20 films, including Big Night (1996), Striptease (1996), The First Wives Club (1996), SubUrbia (1996), John Q (2002), Freaky Friday (2003), The Haunted Mansion (2003), and Just Like Heaven (2005). On television, Spybey is perhaps best known for her role as Tracy Montrose Blair on the first season of Six Feet Under. She also had regular roles on Remember WENN (1996), Men Behaving Badly (1996 - 1997), and Greg the Bunny (2002 - 2004). A notable guest role was on Frasier in 2001 as Nanette Guzman, Frasier Crane's first wife. She was one of three actresses to play the role over the course of Cheers and Frasier (the others were Emma Thompson and Laurie Metcalf). She attended Winterset Elementary, Ridgeview Jr. High School, Centennial High School, and The Ohio State University, all in Columbus, Ohio.
Also known as
Dina Spybey · Dina Waters
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Roles across career
Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).
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Most critically rated
Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)
- 1
★ 8.1Six Feet Under
2001 · tv · as Chatty Mourner
- 2
★ 7.9Modern Family
2009 · tv · as Art Teacher
- 3
★ 7.7Frasier
1993 · tv · as Nanette
- 4
★ 7.3Witches of East End
2013 · tv · as Woman in Hospital
- 5
★ 7.1John Q
2002 · movie · as Debby Utley
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★ 7.0Big Night
1996 · movie · as Natalie
- 7
★ 7.0Just Like Heaven
2005 · movie · as Abby Brody
- 8
★ 6.9Speechless
2016 · tv · as Jennifer
Most commercially successful
Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)
Career timeline
By release / first air year · movie & TV merged
