Tyne Daly
(Maxine Gray)

Tyne Daly, who has won five Emmy Awards® and been nominated for 13, is one of the industry's most acclaimed and respected actors. She received four Emmys as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her role in the long-running series Cagney & Lacey. She received a fifth Emmy, for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, for her performance in Christy.

Daly's extensive television credits also include starring roles in numerous movies, including four Cagney & Lacey films, The Perfect Mother and Kids Like These, as well as Intimate Strangers, for which she received an Emmy nomination, The Entertainer, Larry and Bye Bye Birdie (1995). She has also guest-starred in many television series and starred in the television movie The Wedding Dress. Daly has appeared on Broadway in numerous productions, including Gypsy, for which she won Tony®, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards, and Mystery School, for which she received a nomination from the Outer Critics Circle for Best Solo Performance. She also won a Drama-Logue Award for her performance in a Los Angeles production of Come Back, Little Sheba. Her feature film credits include John and Mary, Zoot Suit, The Enforcer, Telefon, The Aviator, Movers and Shakers and The Simian Line.

Daly was born in Madison, Wis., and lives in Los Angeles. Her birthday is February 21.