Gail O'Grady

Gail O'Grady

1963-01-23 Detroit, Michigan, USA 51 Credits

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.

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Love In The Clouds

Love In The Clouds

2025

as Jane

4.2
Acting

Reporter Brooklyn travels to the Balloon Fiesta to meet hot air balloon pilot Jared, who offers romantic balloon rides but is closed off to love himse...

Heart of the Matter

Heart of the Matter

2022

as Gladys

5.4
Acting

Andie is a cardiologist who is devastated by the accidental death of a patient. As she and his grieving mother overcome their sorrow through forgivene...

The Wedding Pact 2: The Baby Pact

The Wedding Pact 2: The Baby Pact

2021

as Robin Pyle

5.2
Acting

With the sudden passing of her husband Mitch, a newly pregnant Elizabeth decides to move back to her hometown of Fort Wayne Indiana for a new start. B...

Deviant Love

Deviant Love

2019

as Marlene

4.4
Acting

In a tailspin after her marriage collapses, Jamie falls for a helpful gentleman whose interest in her welfare hides sinister motives.

Identity Theft of a Cheerleader

Identity Theft of a Cheerleader

2019

as Angie Patterson

6.4
Acting

A 33-year-old woman takes on a teenage identity and goes back to high school.

Manipulated

Manipulated

2019

as D.A. Diane Conrad

3.8
Acting

Manipulated is a taut Drama, Mystery, Whodunnit with an ensemble cast. Diane Conrad, district attorney, is under extreme pressure to resolve a case th...

Lycan

Lycan

2017

as Ms. Fields

4.7
Acting

When six college kids in a sleepy Southern town are assigned a group project to rediscover a moment in history, one of them sets in motion a horrific ...

Love on Ice

Love on Ice

2017

as Mia Lee

6.3
Acting

Emily James, now 27 years old and considered a relic in the world of figure skating, gets an improbably shot to reclaim skating glory when a young coa...

The Right Girl

The Right Girl

2015

as Martha Howard

5.9
Acting

A young woman learns valuable lessons while developing a relationship with her new boss and his young son.

Mothers of the Bride

Mothers of the Bride

2015

as Debra Wolf

4.7
Acting

Jenna is getting married, her mother is delighted until Jenna announces she wants to find her birth mother.

Justice Served

Justice Served

2015

as Dr. Helen Florentine

Acting

Three individuals whose loved ones were victims of crimes are about to get the chance to re-litigate the crime in a private setting, under the auspice...

The Mystery Cruise

The Mystery Cruise

2013

as Alvirah Meehan

5.7
Acting

"The Mystery Cruise" centers around best friends and impending business partners, Alvirah Meehan (Gail O'Grady), a lottery winner turned amateur sleut...

Sins of the Preacher

Sins of the Preacher

2013

as Susan Parker

5.3
Acting

After the apparent suicide of her daughter, a woman tries to prove that her son-in-law killed her.

Shadow on the Mesa

Shadow on the Mesa

2013

as Mona Eastman

5.9
Acting

Wes Rawlins is considered one of the best bounty hunters in the West. His life changes when he finds out that his mother is dead and the man responsib...

ChromeSkull: Laid to Rest 2

ChromeSkull: Laid to Rest 2

2011

as Nancy

4.8
Acting

After his gruesome encounter with a girl, and being outmatched by his own assistant, ChromeSkull resurges with a horrifying massacre of his own.

After the Fall

After the Fall

2010

as Dr. Susan Miles

5.5
Acting

A serious accident that leaves a champion horseback rider paralyzed. The movie tells the story of the young rider’s indomitable spirit as she fights t...

Circle

Circle

2010

as Dr. Green

3.5
Acting

When remorseless killer James Bennett escapes from lockdown in a mental hospital, an FBI agent and a U.S. Marshal track the madman to his hometown, wh...

Living Out Loud

Living Out Loud

2009

as Emily Marshall

2.5
Acting

A wife and mother, diagnosed with breast cancer, decides to truly live her life, which has become comfortable and predictable, and the family must adj...

The House That Jack Built

The House That Jack Built

2009

as Hannah

5.5
Acting

The film tells the story of Jack Filice Jr., an heir to a Hollywood Italian-American dynasty. As his father, Jack Sr.(played Tony-award winning Joe Ma...

An American Carol

An American Carol

2008

as Jane Wagstaffe

4.2
Acting

A cynical anti-American Hollywood filmmaker sets out on a crusade to abolish the 4th of July holiday. He is visited by three spirits who take him on a...

All I Want for Christmas

All I Want for Christmas

2007

as Sarah Armstrong

5.6
Acting

Tis the season for making dreams true. If everything goes according to plan for one young boy, he just may be sharing this Christmas with a new dad. E...

While the Children Sleep

While the Children Sleep

2007

as Meghan Eastman

5.0
Acting

A prosperous couple find the perfect live-in nanny but soon discover she intends to do her job to deadly perfection.

Mayday

Mayday

2005

as Anne Metz

4.5
Acting

Twelve miles above the Pacific Ocean, an errant missile strikes a state of the art passenger jet. The flight crew is crippled or dead. Now, defying bo...

More Sex & the Single Mom

More Sex & the Single Mom

2005

as Jess Gradwell

7.3
Acting

Single, divorced lawyer Jess Gradwell returns in this sequel as she tries to raise her new three-year-old son, Jake, while dealing with her teenage da...

