Gail Ann O'Grady was born on January 23,1963 in Detroit,Michigan. She is the daughter of Jim a finnancial planner and his wife Jan. She had a brother Michael an investment banker who recently passed away he was only 42 .She was raised in Wheaton,Ill and was raised in a very traditional family. In fact she still holds the idea that there is a perfect man out there for her but she is also at the point in her life that she doesnt have to be married to have a child.

At 41 years old and busy with a career she realized that it was the perfect time to have a child( babies are blessings when they come) On a personal level, its right for her now because she is ready to not have everything in her world about her. Her mother says she has been a natural mimic since childhood. Quote from Gail "I'd hear people's voices and get their accent and inflection down I use to get in trouble for that". She had just graduated from Wheaton North High School in 1981 and wed her highschool sweetheart. His name is Richard Dasko. "He was the best Guy" she said. "We were just too young. Maybe if we had waited, it would have worked out." They spilt after two years only. She married her manager Steven Fenton in 1995 but it didn't work out. 

Her other husbands were Jeffery Byron and Severin Wunderman. Its been claimed that she has had many affairs by her previous boyfriend Claypool (but hey who believes a stalker). She has 3 nieces and nephews her brother's ex-wife is Angelica O'Grady and her cousin is Stacey Herring. She also has a purfume bottle collection she stole one from her Aunt Vivian's house when she was 6. She won an award for American Dreams as a future classic. She is known for walking around with a parasol at the set of American Dreams and known for buying many gifts for the kids on the show.

On May 22,2004 she gave birth to Michael Colton O'Grady (who she named after her brother) .Pregnancy was an eye awakening experience for Gail since going at it alone had its difficult and scary moments but her support system filled in the gaps. Quote from Gail " Once in a while when my schedule is particularly busy , I just look up and say "Oh, my God, what am I doing? I dont remember anything that I've read in the pregnancy and parenting books!" For example in March she had to go to the hospital ( she had a fibroid that flared up) and her mother said " you need to pack a hospital bag for the delivery" She answered " Well i was going to pack a bag". and her mother responded "And you need to pack a baby bag as well ". Then she thought "Okay I'm an idiot, because it hadnt occured to her to get a baby bag ready. She had decorated the nursery, but had no diapers! How could she forget something so simple? She had some thoughts such as "How am I going to handle telling my son about the situation that happened someday Shes grateful that she has a few years to figure that out .What she defiently is going to tell her son is that he was wanted , wanted very much . Her pregnancy was the happiest most exciting thing that has ever happened in her life , the oppurtunity was a blessing to her .She knows that she will never regret having this child,but she would have looked back on her life and regretted not having a child.Its the not having that you will regret.

She was nominated 3 times for her role on NYPD Blue as character "Donna Abandando"(1993-1996).She currently stars on the hit NBC show "American Dreams" as character Helen Pryor which she is filiming the 3rd season for.She has guest starred on such shows as "Monk",Designing Women, Murder She Wrote,China Beach, In The Heat Of The Night, Matlock, and Alley McBeal.

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