Roma Downey: Blurbs

To get the role as Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis on the Emmy-winning, mini-series "A Woman Named Jackie" Roma beat out 400 other actresses. Once she got the role she had three weeks to lose her accent. edit »
She appeared Off-Broadway in the productions of "Love's Labour's Lost," "Tamara" and "Arms and The Man." edit »
She was in the Lifetime Original Movie "Getting Up And Going Home." edit »
She has been in one CBS telepic that she was not a producer, this telepic is "A Child Is Missing." edit »
She starred in and was Executive Producer on the CBS telepics "The Sons Of Mistletoe," "Second Honeymoon," "The Test Of Love," and "Monday After The Miracle." edit »
She has been nominated for an Emmy and a Golden Globe for her role as Monica on Touched by an Angel. edit »
After actor Rex Harrison saw one of her preformances, he cast her opposite him in the Broadway production of "The Circle." edit »
Roma released her debut album entitled, Healing Angel, under the RCA/Victor label. The album is a spoken word and Celtic music celebration. edit »
She wrote a children's book titled Love Is a Family, which is about how some families consist of single parents or grandparents. The book is illustrated by Justine Gasquet and was released on September 4, 2001. edit »
Roma owns an Irish Wolfhound named Finn McCool. Her family got him as a puppy in 2006. edit »
She played the role of teacher Annie Sullivan in a TV re-make of The Miracle Worker, called "Monday After The Miracle," the story about Helen Keller's early years and her first communication specialist, angel, and friend. edit »
As a child and as a teen, Ms. Downey lived near and was an acquaintance of singer, actress, and politician Dana Rosemary Scallon when both of their families resided in Derry, Northern Ireland. edit »
She has two brothers, Lawrence and John, and two sisters, Jacinta McLaughlin and Ann Flood. edit »
She can no longer play the piano even though she learned as a child. edit »
Her favorite film is Brief Encounter made in 1945. edit »
Her Touched by an Angel co-star, Della Reese, married her and her former husband, David Anspaugh, in 1996. edit »
She was turned down for a part in a commercial for Irish Spring Soap because they said that she didn't sound Irish enough. edit »
She was chosen by People Magazine in 1997 as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People In the World. edit »