Born on January 23, 1963, to father Jim O’ Grady and mother Jan O’ Grady in Detroit situated in Michigan, Gail Ann O’ Grady spent most of her childhood days growing up with her brother Michael in Wheaton situated in Illinois. She went on to attend Wheaton North High School and graduated in the year 1981 from there. Her interest in acting was ignited at a very young age and upon her graduation in the year 1981, she went on to do several commercials. In the year 1986, she shifted to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting. After shifting to Los Angeles, she started working in several commercial and was also selected by Montgomery Ward as their model.
She made her acting debut in the year 1986 when she was cast for the role of Julia McCullough in the show Matlock. She is popular for portraying the role of Donna Abandando in the TV series NYPD Blue from 1993-1999. She has done several TV shows which include Superboy as Victoria Letour in 1989, Murder, She Wrote as Robin Dishman in 1992, Burke’s Law as Patricia Stone in 1994, American Dreams as Helen Pryor in 2002, Two and a Half Men as Mandi in 2006, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Mrs. Towne in 2007, Boston Legal as Judge Gloria Weldon in 2007, Desperate Housewives as Anne Schilling in 2008, Ghost Whisperer as Karen Westen in 2009, Hellcats as Wanda Perkins in 2010, Castle as Margo Gower in 2013, The Crazy ones as Hannah Sharples in 2013 and Code Black as Margaret O’ Brien in 2015.
She began her film career in the year 1987 when she was cast for the role of Judy in the movie Billionaire Boys Club. She has worked in several movies in her long career which includes She’s Having a Baby as Laura in 1988, Nobody’s Perfect as Shelly in 1990, Parker Kane as Cindy Ellis in 1990, The Hit Man as Sara in 1991, Trial by Fire as Paulette Gill in 1995, That Old Feeling as Rowena in 1997, Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo as Claire in 1999, Out of Sync as Maggie Stanley in 2000, Sex and the Single Mom as Jess Gradwell in 2003, Tricks as Jane in 2004, An American Carol as Jane Wagstaffe in 2008, Shadow on the Mesa as Mona Eastman in 2013, The Mystery Cruise as Alvirah Meehan in 2013 and Justice Served as Dr. Helen Florentine in 2015.
She has been married six times and has divorced each of her spouses. Her first marriage was with her high school sweetheart Richard Dasko in the year 1981. She doesn’t have many children, but has a son named Michael Colton O’Grady from her sixth marriage to John Stamatakis. Her son is named after her brother who was born in the same year as her brother’s death. Gail’s sixth marriage also ended in divorce in the year 2008. According to her biography, her salary is pretty high with a net worth of $3 Million.
| Net Worth 2021: | 3 million |
