Her Hollywood career began when she moved to New York at the suggestion of an agent. She then worked as a coat checker at a restaurant before landing roles in Broadway productions.
Her major break came in 1994, when she was cast as the angel Monica in the television series ‘Touched by an Angel’. It remains her most well-known part to date. She appeared alongside popular singer-actress Della Reese.
The show aired from 1994 to 2003, and she got a TV Guide Award as well as two Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. In 2011, she and her husband created the series ‘The Bible’.
The Moroccan-filmed show has over 100 million viewers in the United States and is one of Amazon’s best-selling movies and television shows. It received a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Miniseries or Movie.
Her other well-known films and television shows include ‘Borrowed Hearts’, ‘Second Honeymoon’, ‘The Division’, ‘The Sons of Mistletoe’, ‘The Dovekeepers,’ and so on.
She is a popular actor, producer, and novelist.
Her novels include ‘Love Is a Family’, ‘Love Makes a Family Display’, ‘Son of God’, ‘A Story of God and All of Us: A Novel’, ‘A Story of God and All of Us: Inspirations for Every Day of the Year’, ‘A Story of Easter and All of Us, and ‘A Story of Christmas and All of Us’.
