Roma Downey was born on 6 May 1960, in Derry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. She is a producer and actress, best known to have been part of the series “Touched by an Angel” as the character Monica. She was also part of the award-winning series “A Woman Named Jackie” and became an executive producer for multiple television movies of CBS. All her efforts have helped put her net worth to where it is now.
How rich is Roma Downey? As of mid-2016, sources estimate a net worth that is at $20 million, mostly earned through the success of her various projects in the film industry. She’s known to have won many awards throughout her career and is also the President of Lightworkers Media. They’ve produced many films and television shows, and as she continues her career her wealth will likely increase further.
Roma Downey Net Worth $20 Million Dollars
Downey’s mother was an actress who may have inspired her to pursue that career path later on. She attended Thornhill College, and then went to Brighton College from where she graduated with BA degree. She planned to be a painter at first but then decided to pursue acting and attended Drama Studio London. She performed in numerous productions of the school which helped start her career.
Roma then became part of a touring production of “The Playboy of the Western World”. She received a few nominations for her performance, and she then appeared in a production of “The Circle”. After her various on stage performances, she was cast as the character Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in the award-winning TV miniseries “A Woman Named Jackie” which aired in 1991. Her popularity in this series led to her being cast in “Touched by an Angel” which ran from 1994 to 2003, receiving numerous awards and nominations during her time with the show, and which opened up many other opportunities for her. She became a part of the film “Borrowed Hearts”, and even published a book entitled “Love is a Family”. She has also hosted “Saturday Night Live” and “It’s a Miracle”, but meantime she also continued her stage appearances with “A Picasso”. After these numerous projects and the end of “Touched by an Angel”, she appeared in “Come Dance at My Wedding” and “Keeping up with the Randalls”.
In 2011, Roma and her husband produced a docudrama entitled “The Bible” which was based on stories found in the Bible, and was very popular in the United States, collaborating with popular pastors including Rick Warren and Joel Osteen. “The Bible” would become a best-seller in both iTunes and Amazon, and would also lead to their film entitled “Son of God”. After the success of “The Bible”, they then produced “A.D”, which is a sequel to the series and aired in 2013. Roma also produced a YouTube video with Cee-Lo Green entitled “Mary Did You Know” and it went viral with over three million views. She continued to do production work, releasing the miniseries “The Dovekeepers” and also the film “Little Boy”. A few of her recent projects include “Ben-Hur” and “Answered Prayers”.
For her personal life, Roma has been married to producer Mark Burnett since 2007 and their three children include two from Burnett’s previous marriage, and one from Roma’s previous marriage to David Anspaugh(1995-98), and previous to that she was married to Leland Orser(1987-89). Aside from these, Downey is a Roman Catholic, and now has a master’s degree in spiritual psychology from Santa Monica University(2010).
