Character Bio
Katherine Mayfair, an old friend of Susan Mayer's, returned to Wisteria Lane with her younger second husband, Adam, and teenage daughter, Dylan. Katherine was close-lipped about her past, including the fate of her first husband, Wayne Davis, and why Dylan didn't remember anything about growing up in Fairview, such as former best friend Julie Mayer.
Katherine's flair for baking and gardening began a heated rivalry with the neighborhood's resident homemaker extraordinare, Bree, until the two teamed up to create a successful catering company.
Her ex, Wayne, an abusive policeman, was not dead as many believed, but alive and well. He wanted to get to know his daughter Dylan better, but Katherine was dead-set against it. The big secret Katherine has been hiding: the real Dylan died in a tragic accident as a little girl and rather than deal with Wayne, Katherine adopted a lookalike from a Romanian orphanage. Wayne, demanding answers, held Katherine hostage, but Katherine shot and killed him. The residents of Wisteria Lane insisted the shooting was in self-defense, proving they considered Katherine one of their own.
Her marriage with Adam ended after revelations of an affair proved to be true. Katherine then found an unexpected romance with Mike Delfino, which put a strain on her relationship with Susan, who'd never gotten over her ex.
Her ex, Wayne, an abusive policeman, was not dead as many believed, but alive and well. He wanted to get to know his daughter Dylan better, but Katherine was dead-set against it. The big secret Katherine has been hiding: the real Dylan died in a tragic accident as a little girl and rather than deal with Wayne, Katherine adopted a lookalike from a Romanian orphanage. Wayne, demanding answers, held Katherine hostage, but Katherine shot and killed him. The residents of Wisteria Lane insisted the shooting was in self-defense, proving they considered Katherine one of their own.
Her marriage with Adam ended after revelations of an affair proved to be true. Katherine then found an unexpected romance with Mike Delfino, which put a strain on her relationship with Susan, who'd never gotten over her ex.
About Dana Delany
Dana Delany currently appears as Katherine Mayfair on "Desperate Housewives."
She made her mark as Army nurse Colleen McMurphy on ABC-TV's critically acclaimed series "China Beach," for which she received two Emmy Awards and four nominations for Best Dramatic Actress.
Following her graduation from Wesleyan University, Dana, a Stamford, Connecticut native, went to New York where she honed her skills in daytime television and theatre. She starred on Broadway in "A Life" and received critical acclaim in a number of off-Broadway productions including Nicholas Kazan's "Blood Moon" which led to her arrival in Los Angeles for the west coast production of the controversial drama.
Opting to stay in Los Angeles after the run of the play, Dana was soon cast in many popular television shows including "Moonlighting," and "Magnum, P.I."
Dana has appeared in numerous films including "Tombstone," "Housesitter," "Fly Away Home," "Exit to Eden," "Light Sleeper," "Moon Over Parador," "Masquerade," "Patty Hearst," "Where the River Runs Black," and "Almost You."
In 2008, she will be seen in the independent films, "Route 30", "Multiple Sarcasms" and "Camp Hope."Television mini-series include "Shake, Rattle & Roll," "True Women," and "Wild Palms."
Some of the movies for television in which Dana has starred include "Resurrection" and "The Patron Saint of Liars," both directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal, "For Hope," in which she played a woman suffering from Scleroderma, directed by Bob Saget, Lifetime's "Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story," Showtime's "Sirens," "Rescuers: Stories of Courage," and "Conviction" with Omar Epps, and "The Right Temptation" for HBO.
Dana produced and starred in the ABC telefilm "Final Jeopardy" based on New York sex-crimes prosecutor Linda Fairstein's novel.
More recent television series credits include "Presidio Med," "Pasadena," and "Kidnapped" opposite Timothy Hutton.
Episodic work includes "Family Law," for which she received an Emmy Award nomination for outstanding guest actress in a drama series.Dana's theatre credits include "Translations," "Much Ado About Nothing," opposite Billy Campbell at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, and the Pulitzer prize-winning play "Dinner With Friends," alternating roles in New York, Los Angeles and Boston.
Last year she appeared in Neil Labute's "Things We Said Today" at the EST marathon in New York.Since 1996 Dana has provided voice-over work as Lois Lane on the WB's animated series "Superman," "The Batman/Superman Adventures," "Justice League," and most recently "The Batman."
Since the mid-1990's, Delany has served on the board of the Scleroderma Research Foundation.
She made her mark as Army nurse Colleen McMurphy on ABC-TV's critically acclaimed series "China Beach," for which she received two Emmy Awards and four nominations for Best Dramatic Actress.
Following her graduation from Wesleyan University, Dana, a Stamford, Connecticut native, went to New York where she honed her skills in daytime television and theatre. She starred on Broadway in "A Life" and received critical acclaim in a number of off-Broadway productions including Nicholas Kazan's "Blood Moon" which led to her arrival in Los Angeles for the west coast production of the controversial drama.
Opting to stay in Los Angeles after the run of the play, Dana was soon cast in many popular television shows including "Moonlighting," and "Magnum, P.I."
Dana has appeared in numerous films including "Tombstone," "Housesitter," "Fly Away Home," "Exit to Eden," "Light Sleeper," "Moon Over Parador," "Masquerade," "Patty Hearst," "Where the River Runs Black," and "Almost You."
In 2008, she will be seen in the independent films, "Route 30", "Multiple Sarcasms" and "Camp Hope."Television mini-series include "Shake, Rattle & Roll," "True Women," and "Wild Palms."
Some of the movies for television in which Dana has starred include "Resurrection" and "The Patron Saint of Liars," both directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal, "For Hope," in which she played a woman suffering from Scleroderma, directed by Bob Saget, Lifetime's "Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story," Showtime's "Sirens," "Rescuers: Stories of Courage," and "Conviction" with Omar Epps, and "The Right Temptation" for HBO.
Dana produced and starred in the ABC telefilm "Final Jeopardy" based on New York sex-crimes prosecutor Linda Fairstein's novel.
More recent television series credits include "Presidio Med," "Pasadena," and "Kidnapped" opposite Timothy Hutton.
Episodic work includes "Family Law," for which she received an Emmy Award nomination for outstanding guest actress in a drama series.Dana's theatre credits include "Translations," "Much Ado About Nothing," opposite Billy Campbell at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, and the Pulitzer prize-winning play "Dinner With Friends," alternating roles in New York, Los Angeles and Boston.
Last year she appeared in Neil Labute's "Things We Said Today" at the EST marathon in New York.Since 1996 Dana has provided voice-over work as Lois Lane on the WB's animated series "Superman," "The Batman/Superman Adventures," "Justice League," and most recently "The Batman."
Since the mid-1990's, Delany has served on the board of the Scleroderma Research Foundation.
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