Roma Downey is a Actor and Executive producer Irlandaise born on 6 may 1960 at Londonderry (United-kingdom)
Roma Downey
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Birth name Laura Maureen Roma DowneyNationality IrlandeBirth 6 may 1960 (64 years) at Londonderry (
United-kingdom)
Roma Downey (born 6 May 1960) is an Emmy-nominated actress and producer best known for her nine seasons as the tender-hearted angel on the hit CBS television show Touched by an Angel, for which she earned multiple Emmy and Golden Globe Best Actress nominations. Born in Derry, Northern Ireland, and classically trained in London, Downey has performed on stage with the famed Abbey Theatre and has appeared both on and off Broadway. She played the leading role of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis in the Emmy award winning miniseries for NBC, A Woman Named Jackie. Downey starred in and was also executive producer for seven television movies for the CBS network. Downey is an ambassador for Operation Smile.
As President of Lightworkers Media, a United Artists Media Group banner, Downey together with her husband Mark Burnett produced the Emmy-nominated mini series, The Bible for History channel which was watched by over 100 million people in the US alone. Downey and Burnett have also produced Son of God a feature film. Variety recognized Downey and Burnett as "Trailblazers" and listed Downey as one of Variety’s "100 Most Powerful Women in Hollywood." The Hollywood Reporter included the couple in their "Most Influential People of 2013" and Downey as one of the "100 Women in Entertainment Power" in 2014. Downey won the 2014 "Movie Guide Grace Award" for her role as Mary. Downey was also honored on "Variety’s Women of Impact in 2014." Together, Downey and Burnett have recently produced The Women of the Bible for Lifetime, The Dovekeepers for CBS and A.D.: The Bible Continues. Their upcoming series, Answered Prayers premieres on TLC on July 26. The couple is also producing the epic feature film Ben-Hur, a reimagining of the classic story with MGM and Paramount, set to release in Spring 2016. Biography
She is married to television producer/entrepreneur Mark Burnett. She has three children, two step-sons James Burnett and Cameron Burnett and her daughter Reilly Marie Downey Anspaugh (born on 3 June 1996) from her previous marriage to director David Anspaugh. Reilly is named after her grandmother, Maureen O'Reilly Downey. On Thanksgiving Day 2006, Burnett proposed to Downey during a family vacation in Zihuatanejo, Mexico. They wed on 28 April 2007 in their Malibu home. 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.
She supported the unsuccessful candidacy of Martin McGuinness for President of Ireland in 2011. Downey received the Sally Award by the Salvation Army for her contribution to entertainment and helping those in need on 1 October 2015.
Downey was raised, and remains, a Roman Catholic.
On 18 April 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.
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