View the profiles of people named Nancy McKenna. She is well known for her roles as Jo Polniaczek on the NBC sitcom The Facts of Life and Jinny Exstead on The Division. Not a mom," McKeon said of Rae at the time, reports PEOPLE. Nancy Mckeon started acting when she was only at the age of two. "She was there for us as a peer. Paired with a new partner, Nancy McKenna (Jessica Alba), a working mom with an equally complex history, Syd is forced to confront how her . She made her 6 million dollar fortune with The Facts of Life. Jenna Elyse McKenna was born in Phoenix, Arizona July 25, 1990. ", McKeon currently plays Sonny's mother, Connie, in the Disney Channel sitcom "Sonny with a Chance. She married film technician, Marc Andrus on June 8, 2003. By joining TV Guide, you agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy. McKeons film won two film festival awards. "She never talked down to us. Who is Facts of Life star Nancy McKeon? | The US Sun producer Carole Shure . In 2004, she was cast as Shannon Rutherford in the television series Lost, on which she was a main cast member for the first two seasons, winning a Screen Actors Guild Award shared with the ensemble cast. [20] In 2007, she starred in The Jane Austen Book Club, based on Karen Joy Fowler's novel of the same name. The series premiered on May 28, 2021. McKenna trained with The Groundlings and at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, where she regularly performs. He didn't make any public . Nancy McKenna We found 100+ records for Nancy McKenna in NY, OH and 30 other states. Executive producer Carlton Cuse said that Grace's departure from the show was "sort of a win-win" as she was eager to enter a full-time career in film. Jenna works in the Phoenix-Metro area in film, commercials and theater. [10] McKenna has appeared in episodes of Modern Family and The Goldbergs. It was so much fun It was a little bit scary., She continued, I havent sung in decades My little in-ear monitors weren't working, so I was freaking out in the middle of the song, but at some point youve got to go, you take the good, you take the bad, that's not a bad thing to remember., Billy asked what it was like getting together with the old cast, and Lisa said, Oh, always so good We missed Nancy McKeon it was sad not to have the four of us together, but it's always fun., Explaining Nancys absence, she said, Nancy was home and they just recently moved and her kids just got into school, so it was difficult for her to make the trip out., She said the ladies keep in touch. From the universe of the Jerry Bruckheimer "Bad Boys" franchise, the one-hour series follows Syd Burnett (Gabrielle Union), last seen in Miami taking down a drug cartel, who has seemingly left her complicated past behind to become an LAPD detective.