14 Facts About Nancy McKeon

Nancy Justine McKeon was born on April 4,1966 and is an American actress.

Nancy McKeon is known for her roles as Jo Polniaczek on the NBC sitcom The Facts of Life and Jinny Exstead on The Division.

Nancy Justine McKeon was born on April 4,1966, in Westbury, New York, to Barbara McKeon and travel agent Donald McKeon.

Nancy McKeon was cast as tomboy Jo Polniaczek in the fall of 1980 during the show's second season after four of the first season's cast were dismissed from the show.

Nancy McKeon provided the voice for many ABC Weekend Special cartoon characters, including the voice for Scruffy.

In 1990, Nancy McKeon was courted by NBC executives for the title role in the TV sitcom adaptation of the 1988 film Working Girl; the role, played by Melanie Griffith in the movie, instead went to then unknown Sandra Bullock.

Nancy McKeon starred in numerous made-for-TV movies in the 1980s and 1990s, including A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story, in which she portrayed the title role of Tracey Thurman, and The Wrong Woman, portraying a woman framed for killing her boss.

Nancy McKeon produced many of these movies through her film company, Forest Hills Entertainment.

Nancy McKeon explained on the TV show Biography that directing had always been a personal ambition, so she wrote the movie in order to direct.

In 2003, Nancy McKeon starred in the film Comfort and Joy.

Nancy McKeon has a brief cameo appearance in 2019's You Light Up My Christmas, a movie starring her Facts of Life co-star Kim Fields.

Nancy McKeon was supposed to have a larger role in the movie, but was unable to film more due to a family emergency.

Also in 2019, Nancy McKeon announced on social media her involvement in a new, planned Amazon series based on the Lauren Oliver young adult novel Panic.

In 2003, Nancy McKeon married film technician Marc Andrus, after meeting eight years prior on the set of the Hallmark movie, A Mother's Gift.