Career
She joined the Abbey Players in Dublin, and toured the United States in a production of The Playboy of the Western World. The production led to a nomination during the Broadway run for the Helen Hayes Best Actress Award in 1991.
With her growing popularity, Downey gained the role of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis in the 1991 U.S. TV movie A Woman Named Jackie and as the Amazon leader in Hercules and the Amazon Women. Eventually, this led to her most famous role, as the Angel Monica in the dramatic series Touched by an Angel, which ran from 1994 to 2003.
A message from Roma Downey on the Touched by an Angel website [Touched.com] states, "Soon I hope to announce a new tv show that Della Reese and myself are putting together and we hope to have on the air next year...".
More about Roma Downey (From Wikipedia)
Early Life
Raised in Derry, Downey earned a BA at Brighton Art College, East Sussex, England. While attending the London Drama Studio she performed in classic plays of Shakespeare, Shaw, and read more...
Career
She joined the Abbey Players in Dublin, and toured the United States in a production of The Playboy of the Western World. The production led to a nomination during the Broadway run read more...
Personal Life
Downey has been married four times. Her first marriage was to Daniel Grant, a teacher from Derry. She then married fellow actor Leland Orser, whom she eloped with in 1987 in Rome, read more...
Roma Downey (born May 6, 1960) is an actress and producer, best known as Monica, the main character of the TV series Touched by an Angel.
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