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Roma Downey
Roma Downey (born 6 May 1960) is an Irish actress and producer
from Northern Ireland. She played kind-hearted angel Monica on the
American TV series Touched by an Angel. Downey received two
Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for her role on the show. She
is currently the executive producer of the television miniseries The
Bible on the History channel. She also plays the role of Mother
Mary in the series. The Bible shattered sales records in its first
week of home video release, selling 525,000 units to become the
top-selling TV miniseries of all time. [1]
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Early life
Downey was born and raised in Derry, Northern Ireland[2] in the
Bogside district.[2] She attended Thornhill College. Her mother,
Maureen O'Reilly Downey, died from a heart attack at the age of 48
when Downey was 10. [2] Her father, Paddy Downey, was a school
teacher by training but worked as a mortgage
broker.[2] Her father died when Downey was 20. [2]
Originally she planned to be a painter and earned a
Born
Bachelor of Arts at Brighton College of Art. [2] She
turned her attention to acting, however, and had a
Alma mater
classical training attending Drama Studio London,
where she performed in plays by Shakespeare, Shaw
Occupation
and Chekhov.[2]
Career
Years
active
Religion
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
Spouse(s)
during the Broadway run for the Helen Hayes Best
Actress Award in 1991. She also starred on Broadway
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Roma Downey
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Brighton College of Art
Drama Studio London
University of Santa Monica
Actress, producer
1988–present
Roman Catholic
Mark Burnett (m. 2007)
David Anspaugh (1995-1998; divorced); 1
child
Leland Orser (1987-1989; divorced)
Reilly Marie Downey Anspaugh
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in "The Circle" with Sir Rex Harrison and also at the
Roundabout Theater and The Public Theater in New
York City.
Children
Downey played the role of Jacqueline Bouvier
Kennedy Onassis in the 1991 U.S. TV miniseries A
Woman Named Jack ie which won the Emmy award
for Outstanding Miniseries in 1992. [3]
Reilly Marie Downey Anspaugh
James and Cameron Burnett (stepchildren)
Website
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Touched By An Angel
Her role as Jacqueline Kennedy led to her most famous role, as the angel "Monica", on the CBS series Touched
by an Angel, opposite Della Reese, which ran from 1994 to 2003.
She earned one nomination and one win at the TV Guide awards for favorite actress and also garnered two Emmy
Award nominations and two Golden Globe nominations. Downey has said the character Monica interested her
because it was a strong female role, which were "few and far between" and for its spiritual aspects:
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“
It was pilot season of ‘94 and I was reading through endless junk scripts that were being sent my
way. Typically the roles were to play his wife or his girlfriend — leading roles for women were few
and far between. Suddenly a very unusual script turned up. "Now this is curious," I remember
thinking. Because I'm a person of faith, the spiritual aspects got my attention. Also, the actress in
me was delighted to read a show that had not one but two strong female roles - female angels. I
was to audition for Monica and I very much liked Della Reese, who of course ended up playing
Tess.[4]
”
Downey also produced and starred in TV movies including Borrowed Hearts and Second Honeymoon. During the
run of Touched By An Angel, she recorded the spoken-word album Healing Angel and wrote the children's book
Love Is A Family. She hosted It's a Miracle (TV series), on the Pax Network and appeared on stage in A Picasso
at the Geffen Theatre in Los Angeles. She has hosted Saturday Night Live, was one of People magazine's most
beautiful people and is a spokesperson for the volunteer group "Operation Smile". During her nine seasons on-air,
she developed a chemistry with Reese and the two struck up a friendship that continued in the aftermath of the
show's cancellation.
