Acting

Gail O'Grady

Born January 23, 1963 · Detroit, Michigan, USA (age 63)

Gail Ann O'Grady (born January 23, 1963), an American actress and producer, is best known for her roles as Donna Abandando on the ABC police drama NYPD Blue, and Helen Pryor on the NBC drama series American Dreams. She is also well known for her lead roles in a number of television movies. She has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Awards three times. She has been married six times and has 3 chi…

Known For

Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo

Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo · 1999

Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo

MovieComedyRomance

Deuce Bigalow is a less than attractive, down on his luck aquarium cleaner. One day he wrecks the house of a gigolo and needs quick money to repair it. The only way he can make it is to become a gigolo himself, taking on an unusual mix of female clients. He encounters a couple of problems, though. He falls in love with one of his unusual clients, and a sleazy police officer is hot on his trail.

She's Having a Baby

She's Having a Baby · 1988

She's Having a Baby

MovieComedyDrama

Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality of marriage and all that it (and their parents) expect from them. Do they want babies? Their parents certainly want them to. Is married life all that there is? Things certainly aren't helped by Jake's friend Davis, who always seems to turn up just in time to put a spanner in the works.

That Old Feeling

That Old Feeling · 1997

That Old Feeling

MovieComedyDrama

A bride's divorced parents find their old feelings for each other during the wedding reception and over the course of the next few days upsetting the newlywed's honeymoon.

President Down

President Down · 2025

A secret message warning that the President's pacemaker is compromised sends her team scrambling to stop an unseen enemy demanding $100M by midnight.

Celtic Pride

Celtic Pride · 1996

Two over-loyal Celtic fans kidnap their opponent's star player in order to guarantee their team the championship.

An American Carol

An American Carol · 2008

An American Carol

MovieComedyFantasy

A cynical anti-American Hollywood filmmaker sets out on a crusade to abolish the 4th of July holiday. He is visited by three spirits who take him on a hilarious journey in an attempt to show him the true meaning of America.

ChromeSkull: Laid to Rest 2

ChromeSkull: Laid to Rest 2 · 2011

ChromeSkull: Laid to Rest 2

After his gruesome encounter with a girl, and being outmatched by his own assistant, ChromeSkull resurges with a horrifying massacre of his own.

While the Children Sleep

While the Children Sleep · 2007

While the Children Sleep

MovieHorrorThriller

A prosperous couple find the perfect live-in nanny but soon discover she intends to do her job to deadly perfection.

Filmography

Sort

Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo

Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo · 1999

Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo

MovieComedyRomance

Deuce Bigalow is a less than attractive, down on his luck aquarium cleaner. One day he wrecks the house of a gigolo and needs quick money to repair it. The only way he can make it is to become a gigolo himself, taking on an unusual mix of female clients. He encounters a couple of problems, though. He falls in love with one of his unusual clients, and a sleazy police officer is hot on his trail.

Claire

She's Having a Baby

She's Having a Baby · 1988

She's Having a Baby

MovieComedyDrama

Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality of marriage and all that it (and their parents) expect from them. Do they want babies? Their parents certainly want them to. Is married life all that there is? Things certainly aren't helped by Jake's friend Davis, who always seems to turn up just in time to put a spanner in the works.

Laura

That Old Feeling

That Old Feeling · 1997

That Old Feeling

MovieComedyDrama

A bride's divorced parents find their old feelings for each other during the wedding reception and over the course of the next few days upsetting the newlywed's honeymoon.

Rowena

President Down

President Down · 2025

A secret message warning that the President's pacemaker is compromised sends her team scrambling to stop an unseen enemy demanding $100M by midnight.

President Kat Collins

Celtic Pride

Celtic Pride · 1996

Two over-loyal Celtic fans kidnap their opponent's star player in order to guarantee their team the championship.

Carol O'Hara

An American Carol

An American Carol · 2008

An American Carol

MovieComedyFantasy

A cynical anti-American Hollywood filmmaker sets out on a crusade to abolish the 4th of July holiday. He is visited by three spirits who take him on a hilarious journey in an attempt to show him the true meaning of America.

Jane Wagstaffe

ChromeSkull: Laid to Rest 2

ChromeSkull: Laid to Rest 2 · 2011

ChromeSkull: Laid to Rest 2

After his gruesome encounter with a girl, and being outmatched by his own assistant, ChromeSkull resurges with a horrifying massacre of his own.

Nancy

While the Children Sleep

While the Children Sleep · 2007

While the Children Sleep

MovieHorrorThriller

A prosperous couple find the perfect live-in nanny but soon discover she intends to do her job to deadly perfection.

Meghan Eastman

Deviant Love

Deviant Love · 2019

MovieThrillerTV Movie

In a tailspin after her marriage collapses, Jamie falls for a helpful gentleman whose interest in her welfare hides sinister motives.

Marlene

Sex & the Single Mom

Sex & the Single Mom · 2003

Sex & the Single Mom

MovieDramaRomance

Jess Gradwell and her teenage daughter boast a superclose relationship. When it comes to sex, however, Mom won't stand for anything less than premarital celibacy. So she gets a pretty healthy dose of her own medicine when she winds up getting pregnant from a brief encounter with a newly single doctor! This new situation poses a major challenge to the mother-daughter dynamic. Tune in to see if Jess and her daughter can rise to the occasion.

Jess Gradwell

Shadow on the Mesa

Shadow on the Mesa · 2013

Shadow on the Mesa

MovieAdventureWestern

Wes Rawlins is considered one of the best bounty hunters in the West. His life changes when he finds out that his mother is dead and the man responsible is still at large. Wes believes that his long lost father Ray Eastman is responsible and sets out to find him seeking revenge...

Mona Eastman

More Sex & the Single Mom

More Sex & the Single Mom · 2005

More Sex & the Single Mom

MovieDramaTV Movie

Single, divorced lawyer Jess Gradwell returns in this sequel as she tries to raise her new three-year-old son, Jake, while dealing with her teenage daughter, Sara's, growing carnal desires with a photographer she meets while planning her high school graduation. It all comes to a head when Jess' former flame and father of Jake, Alex Lofton, returns never knowing he has a son out of his and Jess' lustful fling and wants to be a part of her life again, despite Jess not wanting anything to do with Alex.

Jess Gradwell

All I Want for Christmas

All I Want for Christmas · 2007

All I Want for Christmas

MovieTV MovieRomance

Tis the season for making dreams true. If everything goes according to plan for one young boy, he just may be sharing this Christmas with a new dad. Ever since her husband died, Sarah Armstrong has divided her time between working at a community center and caring for her nine-year-old son, Jesse. When Jesse wins the All I Want for Christmas contest sponsored by a toy company, his wish comes as no surprise to find a new dad. Just in time for the holidays, All I Want for Christmas is a surprise romantic treat for anyone who believes in the magic of love, friendship, and family.

Sarah Armstrong

Love in the Clouds

Love in the Clouds · 2025

Love in the Clouds

Reporter Brooklyn travels to the Balloon Fiesta to meet hot air balloon pilot Jared, who offers romantic balloon rides but is closed off to love himself.

Jane

Mothers of the Bride

Mothers of the Bride · 2015

Mothers of the Bride

MovieComedyTV Movie

Jenna is getting married, her mother is delighted until Jenna announces she wants to find her birth mother.

Debra Wolf

People Like Us

People Like Us · 1990

MovieDramaTV Movie

When a wealthy scriptwriter and socialite's daughter is murdered, he feels let down by the courts, and so decides to use his powerful position to enable his own form of justice.

Rebecca Bailey

The Wedding Pact 2: The Baby Pact

The Wedding Pact 2: The Baby Pact · 2021

The Wedding Pact 2: The Baby Pact

MovieComedyDrama

With the sudden passing of her husband Mitch, a newly pregnant Elizabeth decides to move back to her hometown of Fort Wayne Indiana for a new start. But when a letter surfaces from her late husband, she must confront her past to save her future.

