Nancy McKeon was born in Westbury, New York to Don and Barbara McKeon, began modeling baby clothes for the Sears catalog at the age of two and she and her brother did over sixty-five commercials in seven years. She appeared briefly on the soap operas "The Secret Storm" (1954), and "Another World" (1964). When her brother, Philip McKeon won a role on the TV series, "Alice" (1976), the family moved to Los Angeles. Her first real acting break came when she did the short-lived TV series "Stone" (1979) and guested on "Starsky and Hutch" (1975). The producers of "The Facts of Life" (1979) were so impressed by Nancy's performance as the street-wise girl in a pilot called "Dusty", they decided to sign her to play Jo on "The Facts of Life". Nancy has starred in the television movies High School U.S.A. (1983) (TV), Poison Ivy, This Child Is Mine (1985) (TV), and Firefighter (1986) (TV). She provided the voices for animated shows like ABC Weekend Specials: Puppy's Great Adventure (1979).

Filmography

• 2011Love Begins — Millie
• Sonny with a Chance — Connie Munroe
• 2006Wild Hearts — Emily
• 2004Category 6: Day of Destruction — Amy Harkin
• Category 6: Day of Destruction — Amy Harkin
• 2003Comfort and Joy — Jane Berry
• Without a Trace — Gail Sweeney
• The Division — Jinny Exstead, Director
• Style & Substance — Jane Sokol
• 1997In My Sister's Shadow — Joan Connor
• 1997Just Write — Bride
• E! True Hollywood Story
• 1995A Mother's Gift — Margaret Deal
• Can't Hurry Love — Annie O'Donnell
• 1995The Wrong Woman — Melanie
• 1994Teresa's Tattoo — Sara
• Touched by an Angel — Rachel Waters
• 1993Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage — Rosalie Profaci Bonanno
• 1992Baby Snatcher — Karen Williams
• 1992Where the Day Takes You — Vikki
• 1991The Lightning Incident — Martha
• 1989A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story — Tracy Thurman
• 1987Strange Voices — Nicole Glover, Co-Executive Producer
• 1987The Facts of Life Down Under — Jo Polniaczek
• 1986Firefighter — Cindy Fralick, Executive Producer
• 1985Poison Ivy — Rhonda Malone
• 1985This Child Is Mine — Kimberly Downs
• 1983High School U.S.A. — Beth Franklin
• 1983Please Don't Hit Me, Mom — Nancy Parks
• The Hitchhiker — Dawn Wilder
• 1982Miss Switch to the Rescue — Amelia Matilda Daley (voice)
• 1982The Facts of Life Goes to Paris — Jo Polniaczek
• 1980Schoolboy Father — Lucy Twining
• 1980Scruffy — Scruffy (voice)
• Stone
• 1980The Trouble with Miss Switch — Amelia Matilda Daley (voice)
• Thundarr the Barbarian — Tye (voice)
• 1979Stone — Jill Stone
• The Facts of Life — Joanne Jo Polniaczek
• 1978A Question of Love — Susan Moreland
• 1978Return to Fantasy Island — Ann
• The Love Boat — Penny Barrett
• Alice
• Battle of the Network Stars
• Starsky & Hutch

Appearances as themselves (3)

• Dancing with the Stars — Self - Contestant
• Intimate Portrait — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self