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In 2009, she starred in the movie Come Dance at My Wedding alongside John Schneider. On July 16, 2011, She
appeared with actress Marion Ross in the made for TV movie Keeping up with the Randalls, broadcast on the
Hallmark Channel.[5]
Downey is the executive producer of the animated video series, Little Angels, which was released on DVD with
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment on February 14, 2012. [6]
She released a Youtube video with Cee-Lo Green, “Mary Did You Know,” that went viral with almost 3 million
views. [7]
The Bible
On May 24, 2011, Downey and husband Mark Burnett announced they were producing a 10-hour docudrama for the
History channel, The Bible, based on stories from the Bible scheduled to air in 2013. [8] They began planning it in
2009 and lined up their own financing. [9] The full production cost was $22 million USD. [10] Downey and Burnett
wanted to stay as true to the content in the Bible as possible so they put together a wide variety of pastors and
academics to review the script and filming. For example, they worked with Pastors Joel Osteen and Rick Warren
and academics such as Craig A. Evans and Mark Goodacre. [11]
As of March 25, 2013, The Bible series has been watched by over 80 million viewers during its first three
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installments. [12] The show has been the number one downloaded TV show in iTunes and ranked number 2 on
Amazon's best sellers in movies and TV. [12] The Bible will have a theatrical release containing “recut scenes and
extra stuff” from the record breaking television event and could be released as early as this fall. [13] The Bible has
been nominated for the 2013 Primetime Emmy Award, Outstanding Miniseries or Movie.
It is Downey and Burnett's first such collaboration as producers. Downey is playing the role of Mother Mary, the
mother of Jesus in the later stages of his life. [12] The Bible was filmed in 2012 in Morocco.[14][15]
Personal life
She is married to television producer/entrepreneur Mark Burnett. Her only child, Reilly Marie Downey Anspaugh, is
from her previous marriage to director David Anspaugh. Reilly is named after her grandmother, Maureen O'Reilly
Downey. [2] On Thanksgiving Day 2006, Burnett proposed to Downey during a family vacation in Zihuatanejo,
Mexico. [16] They wed on 28 April 2007 in their Malibu home.[17] Her Touched By An Angel co-star, Della Reese,
officiated at the wedding.
Downey is a "Smile Ambassador" for the non-profit organization Operation Smile which provides surgeries for
children around the world who were born with severe cleft lip and palate.[18]
She supported the unsuccessful candidacy of Martin McGuinness for President of Ireland in 2011. [19]
Downey was raised as a Roman Catholic.[20]
On April 18, 2009, Downey and Burnett delivered the keynote address and accepted an honorary doctorate of law
at Pepperdine University's Graziadio School of Business and Management commencement ceremony.
Downey graduated from the University of Santa Monica with a master's degree in spiritual psychology. [21]
Music career
In 1999 Downey signed with RCA Victor Records and recorded a CD called Healing Angel, released on September
14, 1999.
Discography
Peak
Year
Album Details
US
New
Age
Certifications
(sales threshold)
Healing Angel
1999
Released: September 14, 1999
Label: RCA
5
US sales: 42,901
Filmography
Film
Year
Title
Role Notes
1995 The Last Word Roxy
2004 Funk y Monk ey Megan
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Television
Year
Title
Role
One Life to Live
1991
The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage
1991
Disney Presents The 100 Lives of
Black Jack Savage
Danielle St. Clair
7 episodes
1991
A Woman Named Jack ie
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
TV miniseries
1992
Getting Up and Going Home
Kimberly Stevens
TV movie
1992
Devlin
Eileen
TV movie
1993
New Year
Suzanne Hartman
TV movie
1994
Diagnosis: Murder
Heather Winslow
