Dale Dickey

Dale Dickey is an award-winning actress that has starred in multiple films and television shows. She has worked with some big stars including Jennifer Lawrence, Emma Watson, and Chris Pine. She grew up in Knoxville and graduated from Bearden High School. Then, she attended the University of Tennessee from 1979 to 1984 before she left for her aspiring acting career. She has since been know as being a character actress and is finally been getting the recognition that she deserves the past couple of years. She played Patty in My Name is Earl for 19 episodes and she was in Breaking Bad for 2 episodes. This lead up to her big moment when she was casted as Merab in in Winter’s Bone with Jennifer Lawrence. Merab is a strong mountain woman who ends up helping Jennifer Lawrence’s character find her dad. She won an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female for her role in Winter’s Bone. Afterwards, she starred in True Blood for 12 episodes as Martha Bozeman and Justified for 4 episodes as Judith. In 2016, she has a role in Hell or High Water which I heard is a great movie. It stars Chris Pine and Ben Foster as brothers trying to save their ranch by robbing banks. I chose Dale Dickey because she continues to pick interesting roles in film and television whether they are indie roles or bigger budget films. She represents the Knoxville film community very well.