Tricks

2004

as Jane

Acting

Laurel, Jane and Candy. We meet them as children, we know them as prostitutes and we come to understand them as women. The town is Chicago and the gir...

Tricks

2004

Producer

Producing

Laurel, Jane and Candy. We meet them as children, we know them as prostitutes and we come to understand them as women. The town is Chicago and the gir...

The Sure Hand of God

2004

as Molly Bowser

5.5
Acting

A struggling widow vows to save her teenage daughter from a life of hardship by snaring her a wealthy husband.

Sex & the Single Mom

Sex & the Single Mom

2003

as Jess Gradwell

7.4
Acting

Jess Gradwell and her teenage daughter boast a superclose relationship. When it comes to sex, however, Mom won't stand for anything less than premarit...

Lucky 7

Lucky 7

2003

as Rachel Myer

5.8
Acting

Instead of really living her life since losing her mother at age 7, Seattle lawyer Amy Myer sticks to a foolproof 'timeline' her mother drew as a guid...

Hostage Negotiator

Hostage Negotiator

2001

as Theresa Foley

5.0
Acting

On the job, top FBI hostage negotiator Theresa Foley (Gail O'Grady) is a tough, no-nonsense professional...calm and cool in the face of risky, potenti...

Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes

Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes

2000

as Olivia Wise

3.8
Acting

Insurance agent Hutch Rimes spends a lot of time at the Sleep Easy Hotel, taking long lurid lunch breaks with a string of sexy secretaries who he hire...

Out of Sync

Out of Sync

2000

as Maggie Stanley

4.0
Acting

Roger Deacon, a down-and-out record producer, is given the job of making a singing star out of an industry mogul's girlfriend, an attractive but talen...

Another Woman's Husband

Another Woman's Husband

2000

as Susan Miller

3.8
Acting

When Laurel signs up for swimming lessons, she becomes best friends with her teacher Susan - until they realize Laurel’s boyfriend and Susan’s husband...

Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo

Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo

1999

as Claire

6.0
Acting

Deuce Bigalow is a less than attractive, down on his luck aquarium cleaner. One day he wrecks the house of a gigolo and needs quick money to repair it...

Two of Hearts

Two of Hearts

1999

as Molly Saunders

Acting

A veterinarian (Gail O'Grady) and a sportscaster (Rob Stewart) meet at the wedding of their former spouses (Corbin Bernsen, Marla Maples).

Walking Across Egypt

Walking Across Egypt

1999

as Elaine Rigsbee

4.9
Acting

An elderly widow befriends an orphaned juvenile delinquent.

Medusa's Child

Medusa's Child

1997

as Vivian Henry

5.4
Acting

Fuming over the departure of his wife Vivian and the cutting of his research funding, crazy nuclear scientist Rogers Henry constructs Medusa, a thermo...

Every 9 Seconds

Every 9 Seconds

1997

as Janet

4.4
Acting

Domestic violence drama, with Gail O'Grady as a distraught young mother, finding herself stalked by her newly paroled ex and armed with a loaded gun, ...

Two Voices

Two Voices

1997

as Kathleen Anneken

4.8
Acting

When two women have breast implants for contrasting reasons, they both suffer from frightening side effects. They decide to unite and fight the drug c...

The Three Lives of Karen

The Three Lives of Karen

1997

as Karen Winthrop / Emily Riggs / Cindy Last

5.0
Acting

An engaged woman has flashbacks of previous identities and a past she cannot recall.

That Old Feeling

That Old Feeling

1997

as Rowena

6.3
Acting

A bride's divorced parents find their old feelings for each other during the wedding reception and over the course of the next few days upsetting the ...

Celtic Pride

Celtic Pride

1996

as Carol O'Hara

5.3
Acting

Two over-loyal Celtic fans kidnap their opponent's star player in order to guarantee their team the championship.

Nothing Lasts Forever

Nothing Lasts Forever

1995

as Dr. Page Taylor

6.0
Acting

Story of the personal lives and careers of three female doctors, from different backgrounds and walks of life, who work at a San Francisco county hosp...

Trial by Fire

Trial by Fire

1995

as Paulette Gill

5.4
Acting

A high-school teacher tries to help one of her troubled male students, who misinterprets her interest.

She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal

She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal

1995

as Lt. Paula Coughlin

4.3
Acting

A dramatized account of a female US Naval officer's ordeal of being sexually harassed at a Naval convention and her legal retaliation.

Parker Kane

Parker Kane

1990

as Cindy Ellis

4.2
Acting

Parker Kane is a former Police Detective turned Private Investigator. When close friend Joey is murdered, leaving behind a briefcase full of money, Ka...

People Like Us

People Like Us

1990

as Rebecca Bailey

4.3
Acting

When a wealthy scriptwriter and socialite's daughter is murdered, he feels let down by the courts, and so decides to use his powerful position to enab...

Nobody's Perfect

Nobody's Perfect

1990

as Shelly

5.0
Acting

Steve is a college freshman who plays tennis for the school. But he falls desperately in love with Shelly, also a tennis player. It's all downhill fro...

Blackout

Blackout

1988

as Caroline Boyle

4.0
Acting

A young girl returns to her hometown in search of her father, gradually her childhood memories returns; a childhood with incest and violence.

She's Having a Baby

She's Having a Baby

1988

as Laura

5.9
Acting

Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality of marriage and all that it (and their paren...

Spellcaster

Spellcaster

1988

as Jackie

4.9
Acting

A group of people are killed one by one while participating at a million dollar treasure hunt in a mysterious Italian castle.