Edited sentence: A producer, author, and philanthropist, a devoted mother and the wife of producer Mark Burnett, Ms Downey is a recent  graduate from USM with  a Masters in Spiritual Psychology.Before moving to the United States she performed with The Abbey Theatre ( Irelands National Theatre ).Downey’s passions reach far beyond acting she is an active volunteer for years with the charity “Operation Smile”.For ten years Roma starred as the compassionate angel Monica on this  top rated show.In over 200 episodes her work   inspired millions of people and Roma garnered best actress nominations for emmy’s and golden globe awards and won the TV guide award for best actress.Ms Downey not only starred in, but executive produced  seven television movies for The CBS network, among them "Borrowed Hearts" with Eric Mc Cormack and "Second Honeymoon" with Tim Matheson.On Broadway  she made her debut opposite Sir Rex Harrison in “The Circle” and she  also performed with  the New York Shakespeare Company , in productions of Shaw and Ibsen   at the Roundabout Theatre Company and at the Geffen theatre in Los Angeles.Operation Smile provides  free surgeries for  children who suffer from cleft lips or cleft palettes.Roma Downey was born and raised in  Northern Ireland, she has a B.Roma has been a big supporter and an  active spokesperson  for  15 years.Roma played Jackie Onassis in the emmy award winning  six hour mini series for NBC called “A Woman Named Jackie.She  hosted a series for the Pax network called “Its  A Miracle  and has authored the children’s book, Love is a Family and has recorded an inspirational album "Healing Angel".She came to the USA with a production of ‘The Playboy of the Western World”.She has travelled on international medical missions to Vietnam,Honduras ,Nicaragua and  recently was accompanied by her husband Mark Burnett and their three children   to Jordan.She recently starred along side John Schneider in "Come Dance at My wedding and will soon  be seen in  "Keeping up with the Randall's" both on the Hallmark channel.from Brighton University and trained as an actress at the Drama Studio of London