Robin Pyle

Sins of the Preacher

Sins of the Preacher · 2013

Sins of the Preacher

MovieDramaThriller

After the apparent suicide of her daughter, a woman tries to prove that her son-in-law killed her.

Susan Parker

Parker Kane

Parker Kane · 1990

MovieCrimeTV Movie

Parker Kane is a former Police Detective turned Private Investigator. When close friend Joey is murdered, leaving behind a briefcase full of money, Kane sets out to find out who was responsible. The trail of clues leads to a major scam involving illegal dumping of toxic waste.

Cindy Ellis

Justice Served

Justice Served · 2015

Three individuals whose loved ones were victims of crimes are about to get the chance to re-litigate the crime in a private setting, under the auspices of "Justice", a mysterious voice acting as judge, jury, and executioner.

Dr. Helen Florentine

Trial by Fire

Trial by Fire · 1995

MovieDramaThriller

A high-school teacher tries to help one of her troubled male students, who misinterprets her interest.

Paulette Gill

Nothing Lasts Forever

Nothing Lasts Forever · 1995

Nothing Lasts Forever

MovieDramaRomance

Story of the personal lives and careers of three female doctors, from different backgrounds and walks of life, who work at a San Francisco county hospital.

Dr. Page Taylor

She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal

She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal · 1995

She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal

MovieDramaTV Movie

A dramatized account of a female US Naval officer's ordeal of being sexually harassed at a Naval convention and her legal retaliation.

Lt. Paula Coughlin

Identity Theft of a Cheerleader

Identity Theft of a Cheerleader · 2019

Identity Theft of a Cheerleader

MovieThrillerTV Movie

A 33-year-old woman takes on a teenage identity and goes back to high school.

Angie Patterson

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · 1999

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

SeriesCrimeDrama

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.

Ruth Walker

The Mentalist

The Mentalist · 2008

SeriesCrimeDrama

Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.

Juniper Tolliver

Criminal Minds

Criminal Minds · 2005

SeriesCrimeDrama

An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. The Behavioral Analysis Unit's most experienced agent is David Rossi, a founding member of the BAU who returns to help the team solve new cases.

Krystall Richards

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation · 2000

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

SeriesCrimeDrama

A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.

Mrs. Towne

CSI: Miami

CSI: Miami · 2002

SeriesDramaMystery

The show follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as they use physical evidence, similar to their Las Vegas counterparts, to solve grisly murders. The series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter, and character-driven drama in the same vein as the original series in the CSI franchise, except that the Miami CSIs are cops first, scientists second.

Dr. Rachel Marsh

Castle

SeriesDramaCrime

After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with an NYPD homicide investigation team for research purposes.

Margo Gower

Desperate Housewives

Desperate Housewives · 2004

Desperate Housewives

SeriesMysteryDrama

Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young... it's a way of death. One day, in her perfect house, in the loveliest of suburbs, Mary Alice ended it all. Now she's taking us into the lives of her family, friends and neighbors, commenting from her elevated P.O.V.

Anne Schilling

Hawaii Five-0

Hawaii Five-0 · 2010

SeriesCrimeDrama

Steve McGarrett returns home to Oahu, in order to find his father's killer. The governor offers him the chance to run his own task force (Five-0). Steve's team is joined by Chin Ho Kelly, Danny "Danno" Williams, and Kono Kalakaua.

Sharon Archer

Two and a Half Men

Two and a Half Men · 2003

Two and a Half Men

A hedonistic jingle writer's free-wheeling life comes to an abrupt halt when his brother and 10-year-old nephew move into his beach-front house.

Mandi

Monk

SeriesDramaComedy

Adrian Monk was once a rising star with the San Francisco Police Department, legendary for using unconventional means to solve the department's most baffling cases. But after the tragic (and still unsolved) murder of his wife Trudy, he developed an extreme case of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Now working as a private consultant, Monk continues to investigate cases in the most unconventional ways.

