Monica Louise Horan (born January 29, 1963) is an American actress best known for her role as Amy MacDougall-Barone on the television

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''.

Life and career

Horan was born in

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, the daughter of Selma (née Spencer), a clerk, and Robert J. Horan, a courthouse officer. She graduated from Archbishop Prendergast Catholic High School for Girls in

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in 1980. She attended

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, graduating with a degree in Theater Performance in 1984. She then moved to

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where she performed in

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theatre while working as a telephone sales agent for

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. She met her future husband,

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, who served as

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of ''Everybody Loves Raymond'', while attending Hofstra, and she converted to

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before their marriage in 1990. Horan is probably best known for her appearance in the part of Amy McDougall (later Barone), Robert Barone's off-on again girlfriend, then wife, on the CBS-TV sitcom series ''Everybody Loves Raymond''. Horan appeared in 66 episodes of the series, making her first appearance in the episode titled "Who's Handsome?" (Season 1, episode #14). She currently lives in

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with her husband and their two children. Horan has guest-starred on the ''

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'' series (Season 2) playing an Amish woman, and in 2017 was reunited with her ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' co-star

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when she guest-starred on a Season 8 episode of '' The Middle''. She featured in her husband's travel/food show, ''

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''. Her maternal grandfather was

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. Horan is a Democrat.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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