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Gail O'Grady

Born 1963-01-23
📍 Detroit, Michigan, USA

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 92

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