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.

Filmography

• Duster — Charlotte Dean-Ellis
• 2025Love in the Clouds — Jane
• 2025President Down — President Kat Collins
• 2022Heart of the Matter — Gladys
• 2021The Wedding Pact 2: The Baby Pact — Robin Pyle
• Viral Vignettes — Eve
• 2019Deviant Love — Marlene
• 2019Identity Theft of a Cheerleader — Angie Patterson
• 2019Manipulated — D.A. Diane Conrad
• 2017Love on Ice — Mia Lee
• 2017Lycan — Ms. Fields
• Fresh Off the Boat — Gail O'Grady
• 2015Justice Served — Dr. Helen Florentine
• 2015Mothers of the Bride — Debra Wolf
• 2015The Right Girl — Martha Howard
• 2013Shadow on the Mesa — Mona Eastman
• 2013Sins of the Preacher — Susan Parker
• The Crazy Ones — Hannah Sharples
• 2013The Mystery Cruise — Alvirah Meehan
• 2011ChromeSkull: Laid to Rest 2 — Nancy
• Revenge — Stevie Grayson
• 2010After the Fall — Dr. Susan Miles
• 2010Circle — Dr. Green
• Hawaii Five-0 — Sharon Archer
• Hellcats — Wanda Perkins
• Castle — Margo Gower
• Drop Dead Diva — Mrs. Thomas
• 2009Living Out Loud — Emily Marshall
• The Forgotten — Kerry Denver
• 2009The House That Jack Built — Hannah
• 2008An American Carol — Jane Wagstaffe
• The Mentalist — Juniper Tolliver
• True Jackson, VP — Sophie Girard
• 2007All I Want for Christmas — Sarah Armstrong
• Cane — Senator Finch
• Hidden Palms — Karen Hardy
• Rules of Engagement — Joan
• 2007While the Children Sleep — Meghan Eastman
• Criminal Minds — Krystall Richards
• Ghost Whisperer — Karen Westen
• Hot Properties — Ava Summerlin
• 2005Mayday — Anne Metz
• 2005More Sex & the Single Mom — Jess Gradwell
• Boston Legal — Judge Gloria Weldon
• CSI: NY — Millie Taylor
• Desperate Housewives — Anne Schilling
• 2004The Sure Hand of God — Molly Bowser
• 2004Tricks — Jane, Producer
• Las Vegas — Erin Hudson
• 2003Lucky 7 — Rachel Myer
• 2003Sex & the Single Mom — Jess Gradwell
• Two and a Half Men — Mandi
• American Dreams — Helen Pryor
• CSI: Miami — Dr. Rachel Marsh
• Monk — Miranda St. Claire, Lovely Rita
• 2001Hostage Negotiator — Theresa Foley
• 2000Another Woman's Husband — Susan Miller
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Mrs. Towne
• 2000Out of Sync — Maggie Stanley
• 2000Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes — Olivia Wise
• 1999Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo — Claire
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Ruth Walker
• 1999Two of Hearts — Molly Saunders
• 1999Walking Across Egypt — Elaine Rigsbee
• Ally McBeal — Helena Fisher
• 1997Every 9 Seconds — Janet
• 1997Medusa's Child — Vivian Henry
• 1997That Old Feeling — Rowena
• 1997The Three Lives of Karen — Karen Winthrop / Emily Riggs / Cindy Last
• 1997Two Voices — Kathleen Anneken
• 1996Celtic Pride — Carol O'Hara
• 1995Nothing Lasts Forever — Dr. Page Taylor
• Nothing Lasts Forever — Dr. Page Taylor
• 1995She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal — Lt. Paula Coughlin
• Space: Above and Beyond
• 1995Trial by Fire — Paulette Gill
• Burke's Law — Patricia Stone
• NYPD Blue — Donna Abandando
• 1990Nobody's Perfect — Shelly
• 1990Parker Kane — Cindy Ellis
• 1990People Like Us — Rebecca Bailey
• Anything But Love
• Hardball
• 1988Blackout — Caroline Boyle
• China Beach
• 1988She's Having a Baby — Laura
• 1988Spellcaster — Jackie
• Werewolf — Victim in VW
• Designing Women
• Matlock — Julia McCullough
• Murder, She Wrote — Robin Dishman
• Cheers — Laura Walton
• I Fell in Love with Santa — Judy

Appearances as themselves (2)

• Celebrity Ghost Stories — Self
• The Tony Danza Show — Self