Kim Delaney is an Emmy Award-winning American actress.
Kim Delaney is 5' 7" tall.
Kim Delaney was born on 29 November 1961 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Kim Delaney is best known as Detective Diane Russell from the ABC drama NYPD Blue.
Kim Delaney is of Irish American descent. Her mom Joan was a homemaker and her dad Jack Delaney was a union official and former head of the United Auto Worker.
Kim Delaney has four brothers: Ed, John, