Nancy McKeon was born on April 4, 1966, in Westbury, New York. The daughter of a travel agent, McKeon and her sibling, Philip, experienced childhood in the entertainment industry. McKeon began making commercials at 2 years old, trailed by visitor appearances on such dramas as Another World, before moving to California in the mid-1970s. McKeon and her family moved to Los Angeles for her sibling’s vocation. He had handled the main job in the sitcom Alice featuring Linda Lavin. Lavin played the title character, a bereaved single parent who fills in as a server in a cafe. Philip McKeon played her child, Tommy. While her brother featured in a hit comedy, McKeon landed guest posts on such shows as Starsky and Hutch and The Love Boat.
Husband and Children
McKeon has been married to Marc Andrus since 2003. The couple has two babies.
‘Facts of Life’ and Early Career
In 1980, McKeon had a supporting job on the brief police dramatization Stone, playing the little girl of an investigator (Dennis Weaver). Although, her profession truly removed that fall with her job on the sitcom The Facts of Life. She joined the show, which followed a gathering of young ladies at an elite boarding school, in its subsequent season. On the show, McKeon played an unpleasant around-edges boyish girl named Jo Polnaiczek. Her kindred understudies included Lisa Whelchel as the pretty and bombastic Blair Warner, Mindy Cohn as the amusing yet uncertain Natalie Green, and Kim Fields as the bubbly and dynamic Tootie Ramsey. Charlotte Rae played their housemother, going about as a maternal figure for the young ladies. For a period, the cast additionally included George Clooney and Cloris Leachman.
The coming-of-age comedy turned into a success with watchers at home, going on for about 10 years. At the time it finished in 1988, The Facts of Life was one of the longest-running sitcoms to date. McKeon additionally discovered time to take on different tasks, spreading out to take on progressively genuine roles. She showed up in a few TV films, incorporating 1985’s Poison Ivy with Michael J. Fox. The two were a couple off-screen for a period also. In 1987’s Strange Voices, McKeon featured as a young lady with schizophrenia. She additionally filled in as a director on the project. After The Facts of Life finished, McKeon discovered accomplishment in TV films. She featured in 1989’s A Cry for Help: The Tracy Thurman Story, as a lady attempts to remake her life after getting incapacitated from a physical assault by her husband. The film got solid reviews. Not at all like some youngster stars, McKeon progressed into increasingly developing parts decently no problem at all. “I’ve been lucky. The audience has allowed me the chance to grow up and to be taken seriously,” she told Entertainment Weekly.
Hallmark; an Important Part of Her Life
Without Hallmark, Nancy’s life may have been different. All things considered, it was one of her ads for Hallmark cards that grabbed the eye of her Facts of Life makers. She likewise met her husband Marc on the set of the Hallmark film, A Mother’s Gift in 1995. Nancy additionally depicted a veterinarian named Emily in the Hallmark film Wild Hearts, which was the principal film daughter Aurora, at that point 2, could at last watch her mother in. “I cherished that I could carry her to work and she could see the creatures,” Nancy disclosed to The Oklahoman.
Not The Only Famous Person in her Family
Nancy’s elder brother is Philip McKeon, who is most popular for depicting Tommy Hyatt on the TV show Alice during the ’70s and ’80s. The siblings have cooperated for the duration of their lives, first showing up in a commercial as kids, and working together again in the 1994 dramatization Teresa’s Tattoo. Nancy depicted Sara, and Philip was on the production team.
Film Debut
McKeon made her component film debut in 1992 with a role in a show about teenage runaways considered Where the Day Takes You with Will Smith, Sean Astin and Ricki Lake, among others. In 1995, McKeon came back to TV series with Can’t Hurry Love. The show concentrated on a gathering of friends living in New York City and was considered by some to be a duplicate of the well-known sitcom Friends. McKeon protested this correlation, saying that “since we have youngsters on the show who are companions with one another doesn’t make us a Friends copycat. If there is anything increasingly similar to a more younger; like Murphy Brown since we have the office setting.” The cast additionally included Mariska Hargitay and Louis Mandylor. The sitcom was dropped after its first season.
‘The Division’
A couple of years after the fact, McKeon had better luck in The Division. The show, which circulated on the Lifetime network, included a gathering of female cops. McKeon featured as Inspector Jinny Exstead and Bonnie Bedelia played her boss. Other cast individuals included Lisa Vidal, Tracey Needham and Jon Hamm. The show likewise furnished McKeon with a chance to work behind the camera, filling in as a director for a few scenes. During the run of the show, McKeon turned down a chance to rejoin with her The Facts of Life co-stars for a 2001 TV film. After The Division was dropped in 2004, McKeon showed up on such shows as Without a Trace. Most as of late, she had a repetitive role on the tween sitcom Sonny with a Chance featuring Demi Lovato.
Awards and Nominations
In 1983, Nancy won “Best Young Actress in a Television Special” award for “Please Don’t Hit Me Mom, “Best Young Actress in a Movie Made for Television” award for The Facts of Life Goes to Paris and “Best Young Actress in a Comedy Series” for The Facts of Life. Later in 2000, she won the Audience Award for Best Short Drama”—A Wakening and, “Crystal Palm Award for Best Short Film” award for A Wakening. She was also nominated for “Best Performance in a Drama Series Episode”—The Division, “Best Performance in a Drama Series”—The Division, “Best Performance in a Drama Series Multi Episode Storyline”—The Division, “Best Young Comedienne in Motion Picture or Television”—The Facts of Life, “Best Young Actress in a Comedy Series”—The Facts of Life and “The ‘When Bad Teens Go Good’ Award”—The Facts of Life.
