Dana Ivey is an American actress. Ivey's first major screen appearance was in Steven Spielberg's adaptation of Alice Walker's The Color Purple in 1985. Her many film credits include Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Postcards from the Edge, The Addams Family and its sequel, Addams Family Values, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Sleepless in Seattle, Two Weeks Notice, and Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde. In 1978, Ivey made her television debut in the daytime soap opera Search for Tomorrow.