Gail O'Grady

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Gail O'Grady (b. 23 January, 1963 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American actress. She was raised in Wheaton, Illinois and graduated from Wheaton North High School in 1981. <p>O'Grady was first seen by American television audiences in a 1987 Diet Pepsi commercial titled "Apartment 10G," starring Michael J. Fox. O'Grady played his sexy neighbor for whom Fox leaped down a fire escape and across a busy, rainy street to get a Diet Pepsi when he found none in his own fridge. TV Guide listed the ad as #41 in its 1999 list of "The 50 Greatest TV Commercials of All Time." <p>Her first major role was as Donna Abandando on the police drama NYPD Blue. O'Grady played the big-haired squad secretary from 1993-1996, and for each year received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. O'Grady left the series in 1996 and made a pilot for her own sitcom, The Gail O'Grady Project, but the show was not picked up by any of the networks. <p>O'Grady found success starring in...