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| Birth Name(s) : Roma Downey |
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Leland Orser (1987-1989) |
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Full Roma Downey Biography
Roma Downey (born on May 6, 1960 in Derry, Northern Ireland) is an Irish actress and producer, best known for her role as Della Reese's employee, Monica, the main character of the TV series Touched by an Angel.
Raised in Derry City, 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 Chekhov.
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 infamous role, as the Angel Monica in the dramatic series Touched by an Angel, which ran from 1994 to 2003.
Downey has been married three times. Her first marriage was to fellow actor Leland Orser, whom she eloped with in 1987 in Rome, Italy. They divorced in 1989. In 1995, she married American director, David Anspaugh. Downey's Touched by an Angel co-star, Della Reese, officiated the wedding. During her marriage to Anspaugh, she gave birth to her daughter, Reilly Marie Anspaugh (b. 1996). Della Reese was given the honor of godmother. In 1998, she and Anspaugh ended their three-year marriage.
She is currently married to TV Producer Mark Burnett. Burnett and Downey who had been long time neighbors, began dating in January 2004, after Burnett's divorce to his first wife was finalized. On Thanksgiving Day 2006, Burnett proposed to Downey during a family vacation in Zihuatenejo, Mexico. They wed on April 28, 2007 in their Malibu home. The wedding was once again officiated by her Touched By An Angel co-star Della Reese, an ordained minister.
Despite what many first assume, "Roma" is not a derivation from "Rosemary"; rather, "Roma" is her given name, a mixture of the names of her two grandmothers, Rose and Mary. |
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