Gail O’Grady Biography, Age, Height, Weight, Husband, Family, and Career
Gail Ann O’Grady otherwise better known as Gail O’Grady is an American actress and producer who is well-known for roles in the TV. Gail’s roles include Helen Pryor in the NBC drama series American Dreams and in the ABC police drama NYPD Blue as Donna Abandando. She is also known for her lead roles in a lot of television movies and she has also been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Awards three times.
Personal Details
Personal Details| Full Name | Gail Ann O’Grady |
| Nick Name | Gail |
| Date of Birth | January 23, 1963 |
| Age | 61 years as of May 2024 |
| Birth Place | Detroit, Michigan, United States |
| Residence | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Ethnicity | White |
| Zodiac Sign | Aquarius |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Nationality | American |
| Profession | Actress and Producer |
| Education | Graduate |
| Net Worth | $ 3 Million as of 2024 |
| Marital Status | Divorced |
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Physical Appearance
| Eye Color | Hazel |
| Hair Color | Blonde |
| Figure | 38-30-36 |
| Height | 5’3” Feet/ 1.60 m/ 160 cm |
| Weight | 62 kg/ 137 lbs |
Personal Life (Family, Friends, Boyfriends, Children)
| Father | Jim O’Grady |
| Mother | Jan O’Grady |
| Sibling | Michael Patrick O’Grady (Brother) |
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| Children | Michael Colton O’Grady (Son) |
Early life, Family, and Relationship
Gail O’Grady was born on January 23, 1963, and was born in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Gail was born to her parents Jim O’Grady and Jan O’Grady. Her father Jim O’Grady was a financial planner.
She grew up in Wheaton, Illinois and she got graduated from Wheaton North High School in 1981. Gail was in a few commercials before leaving for Los Angeles in the year 1986 .
Boyfriend, Husband, Marriage
Gail was married and divorced six times. She after breaking up with an artist named Robert Claypool. Actress Gail sought a restraining order against him in the year of 1995 and claimed he was stalking her though she didn’t get it.
Later he responded by suing her for defamation, libel, and slander. In the year 2004 before her sixth marriage to John Stamatakis, O’Grady gave birth to her first child with her ex-boyfriend Chris Byers.
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Career, Struggle, Turning Point, and Success
Gail O’Grady started her career as a model for Montgomery Ward being an actor for a lot of Commercials. She was playing the neighbor of Michael J. Fox in one where he chases down a Diet Pepsi. As time went on, she started having guest appearances frequently as a villain.
She had her very big debut in the year 1988 in She’s Having a Baby, a 1988 romantic comedy, and she also was cast for two episodes on China Beach an ABC drama. She has guest starred for several other shows and was in tv shows and independent movies too.
Her very first major role was in the ABC police drama NYPD Blue as Donna Abandando. She also played the big-haired squad secretary starting from 1993 to 1996 and every year she received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.
She also won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in the year of 1995.
Movies and Television Shows List:
Film:
| Year | Film Title | Worked As |
| 2022 | Deadly Draw | Melody Anne Stutz |
| 2021 | The Baby Pact | Robin Pyle |
| 2019 | Deviant Love | Marlene |
| 2019 | Manipulated | D.A. Diane Conrad |
| 2017 | Lycan | Ms. Fields |
| 2015 | Justice Served | Dr. Helen Florentine |
| 2014 | Mothers of the Bride | Debra Wolf |
| 2011 | ChromeSkull: Laid to Rest 2 | Nancy |
| 2010 | Circle | Dr. Green |
| 2009 | The House That Jack Built | Hannah |
| 2008 | An American Carol | Jane Wagstaffe |
| 2004 | The Sure Hand of God | Molly Bowser |
| 2004 | Tricks | Jane |
| 2004 | Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes | Olivia Wise |
| 1999 | Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo | Claire |
| 1999 | Walking Across Egypt | Elaine Rigsbee |
