Dana Davis

Dana Davis
Born	(1978-10-04) October 4, 1978 Davenport, Iowa, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2000–present

Dana Davis (born October 4, 1978) is an American actress, known for playing Chastity Church on the ABC Family television series 10 Things I Hate About You (2009–10) and Carmen Phillips on the TNT series Franklin & Bash (2011-2013).

Biography

Davis was born in Davenport, Iowa, and attended Davenport North High School. She is a skilled violinist and attended Loyola Marymount University, graduating with a degree in music in 2006.

Davis appeared alongside teen actress Hilary Duff in Raise Your Voice. She has also appeared in Veronica Mars, That's So Raven, The O.C., Gilmore Girls, Point Pleasant, Pushing Daisies, and Hidden Palms.

In July 2007, The Hollywood Reporter announced that Davis would be joining the second season of the TV series Heroes, as Monica Dawson, who was described as a "young hero" willing to "give up everything to help the people around her". The character is the niece of D.L. Hawkins and first cousin of Micah Sanders. She has the power of muscle mimicry, meaning she can master instantly any physical skill she witnesses.

Davis played the role of Peyton in the hit film Coach Carter (2005) alongside Ashanti. She also starred as Lisa Hines in Prom Night (2008). Davis played Chastity Church in the ABC Family series 10 Things I Hate About You (Gabrielle Union played the character in the film) appearing in all 20 episodes. According to series creator Carter Covington, Davis asked out of her contract after the 20 episodes to explore new career opportunities, so Chastity was written out as transferring to a new school; the show was cancelled shortly after the episode aired.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	No Prom for Cindy	Kris	Short film
2004	Raise Your Voice	Denise Gilmore
2005	Coach Carter	Peyton
2008	Prom Night	Lisa Hines
2010	Nick of Time	Stephanie	Short
2014	High Moon	Yama Winehart	TV Movie

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	The Steve Harvey Show		Episode: "Player, Interrupted"
2001	Boston Public	Marie Ronning	Episodes: "Chapter 18", "Chapter 20"
2001	One on One	Girl #1 / Meg	Episode: "Playing Possum"
2002	Malcolm in the Middle	Chandra	Episode: "Poker #2"
2003	Joan of Arcadia	Nicky	Episode: "Bringeth It On"
2004	That's So Raven	Jasmine	Episode: "The Road to Audition"
2005	Point Pleasant	Lucinda	3 episodes
2005	Cold Case	Mathilde Jefferson	Episode: "Strange Fruit"
2005	Testing Bob	Ryan	Movie
2005	Gilmore Girls	Althea	Episodes: "Say Something", "The UnGraduate"
2005 2006	Veronica Mars	Cora Briggs	"Blast from the Past" "Ain't No Magic Mountain High Enough"
2005 2006	The O.C.	Madison (uncredited)	"The Disconnect" "The Safe Harbor"
2006	CSI: Miami	Julia Hill	Episode: "Deviant"
2006–07	The Nine	Felicia Jones	13 episodes
2007	Hidden Palms	Michelle Meadows	Episode: "Pilot"
2007	Heroes	Monica Dawson	6 episodes
2008	Pushing Daisies	Barb	Episode: "Frescorts"
2009	Criminal Minds	Andrea Harris	Episode: "Soul Mates"
2009	Relative Stranger	Denise Clemons	Movie
2009	Bones	Michelle Welton	Episode: "The Doctor in the Den"
2009–10	10 Things I Hate About You	Chastity Church	20 episodes
2010	Grey's Anatomy	Gretchen	Episode: "Superfreak"
2011	Body of Proof	Dora Mason	Episode: "Gross Anatomy"
2011–13	Franklin & Bash	Carmen Phillips	Main role
2012	Motorcity	Claire (voice)	Recurring role
2012	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Amanda Pedroia / Neon Kitty	Episode: "Wild Flowers"
2014	Glee (TV series)	Tesla	Episode: "Bash"

External links

• Dana Davis on Twitter
• Dana Davis at the Internet Movie Database