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.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Love In The Clouds
2025
as Jane
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
2022
as Gladys
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
2021
as Robin Pyle
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
2019
as Marlene
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
2019
as Angie Patterson
A 33-year-old woman takes on a teenage identity and goes back to high school.

Manipulated
2019
as D.A. Diane Conrad
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
2017
as Ms. Fields
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
2017
as Mia Lee
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
2015
as Martha Howard
A young woman learns valuable lessons while developing a relationship with her new boss and his young son.

Mothers of the Bride
2015
as Debra Wolf
Jenna is getting married, her mother is delighted until Jenna announces she wants to find her birth mother.

Justice Served
2015
as Dr. Helen Florentine
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
2013
as Alvirah Meehan
"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
2013
as Susan Parker
After the apparent suicide of her daughter, a woman tries to prove that her son-in-law killed her.

Shadow on the Mesa
2013
as Mona Eastman
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
2011
as Nancy
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
2010
as Dr. Susan Miles
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
2010
as Dr. Green
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
2009
as Emily Marshall
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
2009
as Hannah
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
2008
as Jane Wagstaffe
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
2007
as Sarah Armstrong
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
2007
as Meghan Eastman
A prosperous couple find the perfect live-in nanny but soon discover she intends to do her job to deadly perfection.

Mayday
2005
as Anne Metz
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
2005
as Jess Gradwell
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
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
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
A struggling widow vows to save her teenage daughter from a life of hardship by snaring her a wealthy husband.

Sex & the Single Mom
2003
as Jess Gradwell
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
2003
as Rachel Myer
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
2001
as Theresa Foley
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
2000
as Olivia Wise
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
2000
as Maggie Stanley
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
2000
as Susan Miller
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
1999
as Claire
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
1999
as Molly Saunders
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
1999
as Elaine Rigsbee
An elderly widow befriends an orphaned juvenile delinquent.

Medusa's Child
1997
as Vivian Henry
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
1997
as Janet
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
1997
as Kathleen Anneken
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
1997
as Karen Winthrop / Emily Riggs / Cindy Last
An engaged woman has flashbacks of previous identities and a past she cannot recall.

That Old Feeling
1997
as Rowena
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
1996
as Carol O'Hara
Two over-loyal Celtic fans kidnap their opponent's star player in order to guarantee their team the championship.

Nothing Lasts Forever
1995
as Dr. Page Taylor
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
1995
as Paulette Gill
A high-school teacher tries to help one of her troubled male students, who misinterprets her interest.

She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
1995
as Lt. Paula Coughlin
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
1990
as Cindy Ellis
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
1990
as Rebecca Bailey
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
1990
as Shelly
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
1988
as Caroline Boyle
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
1988
as Laura
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
1988
as Jackie
A group of people are killed one by one while participating at a million dollar treasure hunt in a mysterious Italian castle.