Role suits Dana Delany in ABC’s “Body of Proof”

BODY OF PROOF - ABC's "Body of Proof" stars Dana Delany stars as Dr. Megan Hunt. (ABC/DONNA SVENNEVIK)

In ABC’s new drama “Body of Proof,” Dana Delany plays Dr. Megan Hunt, a driven Philadelphia  neurosurgeon who faces a new career when a car accident ends her ability to practice surgery.

The demands of her job had already contributed to a divorce from her husband, Todd Fleming (Jeffrey Nordling), and the loss of custody of her daughter, Lacey (Mary Mouser).

Hunt suffers from paresthesia, which means she has random attacks of numbness and cramping of her hands, but the condition didn’t show itself until her first operation after the accident.

She lost control of her instruments and her patient died on the operating table.

Five years later Hunt is a medical examiner and she is determined to find out who or what has killed the victims she encounters. She is also finding that their lives and the lessons they hold can be applied to her own personal journey of redemption and forgiveness.