Background
Hunley was born in Forks, Washington (located 120 miles Northwest of Seattle near the Washington Coast), and later attended the University of Washington in Seattle.
Hunley was born in Forks, Washington (located 120 miles Northwest of Seattle near the Washington Coast), and later attended the University of Washington in Seattle.
Although she has worked in numerous productions, she is perhaps best known for her recurring role as Anna DiMera on National Broadcasting Company"s Days of Our Lives and for playing the role of Dana Waring on the American Broadcasting Company primetime soap opera, Dynasty. Her first television appearance was on Hawaii Five-O. She was a regular on The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo in 1979 and 1980. Foreign the last three seasons of Dynasty she was Dana Waring, later Carrington, short-term wife to Adam Carrington.
She played on Aaron Spelling"s short-lived Models, Incorporated.
In the first season of Dawson"s Creek (1998) she was Tamara Jacobs, a high school English teacher who has a tempestuous affair with one of her students. She also played Shira Huntzberger on the Gilmore Girls (2000).
After a 21 year absence from playing the role, Hunley returned on June 21, 2007 as Anna Fredericks DiMera. Hunley recurred on Days until early 2010.