Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Ensemble Performance in a Drama Series "NYPD Blue" 1994
2008 Joined the fifth season of ABC's "Desperate Housewives" as a recurring character
2007 Had a recurring role on ABC's "Boston Legal" as Gloria Weldon, a judge in a personal relationship with attorney Alan Shore
2005 Cast in the short-lived ABC sitcom "Hot Properties"
2002 - 2005 Played the mother, Helen Pryor, in the NBC television series "American Dreams"
2001 Starred opposite Michael Bowen in the USA Network movie "Hostage Negotiator"
2000 Played a singer with stage fright in the VH-1 movie "Out of Sync"
1999 Had supporting role in the comedy "Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo"
1997 Co-starred with Bette Midler and Dennis Farina in Carl Reiner's "That Old Feeling"
1996 Filmed a pilot for her own sitcom, "The Gail O'Grady Project"; show never picked up by any of the networks
1996 Appeared in the comedy feature "Celtic Pride"; co-scripted by Judd Apatow and Colin Quinn
1993 - 1996 Played Donna Abandando, the big-haired squad secretary on the ABC series, "NYPD Blue"; received three consecutive Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress
1991 Portrayed Grace Kelly in the HBO biopic, "The Josephine Baker Story" opposite Lynn Whitfield in the title role
1991 First leading role in a TV-movie, "The Hit Man"
1988 First actual feature film appearance, "She's Having a Baby"
1988 First feature lead, "Blackout"
1987 Appeared in series of widely-seen Diet Pepsi commercials starring Michael J. Fox
1987 First TV miniseries, "The Billionaire Boys Club" (NBC)
1986 Moved to Los Angeles
1986 First role in the "Three Amigos" was cut out of the film
1986 Earliest TV appearances, "Matlock" (NBC)
Raised near Chicago, Illinois