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| children = 1 daughter, 2 stepsons | religion = Roman Catholicism | alma_mater = Brighton College of Art Drama Studio London University of Santa Monica | website = }} Roma Downey (born 6 May 1960) is an Irish Emmy-nominated actress and producer. She is known for her nine seasons as Monica, the tender-hearted angel, on the CBS television show ''Touched by an Angel'', for which she earned multiple Emmy and Golden Globe Best Actress nominations. Born in Derry, Northern Ireland, and classically trained in London, Downey has performed on stage with the famed Abbey Theatre and has appeared both on and off Broadway. She played the leading role of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis in the 1991 Emmy Award-winning miniseries for NBC, ''A Woman Named Jackie''. Downey starred in and was also executive producer for seven television movies for the CBS network. Downey is an ambassador for Operation Smile. As President of Lightworkers Media, a United Artists Media Group banner, Downey together with her husband Mark Burnett produced the Emmy-nominated miniseries, ''The Bible'' for History channel which was watched by over 100 million people in the US alone. Downey and Burnett also produced the 2014 feature film version, ''Son of God'' a . ''Variety'' recognized Downey and Burnett as "Trailblazers"〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://variety.com/gallery/varietys-most-influential-people-of-2013/#!7/mark-burnett-and-roma-downey/ )〕 and listed Downey as one of ''Variety's'' "100 Most Powerful Women in Hollywood." ''The Hollywood Reporter'' included the couple in their "Most Influential People of 2013" and Downey as one of the "100 Women in Entertainment Power" in 2014. Downey was also honored on ''Variety's'' "Women of Impact in 2014". Downey and Burnett also produced ''The Dovekeepers'' for CBS and ''A.D.: The Bible Continues.'' ==Early life== Downey was born and raised in Derry, Northern Ireland,〔Tracey, Olivia. (An angel with her feet firmly on the ground ), ''Irish Independent'', 7 January 2001.〕 in the Bogside district.〔 She attended Thornhill College. Her mother, Maureen O'Reilly Downey, a homemaker and actress, died from a heart attack at the age of 48 when Downey was 10.〔 Her father, Patrick "Paddy" Downey, was a school teacher by training but worked as a mortgage broker.〔 Her father died when Downey was 20.〔 Originally she planned to be a painter and earned a Bachelor of Arts at Brighton College of Art.〔 She turned her attention to acting, however, and had a classical training attending Drama Studio London, where she performed in plays by Shakespeare, Shaw and Chekhov.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Roma Downey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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