{"id":9390,"date":"2024-02-11T22:50:17","date_gmt":"2024-02-11T17:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/11\/i-love-america-hollywood-actress-roma-downeys-incredible-path-to-the-american-dream\/"},"modified":"2024-02-11T22:50:17","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T17:20:17","slug":"i-love-america-hollywood-actress-roma-downeys-incredible-path-to-the-american-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/11\/i-love-america-hollywood-actress-roma-downeys-incredible-path-to-the-american-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I Love America&#8217;: Hollywood Actress Roma Downey&#8217;s Incredible Path to the American Dream"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-cbn-component-name=\"wysiwyg_editor\">\n<p>Actress Roma Downey\u2019s career has been defined by major projects that have had a deep cultural impact. From her starring role in \u201cTouched By an Angel\u201d to her co-creation of \u201cThe Bible\u201d series, Downey has always sought to focus on faith, family, and positivity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen to them on the latest\u00a0episode\u00a0of \u201cQuick Start\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"482\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm\/?p=CCBNC3640195386\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>That quest continues with her new children\u2019s book, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Message-Moon-Roma-Downey\/dp\/0593235177\">A Message in the Moon<\/a>,\u201d a deeply personal project predicated on her childhood. While\u00a0<a data-id=\"https:\/\/www.faithwire.com\/2024\/01\/03\/ibelieve-in-the-power-of-prayer-actress-roma-downey-on-god-tragedy-and-trust\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.faithwire.com\/2024\/01\/03\/ibelieve-in-the-power-of-prayer-actress-roma-downey-on-god-tragedy-and-trust\/\">recently telling CBN News<\/a>\u00a0about the effort, Downey, who was born in Ireland and later immigrated to the U.S., also talked about her love of prayer and gratitude for America.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey say, \u2018You can take the girl out of Ireland, but you can\u2019t take Ireland out of the girl,&#8217;\u201d she said. \u201cAnd I think that\u2019s true, but I love America, and America has been so good to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Downey continued, \u201cI\u2019m so incredibly grateful to this country. My children are all American-born and my husband and I are both American citizens. We make our home between Southern California and the great state of Utah.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&#039;I...Believe in the Power of Prayer&#039;: Actress Roma Downey on God, Tragedy, and Trust\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n1BFTeYmeho?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first time the actress has addressed her love for America.<\/p>\n<p>Downey and her husband, famed TV producer Mark Burnett, spoke at the National Prayer Breakfast in 2016, sharing additional details about their path to America and recognition of the American dream.<\/p>\n<p>Burnett told the audience how he moved to Los Angeles after leaving the British Army when he was just 22. Living with a friend and unsure of his path, he ended up taking a job as a nanny in Beverly Hills.<\/p>\n<p>From there, he worked hard and eventually landed in Hollywood, creating shows like \u201cThe Voice\u201d and \u201cSurvivor,\u201d as Blaze Media\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/2016\/02\/04\/this-can-only-happen-in-america-hollywood-firebrands-reveal-the-shocking-first-jobs-they-took-after-immigrating-to-the-u-s\">noted<\/a>. When he later joined MGM as an executive, his story came full circle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was given an office on the top floor of MGM \u2026 [with an] incredible view of the Hollywood sign [and] Beverly Hills and then it dawned on me,\u201d Burnett\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/2016\/02\/04\/this-can-only-happen-in-america-hollywood-firebrands-reveal-the-shocking-first-jobs-they-took-after-immigrating-to-the-u-s\">said<\/a>. \u201cI looked out the window \u2026 and I could actually see the house where I was a nanny.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cThis can only happen in America! It\u2019s the American dream.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"330\" src=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/standalone\/?c4579081\/mark-burnett-roma-downey-remarks-national-prayer-breakfast\" width=\"512\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>As for Downey, she\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/2016\/02\/04\/this-can-only-happen-in-america-hollywood-firebrands-reveal-the-shocking-first-jobs-they-took-after-immigrating-to-the-u-s\">recalled<\/a>\u00a0working in New York City and checking coats at an upscale restaurant. One day, the late TV legend Regis Philbin came in and gave her a $20 tip, a kind act that stunned her at the time.<\/p>\n<p>A few years later, she was starring on \u201cTouched By an Angel\u201d and ended up on Philbin\u2019s show, where the two discussed what happened at the restaurant not long before.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChecking coats one minute,\u201d Downey said at the time. \u201cStarring on TV the next.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Find out more about the actress\u2019 latest project \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Message-Moon-Roma-Downey\/dp\/0593235177\">A Message in the Moon<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www1.cbn.com\/cbnnews\/entertainment\/2024\/february\/i-love-america-hollywood-actress-roma-downeys-incredible-path-to-the-american-dream\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actress Roma Downey\u2019s career has been defined by major projects that have had a deep cultural impact. From her starring role in \u201cTouched By an Angel\u201d to her co-creation of \u201cThe Bible\u201d series, Downey has always sought to focus on faith, family, and positivity. Listen to them on the latest\u00a0episode\u00a0of \u201cQuick Start\u201d That quest continues [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9391,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[]},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9390"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}