Nancy McKeon – Then
Nancy McKeon worked with her brother Philip in several advertisements before she landed in her breakthrough role. She started in modest roles in TV shows in the 1970s before she came with her family to Los Angeles in 1975. McKeon was offered a part as a tomboy in The Facts of Life as a casting director impressed by her capacity to cry in the commercial of a Hallmark greeting card. The character of McKeon, Jo, was impatient, unpleasant and somehow marvelous about the truths of life.
Nancy McKeon – Then
Nancy McKeon – Now
Nancy McKeon was almost cast into the TV adaptation of Working Girls following her time as Jo Polniaczek. The work was finally chosen for Sandra Bullock, who was then unknown. McKeon auditioned for Monica Geller’s role in Friends, but Courteney Cox again retired in 1994. McKeon’s Can’t Hurry Love series, which lasted barely a year later, lasted one season. Her last appearance was in the 2011 Love Begins television movie.
Nancy McKeon – Now
