Roma Downey
Roma Downey
Roma Downeyis an Northern Irish-born, Emmy-nominated actress and producer. She is known for her nine seasons as Monica, the tender-hearted angel and employee of Tess, on the CBS television series Touched by an Angel, for which she earned multiple Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award 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...
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth6 May 1960
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The role was written American. Suddenly the dialogue came off the page and came to life in a way that really lent itself to the lyricism of the brogue. It just worked, it really clicked. I knew the role was going to be mine, and sure enough they made an offer.
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Operation Smile invites the local medical teams to try to learn the skills required. Their philosophy is that if you give a man a fish he'll eat for a day, but if you teach him to fish, he'll eat for his lifetime. They're really trying to show these local doctors how to... perform the operation.
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Richard Chamberlain was a joy to work with-extremely gracious-generous actor. I was thrilled to meet him. I have very fond memories of being madly in love with him during the time of The Thorn Birds.
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My family still lives in Ireland-and my sisters are always terribly interested in who the next guest star might be. When they got the call that Richard Chamberlain was coming on the show, it was met with squeals of delight.
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I think people are hungry for things of a spiritual nature. The show hit its stride on a Sunday evening, and that's no accident.
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Season number seven! It's been so exciting for us. When we first began, we were like the little train that could... and we did! We're terribly excited! It will be an interesting season for us, I think.
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After my daughter was born, I remember dressing her up, putting a little pink bonnet on her and proudly pushing her up Main Street in a stroller.
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People really feel the need to share how the series has touched their lives, and that's been very moving. We're enormously grateful to the fans of the show. They've been extremely loyal to us season after season, and they make it all worthwhile.
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We were the laughingstock of that first season... It was with great relish several years later that I received a TV Guide award for favorite actress on television.
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If you have donated, these children may never know your name, but they will never forget your kindness.
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If I can steal away and read something other than what I have to for my work, it's restorative.
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A smile costs about $240.
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I think Operation Smile is in more than 22 countries, mostly Third World. It just happened that my schedule opened up at the time they were heading to Vietnam.
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I am inspired by seeing kindness in others. It touches me and reminds me to be kind as well.