Gail O'Grady

Gail Ann O'Grady is an American actress best known for her role as Helen Pryor in the NBC drama American Dreams.

Biography[]

O'Grady was born on January 23, 1963, to Jan and Jim O'Grady. Why O'Grady wanted to be an actress is unknown. What is known is that she grew up in Wheaton, Illinois, and graduated from Wheaton North High School. O'Grady got her first on-screen role in 1986, when she was cast in the comedic western film ¡Three Amigos!, although her scenes were cut in the final print. O'Grady got her first major role in 1993, when she was cast as Donna Abandando, the squad's first P.A.A. that briefly dated Greg Medavoay, for 58 episodes of the hit police procedural series NYPD Blue. Since then, O'Grady has appeared in TV shows and movies Code Black, Major Crimes, Lycan, Castle, American Dreams, Boston Legal, The Mentalist, An American Carol, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Circle, The Crazy Ones, and Criminal Minds.

On Criminal Minds[]

O'Grady portrayed Krystall Richards, the third ex-wife of David Rossi who invited him over for her daughter's wedding, in the Season Thirteen episode "The Dance of Love". She then reprises her role in Season Fourteen episodes "Starter Home", "Ashley", "Chameleon", and "Truth or Dare", as well as the Season Fifteen episode "And in the End...".

Filmography[]

Criminal Minds - 6 episodes (2019-2020) TV episodes - Krystall Richards
Manipulated (2019) - District Attorney Diane Conrad
Deviant Love (2019) - Marlene
Identity Theft of a Cheerleader (2019) - Angie Patterson
His Wives and Daughters (2017) - Donna Banks
Lycan (2017) - Ms. Fields
Training Day (2017) - Claire Millstone
Love on Ice (2017) - Mia Lee
Fresh Off the Boat (2016) - Gail O'Grady
Enough About Jack (2015) - Gail
The Right Girl (2015) - Martha Howard
Code Black (2015) - Margaret O'Brien
Revenge - 11 episodes (2014-2015) - Stevie Grayson
Mothers of the Bride (2015) - Debra Wolf
Justice Served (2015) - Doctor Helen Florentine
The Mystery Cruise (2013) - Alvirah Meehan
The Crazy Ones (2013) - Hannah Sharples
Sins of the Preacher (2013) - Susan Parker
Major Crimes (2013) - Anne Brand
Rules of Engagement (2013) - Joan
Castle (2013) - Margo Gower
Shadow on the Mesa (2013) - Mona Eastman
Hawaii Five-0 (2011) - Sharon Archer
Necessary Roughness (2011) - Anne Marie
Chromeskull: Laid to Rest 2 (2011) - Nancy
Memphis Beat (2011) - Chloe Archer
Hellcats - 19 episodes (2010-2011) - Wanda Perkins
After the Fall (2010) - Doctor Susan Miles
Circle (2010) - Doctor Green
Drop Dead Diva (2010) - Mrs. Thomas
The Forgotten (2010) - Kerry Denver
The Deep End (2010) - Susan Oppenheim
CSI: NY (2009) - Millie Taylor
True Jackson, VP (2009) - Sophie Girard
The House That Jack Built (2009) - Hannah
Ghost Whisperer (2009) - Karen Westen
Living Out Loud (2009) - Emily Marshall
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2009) - Ruth Walker
Empire State (2009) - Laurel Cochrane
Desperate Housewives - 4 episodes (2008) - Anne Schilling
CSI: Miami (2008) - Doctor Rachel Marsh
An American Carol (2008) - Jane Wagstaffe
The Mentalist (2008) - Juniper Tolliver (uncredited)
All I Want for Christmas (2007) - Sara Armstrong
Cane (2007) - Senator Finch
Boston Legal - 7 episodes (2007) - Judge Gloria Weldon
Las Vegas (2007) - Erin Hudson
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2007) - Mrs. Towne
The Sitter (2007) - Meghan Eastman
Monk - 3 episodes (2002-2007) - Miranda St. Claire/Lovely Rita
Hidden Palms - 8 episodes (2007) - Karen Hardy
Two and a Half Men - 2 episodes (2006) - Mandi
Hot Properties - 13 episodes (2005) - Ava Summerlin
Mayday (2005) - Anne Metz
American Dreams - 61 episodes (2002-2005) - Helen Pryor
More Sex & the Single Mom (2005) - Jess Gradwell
Tricks (2004) - Jane
The Sure Hand of God (2004) - Molly Bowser
Sex & the Single Mom (2003) - Jess Gradwell
Lucky 7 (2003) - Rachel Myer
Hope Ranch (2002) - June Andersen
Hostage Negotiator (2001) - Theresa Foley
Ally McBeal (2001) - Helena Fisher
Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes (2000) - Olivia Wise
Out of Sync (2000) - Maggie Stanley
Another Woman's Husband (2000) - Susan Miller
Walking Across Egypt (1999) - Elaine Rigsbee
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999) - Claire
NYPD Blue - 58 episodes (1993-1999) - Donna Abandando
Two of Hearts (1999) - Molly Saunders
Medusa's Child (1997) - Vivian Henry
Every 9 Seconds (1997) - Janet
Two Voices (1997) - Kathleen Anneken
The Three Lives of Karen (1997) - Karen Winthrop/Emily Riggs/Cindy Last
That Old Feeling (1997) - Rowena
The Gail O'Grady Project (1996) - Unknown Character
Promised Land (1996) - Pam Riley
Celtic Pride (1996) - Carol O'Hara
Nothing Lasts Forever (1995) - Doctor Page Taylor
Trial by Fire (1995) - Paulette Gill
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal (1995) - Lieutenant Paula Coughlin
Burke's Law (1994) - Patricia Stone
Silk Stalkings (1993) - Betty Whitburn-Marks
Designing Women - 2 episodes (1993) - Kiki Kearney
Time Trax (1993) - Kristen
Murder, She Wrote (1992) - Robin Dishman
The Hit Man (1991) - Sara
Parker Kane (1990) - Cindy Ellis
Hardball (1990) - Unknown Character
People Like Us (1990) - Rebecca Bailey
Anything But Love (1990) - Unknown Character
Matlock - 2 episodes (1986-1990) - Julia McCullough
Nobody's Perfect (1990) - Shelly
Cheers (1990) - Laura Walton
Superboy (1989) - Victoria Letour
Spellcaster (1988) - Jackie
Blackout (1988) - Caroline Boyle
China Beach - 2 episodes (1988) - Georgia Lee
In the Heat of the Night (1988) - Pauline Slade
She's Having a Baby (1988) - Laura
Billionaire Boys Club (1987) - Judy
Werewolf (1987) - Victim in VW
¡Three Amigos! (1986) - Unknown Character

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