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Roma Downey

Profession : Actress

Birth : May 6, 1960

For many years, when I was starring on 'Touched by an Angel,' I produced on a number of television movies for CBS. I have always enjoyed the aspect of bringing something together and multitasking in that way.

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In the case of 'The Bible' series and now 'Son of God,' it has been a combination of what I love to do and what I believe. To be able to do that with the person I love has just really been a blessing.

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Entire families are attending 'Son of God' together and sharing it with their own kids. Parents are using the film as a conversation starter to help bring the story of Jesus to life for their children.

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Extraordinarily, I was up in the cemetery in Derry City, and I had a red cape on with a fur hood as a little girl, when a gun battle broke out between the IRA and the British Army, and I got caught in the crossfire.

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Individual stories from the Bible had been made into movies, but no one had taken on the arc of the Bible story as one meta-narrative from Genesis to Revelation.

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'The Dovekeepers' is a fantastic novel written by Alice Hoffman; it was a bestselling novel, and I fell in love with the book and bought the rights to it.

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My husband hailed from Dagenham; he's an Essex boy. Me myself, I come from Derry City in the northwest of Ireland, so we love to get back.

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People come together with their families to celebrate Easter. What better way to celebrate than to spend a few hours going on the journey of Christ's life.

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One of my pet peeves about biblical epics was that the characters' costumes always looked like they're just out of the dry cleaners.

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I tell about some of the female characters from the Bible so girls can be inspired and empowered and uplifted.

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My dad used to sit me on his knee and read from the Bible to us. We were a praying family. Ours was a family of love and a family of prayer.

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Over the years, I've found myself wishing sometimes my angel would show up. I could use a little uplift, a little reminder.

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If I were to look back at my career, I think my greatest achievement is very simple. I've been able to make choices where I could glorify God.

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