Gail O'Grady is an American actress who was born in January of 1963 in Detroit, MI and was raised in Wheaton, Illinois.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0641097/bioO'Grady got her first role on the ABC drama NYPD Blue. She also appeared in a 1987 Diet Pepsi commercial co-starring Michael J. Foxhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE7ipDb_Jvc
Gail has been divorced six times, and her most recent ex-husband has reportedly been stalking her. She tried to get a restraining order on February of 2010, but it was not granted.
On September 4, 2008 EW.com reported O'Grady will be the newest trouble maker on the "Desperate Housewives "Wisteria Lane."http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2008/09/gail-ogrady-joi.htmlShe appeared in four episodes of the show as the character Anne Schilling, who has an affair with her son's 16 year old best friend.http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0115340/bio
Financial Woes
In April, 2008, Las Vegas casinos Caesars Palace and Bally's claimed that actress Gail O'Grady owed them $160,000 and $75,000, respectively. O'Grady recently filed for bankruptcy for the second time. O'Grady claimed the casinos knew beforehand of the financial hole she was in, but they allowed her to satisfy her gambling problem, anyway. The two casinos were trying to make her responsible for paying off the gambling debt despite her bankruptcy.MamaPop: Gail O'Grady Owes Over $200,000 To Vegas Casinos
Career
Gail has appeared in many TV shows over the years. Her first recurring role was in NYPD Blue, but she had been in television throughout the previous ten years as well. After her presence in NYPD she began starring in various films, such as Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes and An American Carol. More recently, she has appeared in several TV series such as Boston Legal, Desperate Housewives, CSI: Miama, and Law and Order: SVU.
Diet Pepsi Commercial
This is a video of the 1987 commercial that both Gail O'Grady and Michael J. Fox appeared in. It is a Diet Pepsi commercial, and depicts a female character that Gail is playing, coming over to Fox's apartment from next door, asking for some Diet Pepsi. The man has run out of soda, so he jumps out of the window and runs to the closest Pepsi machine and gets back just in time, before the woman finds out he went to so much trouble.