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Roma Downey Biography (1960-)

Original name, Rosemary Downey; born May 6, 1960, in Derry, Londonderry, Northern Ireland; immigrated to the United States, 1988; daughter of Patrick (a schoolteacher) and Maureen Downey (a homemaker and actress); married Leland Orser (an actor), 1986 (divorced, 1989); married David Anspaugh (a film director), November 24, 1995 (divorced March 15, 1998); children: (second marriage)Reilly Marie Anspaugh. Addresses: Agent: Gersh Agency, 232 North CanonDr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Nationality

British

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress, producer

Birth Details

May 6, 1960

Derry, Londonderry, Northern Ireland

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• Voice of narrator, Journey to a Hate-Free Millennium (also known as Journey to a Hate-Free Millennium: Stories of Hope and Compassion),New Light Media, 1999
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Lady Joanna Leighton, One Life to Live, ABC, 1988
• Danielle St. Clair, Disney Presents "The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage" (also known as Black Jack Savage), NBC, 1991
• Monica, Touched by an Angel, CBS, 1994-
• Miniseries
• Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, A Woman Named Jackie (also known as A Woman Called Jackie), NBC, 1991
• Movies
• Eileen O'Malley, Devlin, Showtime, 1992
• Kimberly Stevens, Getting Up and Going Home (also known as Unfaithful), Lifetime, 1992
• Hippolyta, Hercules and the Amazon Women (also known as ActionPack), syndicated, 1994
• Samantha Hallihan, A Child Is Missing (also known as The Dog Hermit), CBS, 1995
• Roxy, The Last Word, Showtime, 1995
• Kathleen Russell, Borrowed Hearts (also known as Borrowed Hearts: A Holiday Romance), CBS, 1997
• Annie Sullivan, Monday after the Miracle, 1998
• Cassie Whitman, A Test of Love, CBS, 1999
• Cassie Whitman, A Secret Life (also known as Breach of Trust), 2000
• Maggie Weston, Second Honeymoon, CBS, 2000
• Helen Radke, Sons of Mistletoe, CBS, 2001
• Pilots
• Suzanne Hartman, New Year (also known as New Year's and New Year's 1999), ABC, 1993
• Specials
• Host, Angels among Us, CBS, 1994
• Interviewee, Marry Me!, The Family Channel, 1996
• Host, Miracles and Visions (Fact or Fiction?), Fox, 1996
• Host, Life's Greatest Holiday Stories, CBS, 1997
• Ladies' Home Journal's Most Fascinating Women of '97, CBS, 1997
• True Stories from Touched by an Angel, CBS, 1998
• Della Reese: Outspoken Angel, Arts and Entertainment, 1998
• Host, A Christmas Gloria with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Canadian Brass, PBS, 1998
• CBS: The First 50 Years, CBS, 1998
• Host and narrator, Before Your Eyes: Don't Take My Daddy, CBS, 1998
• Host, The American Red Cross Celebrates Real Life Miracles, CBS, 1998
• Host, More True Stories from Touched by an Angel, CBS, 1999
• Intimate Portrait: Della Reese, Lifetime, 1999
• Host, Ladies' Home Journal's Most Fascinating Women of '99, CBS, 2000
• Intimate Portrait: Roma Downey, Lifetime, 2001
• InStyle Celebrity Moms, NBC, 2001
• Awards Presentations
• Presenter, The 22nd Annual People's Choice Awards, CBS, 1996
• Host, The 23rd Annual People's Choice Awards, CBS, 1997
• Presenter, The 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, 1997
• Presenter, The 55th Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 1998
• Presenter, The 50th Emmy Awards, NBC, 1998
• Presenter, The TV Guide Awards, Fox, 1999
• Presenter, 2nd Annual TV Guide Awards, Fox, 2000
• Episodic
• Guest, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, 1991
• Heather Winslow, "Reunion with Murder," Diagnosis Murder, CBS, 1994
• Monica, "Homecoming," Promised Land, CBS, 1996
• Guest, Late Show with David Letterman, 1997
• Monica, "Vengeance Is Mine: Part Two," Promised Land, CBS, 1998
• Saturday Night Live, NBC, 1998
• Herself, The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, CBS, 2001
• Herself, The View, ABC, 2001
• Television Executive Producer
• Movies
• Borrowed Hearts (also known as Borrowed Hearts: A Holiday Romance), CBS, 1997
• Monday after the Miracle, CBS, 1998
• A Test of Love, CBS, 1999
• Second Honeymoon, CBS, 2000
• Sons of Mistletoe, CBS, 2001
• Stage Appearances
• (Off-Broadway debut) Tamara, 1987
• (Broadway debut) The Circle, 1989
• Also appeared in Arms and the Man, Ghosts, and Love's Labor's Lost, all off-Broadway productions; in The Playboy of the Western World, Abbey Theater production, U.S. cities.
• RECORDINGS
• Albums
• Healing Angel, BMG Classics, 1999

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

• People Weekly, June 3, 1996, pp. 57-58; March 30, 1998, p. 67; November 16, 1998, p. 236
• TV Guide, November 30, 1996, p. 19
• USA Weekend, January 24, 1997, p. 19