Episode: "Reunion with
Murder"
1994
Hercules and the Amazon Women
Hippolyta
TV movie
1994–
2003
Touched by an Angel
Monica
212 episodes
1995
A Child Is Missing
Samantha Hallihan
TV movie
1996
Promised Land
Monica
Episode: "Homecoming"
1997
Borrowed Hearts
Kathleen Russell
TV movie
1998
Promised Land
Monica
Episode: "Vengeance Is
Mine: Part 2"
1998
Monday After the Miracle
Annie Sullivan
TV movie
1999
A Secret Life
Cassie Whitman
TV movie
1999
The Test of Love
Cassie Whitman
TV movie
2001
Second Honeymoon
Maggie Weston
TV movie
2001
The Sons of Mistletoe
Helen Radke
TV movie
2004
The Survivors Club
Jillian Hayes
TV movie
2004
The Division
Reagan Gilancy
3 episodes
2008
At Jesus' Side
Petra (voice)
Video
2009
Come Dance at My Wedding
Laura Williams
TV movie
2011
Keeping Up With The Randalls
Barb
TV movie
The Bible
Mother Mary, as well as co-creator
10 Episodes
and producer
2013
Lady Johanna Leighton
Notes
1988
TV series
TV movie
Awards and nominations
Helen Hayes Award
1991: Nominated, "Best Actress" — The Playboy of the Western World
Emmy Award
1997: Nominated, "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series" — Touched By an Angel
1998: Nominated, "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series" — Touched By an Angel
Gemini Award
1998: Nominated, "Best TV Movie or Mini-Series" — Borrowed Hearts (shared w/co-stars)
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Golden Globe Award
1998: Nominated, "Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series - Drama" — Touched By an Angel
1999: Nominated, "Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series - Drama" — Touched By an Angel
TV Guide Award
1999: Won, "Favorite Actress in a Drama" — Touched By an Angel
2000: Nominated, "Favorite Actress in a Drama" — Touched By an Angel
References
1. ^ THR Staff (2013-04-08). "Mark Burnett's 'The Bible' Becomes Top-Selling Miniseries on Blu-Ray and DVD".
Hollywood Reporter.
2. ^ a b c d e f g h Tracey, Olivia. An angel with her feet firmly on the ground, Irish Independent, January 7,
2001.
3. ^ Awards for "A Woman Named Jackie" (1991), Internet Movie Database
4. ^ "Ability Magazine: Interview with Roma Downey - by Chet Cooper’’". Retrieved 2012-04-06.
5. ^ Hallmark website
6. ^ USA Today Little Angels Story
7. ^ Mary, Did You Know w/ Cee-Lo Green
8. ^ "Reality TV producer Mark Burnett tackles the Bible," New York Times, 24 May 2011.
9. ^ "Producers had big plans for 'The Bible' at its genesis" USA Today, 27 March 2013.
10. ^ Ellerton, Julie & Knowles Adkisson. Roma Downey reflects on ‘The Bible’, The Malibu Times, March 27,
2013.
11. ^ About the Bible - Outreach.com Retrieved on 2013-03-04.
12. ^ a b c Press Release. Roma Downey And Mark Burnett's #1 New Cable Series THE BIBLE Is Also A New
York Times Best Seller, Dominating Amazon And Is #1 On iTunes And #1 On Twitter, March 25, 2013.
13. ^ NY Post The Bible Theatrical release story
14. ^ Elber, Lynn (May 24, 2011). "'The Bible': History Channel, Mark Burnett Creating CGI 10-Hour Miniseries".
The Huffington Post. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
15. ^ Lloyd, Matt. The Bible Series History Channel Reaches Nearly 70 Million in 3 Weeks, BREATHEcast
News, March 21, 2013.
16. ^ Mark Burnett and Roma Downey Engaged - Mark Burnett, Roma Downey : People.com
17. ^ Mark Burnett, Roma Downey Marry in Malibu - Weddings, Mark Burnett, Roma Downey : People.com
18. ^ "Roma Downey". Operation Smile. Retrieved June 8, 2011.
19. ^ "Hollywood Stars line up to support McGuinness". candidancy. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
20. ^ Actress Roma Downey on religion, faith (2:19) - The Washington Post
21. ^ [1]
External links
Roma Downey at Irish Central
Roma Downey at the Internet Movie Database
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We are humbled by the overwhelming response from
audiences to THE BIBLE miniseries," said co-executive
producers, husband and wife team Roma Downey and Mark
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