Ellen Tyne Daly (born February 21, 1946) is an American actress. She
has won six Emmy Awards for her television work and a Tony Award, and
is a 2011 American Theatre Hall of Fame inductee.Daly began her career
on stage in summer stock in New York, and made her Broadway debut in
the play That Summer â€" That Fall in 1967. She is best known for her
television role as Detective Mary Beth Lacey in Cagney & Lacey
(1982â€"88), for which she is a four-time Emmy Award winner as
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. In 1989, she starred in
the Broadway revival of Gypsy and won the 1990 Tony Award for Best
Actress in a Musical.Her other TV roles include Alice Henderson in
Christy (1994â€"95), for which she won an Emmy in 1996 and Maxine Gray
in Judging Amy (1999â€"2005), which won her a sixth Emmy in 2003. Her
other Broadway credits include The Seagull (1992), her Tony-nominated
role in Rabbit Hole (2006) and her Tony-nominated role in Mothers and
Sons (2014). She played Maria Callas, both on Broadway and in London's
West End, in the play Master Class (2011â€"12). She portrayed Anne
Marie Hoag in Marvel Studios' Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017).Daly was
born in Madison, Wisconsin, to actor James Daly and actress Mary Hope
(née Newell). Her younger brother is actor Tim Daly, and she has two
sisters, Mary Glynn and Pegeen Michael.
has won six Emmy Awards for her television work and a Tony Award, and
is a 2011 American Theatre Hall of Fame inductee.Daly began her career
on stage in summer stock in New York, and made her Broadway debut in
the play That Summer â€" That Fall in 1967. She is best known for her
television role as Detective Mary Beth Lacey in Cagney & Lacey
(1982â€"88), for which she is a four-time Emmy Award winner as
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. In 1989, she starred in
the Broadway revival of Gypsy and won the 1990 Tony Award for Best
Actress in a Musical.Her other TV roles include Alice Henderson in
Christy (1994â€"95), for which she won an Emmy in 1996 and Maxine Gray
in Judging Amy (1999â€"2005), which won her a sixth Emmy in 2003. Her
other Broadway credits include The Seagull (1992), her Tony-nominated
role in Rabbit Hole (2006) and her Tony-nominated role in Mothers and
Sons (2014). She played Maria Callas, both on Broadway and in London's
West End, in the play Master Class (2011â€"12). She portrayed Anne
Marie Hoag in Marvel Studios' Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017).Daly was
born in Madison, Wisconsin, to actor James Daly and actress Mary Hope
(née Newell). Her younger brother is actor Tim Daly, and she has two
sisters, Mary Glynn and Pegeen Michael.
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