Dana Ivey is an American actress She is a fivetime Tony Award nominee for her work on Broadway and won the 1997 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play for her work in both Sex and Longing and The Last Night of Ballyhoo She originated the title role in Driving Miss Daisy and was nominated for a Drama Desk award for Best Actress in a Play Her film appearances include The Color Purple 1985 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 1988 The Addams Family 1991 Home Alone 2 Lost in New York 1992 Sleepless in Seattle 1993 Addams Family Values 1993 Two Weeks Notice 2002 Rush Hour 3 2007 and The Help 2011