Deanna Dunagan

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Summary

Deanna Dunagan is an American stage, film, and television actor whose long Chicago theater career includes her Tony-winning performance as Violet Weston in August: Osage County. She is also known for playing Nana in The Visit and for recurring roles in The Exorcist and Chicago Med. Her work spans family dramas, comedies, and horror, with roles often including forceful older women and mothers. No public statements on identity politics, DEI, activism, or political causes are on record.