Roma Downey Best Actress

Roma Downey was born and raised in County Derry, Northern Ireland. After graduating from Brighton Art College in England, Roma was encouraged by theater director, Roy Grant to enroll in the London Drama School. Roma came to America when touring with the Abbey Theater production of The Playboy of the Western World, for which she received a Helen Hayes Best Actress Award nomination in 1991. Her next Broadway performance was in the Rex Harrison production of The Circle.

In 1991 Roma landed the starring role in A Woman Named Jackie and turned in a remarkable performance as the late Jackie Kennedy in that Emmy Award-winning television mini-series. Roma is best known for her Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated starring role on the CBS hit drama Touched By An Angel, a project that she began in 1994 and is now in its 8th season.

Her film credits include The Last Word, Hercules and the Amazon Women, A Child is Missing, and Borrowed Hearts. Roma also played Annie Sullivan in Monday After the Miracle. More recently Roma has starred in the made-for-television movies Sons of Mistletoe, Second Honeymoon and Test of Love. Roma is currently in Nice working on a family film by Warner Bros. called Hairy Tale.

Roma has a daughter born in 1996 and together they commute between Malibu California and Salt Lake City, Utah where Touched by an Angel is filmed. In February, Roma ran with the Olympic torch in Murray, Utah. She serves on the Red Cross National Celebrity Cabinet and supports Northern Ireland’s Project Children and Save the Children .

"God will never abandon you. He will never leave you or forsake you.”

“That's the difference between God and people. People sometimes let you down, but God never will because He loves you perfectly, unconditionally."