O'Grady starred in the critically acclaimed NBC series American Dreams. She will also always be remembered as warm-hearted secretary Donna Abandando on the now-classic ABC series, NYPD Blue, for which she received three Emmy Award nominations in the category of Best Supporting Actress in a Dramatic Series. She has made guest appearances on some of television's most acclaimed series, including Cheers, Designing Women, Ally McBeal and ABC's China Beach.
O'Grady has appeared in numerous made-for-television movies and miniseries. Her starring role in Lifetime's Sex and the Single Mom was so highly rated that it spawned a sequel, in which she also starred. She received critical praise for her leading role as Lt. Paula Coughlin in She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal, and appeared with Sally Kirkland in Another Woman's Husband, for Lifetime Television. Other television credits include Medusa's Child, Monk, Two of Hearts, The Three Lives of Karen, Trial by Fire, Nothing Lasts Forever and Billionaire Boys Club.
O'Grady has worked with some of the most respected directors in feature films, including John Landis, John Hughes and Carl Reiner, and has starred with several acting legends. She appeared in Walking Across Egypt with Ellen Burstyn, That Old Feeling with Bette Midler, She's Having a Baby with Dyan Cannon and Ally Sheedy, in Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, opposite Rob Schneider, as well as in Tricks and Celtic Pride.
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