Gail O'Grady
Acting • Born 1963-01-23
Biography
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 children.
Filmography
96 credits
Tricks
Movie • 2004
Jane
Celtic Pride
Movie • 1996
Carol O'Hara
That Old Feeling
Movie • 1997
Rowena
Another Woman's Husband
Movie • 2000
Susan Miller
Hostage Negotiator
Movie • 2001
Theresa Foley
Nobody's Perfect
Movie • 1990
Shelly
While the Children Sleep
Movie • 2007
Meghan Eastman
Circle
Movie • 2010
Dr. Green
The Wedding Pact 2: The Baby Pact
Movie • 2021
Robin Pyle
Two of Hearts
Movie • 1999
Molly Saunders
Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes
Movie • 2000
Olivia Wise
ChromeSkull: Laid to Rest 2
Movie • 2011
Nancy
Spellcaster
Movie • 1988
Jackie
All I Want for Christmas
Movie • 2007
Sarah Armstrong
More Sex & the Single Mom
Movie • 2005
Jess Gradwell
Sex & the Single Mom
Movie • 2003
Jess Gradwell
Out of Sync
Movie • 2000
Maggie Stanley
The House That Jack Built
Movie • 2009
Hannah
Heart of the Matter
Movie • 2022
Gladys
Two Voices
Movie • 1997
Kathleen Anneken
Shadow on the Mesa
Movie • 2013
Mona Eastman
Nothing Lasts Forever
Movie • 1995
Dr. Page Taylor
Blackout
Movie • 1988
Caroline Boyle
Living Out Loud
Movie • 2009
Emily Marshall
Every 9 Seconds
Movie • 1997
Janet
Medusa's Child
Movie • 1997
Vivian Henry
The Mystery Cruise
Movie • 2013
Alvirah Meehan
Parker Kane
Movie • 1990
Cindy Ellis
Mothers of the Bride
Movie • 2015
Debra Wolf
Sins of the Preacher
Movie • 2013
Susan Parker
An American Carol
Movie • 2008
Jane Wagstaffe
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
Movie • 1999
Claire
Trial by Fire
Movie • 1995
Paulette Gill
The Right Girl
Movie • 2015
Martha Howard
After the Fall
Movie • 2010
Dr. Susan Miles
Mayday
Movie • 2005
Anne Metz
Love on Ice
Movie • 2017
Mia Lee
She's Having a Baby
Movie • 1988
Laura
Justice Served
Movie • 2015
Dr. Helen Florentine
Lycan
Movie • 2017
Ms. Fields
Walking Across Egypt
Movie • 1999
Elaine Rigsbee
The Sure Hand of God
Movie • 2004
Molly Bowser
Identity Theft of a Cheerleader
Movie • 2019
Angie Patterson
Deviant Love
Movie • 2019
Marlene
Lucky 7
Movie • 2003
Rachel Myer
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
Movie • 1995
Lt. Paula Coughlin
The Three Lives of Karen
Movie • 1997
Karen Winthrop / Emily Riggs / Cindy Last
Manipulated
Movie • 2019
D.A. Diane Conrad
People Like Us
Movie • 1990
Rebecca Bailey
Love in the Clouds
Movie • 2025
Jane
President Down
Movie • 2025
I Fell in Love with Santa
Movie
Judy
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Robin Dishman
Cheers
TV • 1982
Laura Walton
The Tony Danza Show
TV • 2004
Self
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Mrs. Towne
Designing Women
TV • 1986
Ally McBeal
TV • 1997
Helena Fisher
CSI: Miami
TV • 2002
Dr. Rachel Marsh
Ghost Whisperer
TV • 2005
Karen Westen
Monk
TV • 2002
Miranda St. Claire
Desperate Housewives
TV • 2004
Anne Schilling
Matlock
TV • 1986
Julia McCullough
China Beach
TV • 1988
Las Vegas
TV • 2003
Erin Hudson
CSI: NY
TV • 2004
Millie Taylor
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Ruth Walker
American Dreams
TV • 2002
Helen Pryor
Space: Above and Beyond
TV • 1995
Anything But Love
TV • 1989
Hidden Palms
TV • 2007
Karen Hardy
Cane
TV • 2007
Senator Finch
Boston Legal
TV • 2004
Judge Gloria Weldon
Hot Properties
TV • 2005
Ava Summerlin
Werewolf
TV • 1987
Victim in VW
True Jackson, VP
TV • 2008
Sophie Girard
Hardball
TV • 1989
The Forgotten
TV • 2009
Kerry Denver
Hellcats
TV • 2010
Wanda Perkins
Castle
TV • 2009
Margo Gower
Fresh Off the Boat
TV • 2015
Gail O'Grady
Monk
TV • 2002
Lovely Rita
Drop Dead Diva
TV • 2009
Mrs. Thomas
Revenge
TV • 2011
Stevie Grayson
Criminal Minds
TV • 2005
Krystall Richards
Nothing Lasts Forever
TV • 1995
Dr. Page Taylor
Viral Vignettes
TV • 2020
Eve
Burke's Law
TV • 1994
Patricia Stone
Celebrity Ghost Stories
TV • 2009
Self
The Crazy Ones
TV • 2013
Hannah Sharples
NYPD Blue
TV • 1993
Donna Abandando
Rules of Engagement
TV • 2007
Joan
Two and a Half Men
TV • 2003
Mandi
The Mentalist
TV • 2008
Juniper Tolliver
Hawaii Five-0
TV • 2010
Sharon Archer
Duster
TV • 2025
Charlotte Dean-Ellis