Gail O'Grady

 After leaving NYPD Blue, O'Grady began starring in numerous television movies for Lifetime and other networks. Some of them include The Three Lives of Karen (1997), Two Voices (1997), Every 9 Seconds (1997), Two of Hearts (1999), Another Woman's Husband (2000), Lip Service (2000), Hostage Negotiator (2001), Hope Ranch (2002), Lucky 7 (2003), Sex and the Single Mom (2003) and more Sex & the Single Mom (2005). Her major screen credits include Celtic Pride (1996), That Old Feeling (1997), Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999) and Walking Across Egypt (1999).From 2002 to 2005, O'Grady starred as Helen Pryor in the NBC television show American Dreams, which depicted an all-American family living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during the 1960s. The series was canceled after just three seasons. O'Grady was the main actress on the comedy series on ABC Hot Properties in Fall 2005. The show was pulled after just 13 episodes. In 2006, she was the guest on Two and a Half Men. She had a recurring part in Boston Legal as Gloria Weldon in 2007. Gloria Weldon is a judge who is involved in a relationship with Alan Shore. She also starred in All I Want for Christmas on Hallmark Channel in 2007. In 2007, she was the guest on Two and a half Men. In 2007 O'Grady was a regular on Boston Legal as Gloria Weldon. In 2007, too, O'Grady played the role of Karen Hardy on CW. Hellcats between 2010 and 2011, where she played Wanda Perkins (the mother of the main character). In 2008, she played regular roles on the ABC show Desperate Housewives as Anne Schilling, a woman who is having an affair with the character Porter Scavo (at that point an teen).