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

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