Miranda St. Claire

Cheers

The story about a blue-collar Boston bar run by former sports star Sam Malone and the quirky and wonderful people who worked and drank there.

Laura Walton

CSI: NY

CSI: NY · 2004

SeriesCrimeDrama

Follow the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers identified as "Crime Scene Investigators".

Millie Taylor

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote · 1984

Murder, She Wrote

SeriesMysteryCrime

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

Robin Dishman

Boston Legal

Boston Legal · 2004

SeriesComedyDrama

Alan Shore and Denny Crane lead a brigade of high-priced civil litigators in an upscale Boston law firm in a series focusing on the professional and personal lives of brilliant but often emotionally challenged attorneys. A spin-off of long-running series The Practice.

Judge Gloria Weldon

Ghost Whisperer

Ghost Whisperer · 2005

Ghost Whisperer

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyMystery

Newlywed Melinda Gordon tries to help the dead communicate with loved ones, but sometimes the messages she receives are intense and confusing. Most of Melinda's efforts involve resolving conflicts that are preventing the spirits from passing over.

Karen Westen

NYPD Blue

NYPD Blue · 1993

Police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan. Each episode typically intertwined several plots involving an ensemble cast.

Donna Abandando

Las Vegas

Las Vegas · 2003

SeriesDramaAction & Adventure

Ed Deline is a strict ex-CIA officer who went from being Head of Security to becoming President of Operations of the Montecito, whose job is to run the day-to-day operations of the casino. Following his departure, former Marine Danny McCoy, Ed's former protégé, becomes the Montecito's new President of Operations.

Erin Hudson

Matlock

Matlock · 1986

SeriesDramaCrime

Thrifty, folksy and cantankerous, Matlock charges a premium for his services but is worth every penny: This renowned attorney, always clothed in his trademark light-gray suit and driving his signature Ford Crown Victoria, has an uncanny knack for finding overlooked clues and exposing murderers in dramatic courtroom scenes.

Julia McCullough

Revenge

Revenge · 2011

SeriesDramaMystery

When Emily Thorne moves to the Hamptons, everyone wonders about the new girl, but she knows everything about them, including what they did to her family. Years ago, they took everything from her. Now, one by one, she's going to make them pay.

Stevie Grayson

Fresh Off the Boat

Fresh Off the Boat · 2015

Fresh Off the Boat

A '90s-set single-camera comedy about a hip-hop-loving Asian kid growing up in suburban Orlando, being raised by an immigrant father obsessed with all things American and an immigrant mother often bewildered by white culture.

Gail O'Grady

Rules of Engagement

Rules of Engagement · 2007

Rules of Engagement

Rules of Engagement is a comedy about the different phases of male/female relationships, as seen through the eyes of a newly engaged couple, Adam and Jennifer, a long-time married pair, Jeff and Audrey, and a single guy on the prowl, Russell. As they find out, the often confusing stages of a relationship can seem like being on a roller coaster. People can describe the ride to you, but to really know what it's like you have to experience it for yourself.

Joan

Drop Dead Diva

Drop Dead Diva · 2009

SeriesComedyDrama

A shallow model suddenly dies in an accident only to find her soul resurfacing in the body of a brilliant, plus-sized attorney.

Mrs. Thomas

American Dreams

American Dreams · 2002

American Dreams

SeriesDramaFamily

Set to the soundtrack of the 1960s, a Philadelphia family moves toward the cultural upheaval in the years ahead. The Pryors' teen daughter Meg tries to shed her 'good girl' image by hanging with her worldly friend Roxanne and pursuing a dream of being an American Bandstand dancer. Meg's emerging personality, and the changes her mother's going through, don't sit well with Father.

Helen Pryor

Ally McBeal

Ally McBeal · 1997

SeriesDramaComedy

Ally McBeal is a young lawyer working at the Boston law firm Cage and Fish. Ally's lives and loves are eccentric, humorous, dramatic with an incredibly overactive imagination that's working overtime!

Helena Fisher