Roma Downey is to receive an honorary degree from the University of Ulster at Magee.
Roma Downey.
The Derry actress/producer is currently enjoying phenomenal success in the US following the release of the mini-drama The Bible which she co-produced with husband Mark Burnett and in which she starred as Mary, mother of Jesus.
The series broke sales records in its first week of home video release, selling 525,000 units to become the top-selling TV mini-series of all time.
Roma and husband Mark have produced a movie version of the series, titled Son of God, due to be released next through by 20th Century Fox.
Last month, CBS announced a new mini-series with couple, The Dovekeepers based on the New York Times bestseller by Alice Hoffman, would air next year.
She received two Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for her role as the kind-hearted angel Monica in the TV series Touched by an Angel.
She is also an ambassador for Operation Smile and author of three books for children and producer of the children’s series, Little Angels.
She got her first big break playing role of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis in the 1991 U.S. TV mini-series A Woman Named Jackie which won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries in 1992.
Actress Roma Downey and her producer husband Mark Burnett are given honorary doctorate degrees in Malibu.
The couple received honorary degrees from Pepperdine University in 2009.
Roma has a Masters Degree in Spiritual Psychology obtained from the University of Santa Monica.
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