Actress Gail O'Grady grew in west suburban Wheaton, far from themythical, gritty police precinct where she portrays sexy DonnaAbandando on the ABC-TV hit series "NYPD Blue." But the woman whoknew "from the time I was 4 years old" that she wanted to be anactress plays the role so convincingly that she just might win anEmmy as best supporting actress in a drama series.
But should she win, O'Grady, who started her career making TVcommercials here, won't put the Emmy statuette on the mantel of herLos Angeles area home. She fears it would fall off in an earthquake."My boyfriend (artist Robert Claypool) has the best idea. We'll turnit into a "Chia Pet" Emmy and stick it on the front porch," jokedO'Grady.
To create Abandando, O'Grady, whose grandmother is Italian,"spent a lot of time watching `Working Girl,' especially the partwhere Melanie Griffith and her girlfriends rode the Staten Islandferry to work in the morning." That's where she got the idea for the"big hair, big earrings and the clothes," adds O'Grady. B.Z.
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