| 1997 | That Old Feeling | Rowena |
| 1996 | Celtic Pride | Carol O’Hara |
| 1990 | Nobody’s Perfect | Shelly |
| 1988 | She’s Having a Baby | Laura |
| 1988 | Blackout | Caroline Boyle |
| 1988 | Spellcaster | Jackie |
Television Movies:
| Year | TV Movies | Worked as |
| 2022 | Heart of the Matter | Gladys |
| 2019 | Identity Theft of a Cheerleader | Angie Patterson |
| 2017 | Love on Ice | Mia Lee |
| 2015 | The Right Girl | Martha Howard |
| 2013 | Shadow on the Mesa | Mona Eastman |
| 2013 | The Minister’s Wife (a.k.a. Sins of the Preacher) | Susan Parker |
| 2013 | The Mystery Cruise | Alvirah Meehan |
| 2010 | After the Fall | Dr. Susan Miles |
| 2009 | Living Out Loud | Emily Marshall |
| 2007 | While the Children Sleep | Meghan Eastman |
| 2007 | All I Want for Christmas | Sara Armstrong |
| 2005 | More Sex & the Single Mom | Jess Gradwell |
| 2005 | Mayday | Anne Metz |
| 2003 | Lucky 7 | Rachel Myer |
| 2003 | Sex and the Single Mom | Jess Gradwell |
| 2002 | Hope Ranch | June Andersen |
| 2001 | Hostage Negotiator | Theresa Foley |
| 2000 | Another Woman’s Husband | Susan Miller |
| 2000 | Out of Sync | Maggie Stanley |
| 1999 | Two of Hearts | Molly Saunders |
| 1997 | The Three Lives of Karen | Karen Winthrop / Emily Riggs / Cindy Last |
| 1997 | Two Voices | Kathleen Anneken |
| 1997 | Every 9 Seconds | Janet |
| 1997 | Medusa’s Child | Vivian Henry |
| 1995 | She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal | Lt. Paula Coughlin |
| 1995 | Trial by Fire | Paulette Gill |
| 1995 | Nothing Lasts Forever | Dr. Page Taylor |
| 1991 | The Hit Man | Sara |
| 1990 | People Like Us | Rebecca Bailey |
| 1990 | Parker Kane | Cindy Ellis |
| 1987 | Billionaire Boys Club | Judy |
Television Series:
| Year | TV Series | Worked as |
| TBA | Duster | Charlotte Dean-Ellis |
| 2018–2023 | Criminal Minds | Krystall Richards |
| 2017 | Training Day | Claire Millstone |
| 2017 | His Wives and Daughters | Donna Banks |
| 2016 | Fresh Off the Boat | Herself |
| 2015 | Code Black | Margaret O’Brien |
| 2014–2015 | Revenge | Stevie Grayson |
| 2013 | Castle | Margo Gower |
| 2013 | Rules of Engagement | Joan |
| 2013 | Major Crimes | Anne Brand |
| 2013 | The Crazy Ones | Hannah Sharples |
| 2011 | Memphis Beat | Chloe Archer |
| 2011 | Necessary Roughness | Anne Marie |
| 2011 | Hawaii Five-0 | Sharon Archer |
| 2010–2011 | Hellcats | Wanda Perkins |
| 2010 | The Forgotten | Kerry Denver |
| 2010 | Drop Dead Diva | Mrs. Thomas |
| 2010 | The Deep End | Susan Oppenheim |
| 2009 | Empire State | Laurel Cochrane |
| 2009 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Ruth Walker |
| 2009 | Ghost Whisperer | Karen Westen |
| 2009 | True Jackson, VP | Sophie Girard |
| 2009 | CSI: NY | Millie Taylor |
| 2008 | The Mentalist | Juniper Tolliver |
| 2008 | CSI: Miami | Dr. Rachel Marsh |
| 2008 | Desperate Housewives | Anne Schilling |
| 2007 | Hidden Palms | Karen Hardy |
| 2007 | Monk | Lovely Rita |
| 2007 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Mrs. Towne |
| 2007 | Las Vegas | Erin Hudson |
| 2007 | Boston Legal | Judge Gloria Weldon |
| 2007 | Cane | Senator Finch |
| 2006 | Two and a Half Men | Mandi |
| 2005 | Hot Properties | Ava Summerlin |
| 2002–2005 | American Dreams | Helen Pryor |
| 2002 | Monk | Miranda St. Claire |
| 2001 | Ally McBeal | Helena Fisher |
| 1996 | Promised Land | Pam Riley |
| 1996 | Space: Above and Beyond | Colonel Klingman (uncredited cameo) |
| 1996 | The Gail O’Grady Show | Gail |
| 1994 | Burke’s Law | Patricia Stone |
| 1993–1996,1999 | NYPD Blue | Donna Abandando |
| 1993 | Time Trax | Kristen |
| 1993 | Designing Women | Kiki Kearney |
| 1993 | Silk Stalkings | Betty Whitburn-Marks |
| 1992 | Murder, She Wrote | Robin Dishman |
| 1990 | Cheers | Laura Walton |
| 1990 | Anything But Love | |
| 1990 | Hardball | |
| 1989 | Superboy | Victoria Letour |
| 1988 | In the Heat of the Night | Pauline Slade |
| 1988 | China Beach | Georgia Lee |
| 1987 | Werewolf | Victim in VW |
| 1986–1990 | Matlock | Julia McCullough |
Gail O’Grady Biography (Age, Height, Weight, Husband, Family, Career & More)
