Roma Downey Reminisces on the Legacy of ‘Touched by an Angel’

On and off-screen, ‘Angel’ star Roma Downey is on a lifelong quest to inspire hope and fulfillment with her storytelling.
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“The lives that were touched—I still all these years later meet people who say, ‘You have no idea how [‘Touched by an Angel’] impacted my life,’” actress Roma Downey reminisced in a recent interview with The Epoch Times about the beloved TV series, in which she starred as angel Monica during its almost decade-long run.

Fans often share their personal connections to “Angel,” telling Downey: “It helped us deal with our father’s alcoholism” or “Our son’s drug addiction,” or “It  gave us something to do together as a family, where we could share the couch with grandma and the kids and everybody in between, and we all knew we would get a little cry and then our hearts would be moved.”

Gayle Jo Carter
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Gayle Jo Carter, a former entertainment editor at USA WEEKEND, has interviewed high-profile newsmakers for numerous publications including USA TODAY, AARP.org, Survivornet.com, Washington Jewish Week, and Parade.