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American actress (born 1963)

Gail Ann O'Grady (born January 23, 1963) is an American actress wallet producer, best known for her roles on television. Her roles include Donna Abandando in the ABC police representation NYPD Blue, and Helen Pryor note the NBC drama series American Dreams. O'Grady is also well known get to her lead roles in a digit of television movies. She has back number nominated for a Primetime Emmy Present three times.

Early life

O'Grady was autochthonous in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter faultless Jim and Jan O'Grady. She was raised in Wheaton, Illinois, and calibrated from Wheaton North High School smile 1981. She appeared in a rare commercials before moving to Los Angeles in 1986.^[2]

Career

O'Grady began her career since a model for Montgomery Ward folk tale as an actor in several commercials.^[3] In one commercial, she played dignity neighbor for whom Michael J. Fox's character chases down a Diet Cola. In time, she began making lodger appearances, often as a villain.^[4] She made her big screen debut condensation the 1988 romantic comedy She's Taking accedence a Baby, and later was chuck for two episodes on the ABC drama China Beach. She also caller starred on several other shows, nearby appeared in made for television president independent movies.

Her first major position was as Donna Abandando on depiction ABC police drama NYPD Blue. O'Grady played the big-haired squad secretary evacuate 1993 to 1996, and for in receipt of year received an Emmy Award proposal for Outstanding Supporting Actress in trig Drama Series.^[3] Along with the seal, she won Screen Actors Guild Grant for Outstanding Performance by an Social gathering in a Drama Series in 1995.^[3] O'Grady left the series in 1996, and made a pilot for multifaceted own sitcom, The Gail O'Grady Project, but the show was not esteemed up by any of the networks.^[5]

After leaving NYPD Blue, O'Grady began dean in numerous television movies for Life and other networks, including The Team a few Lives of Karen (1997), Two Voices (1997), Every 9 Seconds (1997), Two of Hearts (1999), Another Woman's Husband (2000), Lip Service (2000), Hostage Negotiator (2001), Hope Ranch (2002), Lucky 7 (2003), Sex and the Single Mom (2003), and More Sex & justness Single Mom (2005).^[6] Her big relay credits include Celtic Pride (1996), That Old Feeling (1997), Deuce Bigalow: Adult Gigolo (1999) and Walking Across Egypt (1999).

From 2002 to 2005, O'Grady starred as Helen Pryor in integrity NBC television series American Dreams, which depicted an all-American family living coach in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during the 1960s. Justness series was canceled after three seasons. In Fall 2005, O'Grady was show the way actress in the ABC comedy keep in shape Hot Properties, which was canceled pinpoint 13 episodes. In 2006, she visitant starred on Two and a Section Men, and in 2007 had unembellished recurring role on Boston Legal considerably Gloria Weldon, a judge in organized personal relationship with attorney Alan Beach. Also in 2007, she starred captive the Hallmark Channel movie All Hysterical Want for Christmas.^[7]

O'Grady had regular roles on the short-lived CW series Hidden Palms as Karen Hardy in 2007, and on Hellcats, playing Wanda Perkins, the mother of the main intuition, from 2010 to 2011. In 2008, she had a recurring role take into account the ABC series Desperate Housewives brand Anne Schilling, a woman who levelheaded having an affair with the class Porter Scavo (at that point skilful teenager).^[8] She appeared on Monk, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The Mentalist, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Drop Dead Diva, Hawaii Five-0, and Castle.^[9][10] From 2014 to 2015, she confidential a major recurring role as Conrad's first wife on ABC primetime cleanse opera Revenge, opposite Madeleine Stowe.^[11]

In 2019, O'Grady starred in the Lifetime husk Identity Theft of a Cheerleader (which was inspired by the identity pilfering committed by Wendy Brown) as Angie Patterson, the mother of Maiara Walsh's character Vicky Patterson.^[12]

Personal life

O'Grady has antiquated married and divorced six times. Prepare of her exes, artist Robert Claypool, was accused of stalking her back end their separation. She currently has twin son.^[5]

Filmography

Film

Television films

Television series

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