Jill Ackles is an American television

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. Jill has directed for soap operas such as Days of Our Lives, All My Children, and One Life to Live. Jill occasionally draws doodles for Doodle Day. Jill was nominated for a

Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team is an award presented annually by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) and Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). It was first awarded at the 1st D ...

shared with fellow directors of All My Children in 1997.

Career

Jill Ackles has directed several different soap operas. Jill was nominated for a

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in 1997 for her work on All My Children.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

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*Nominated, 1997, Directing, ''All My Children''

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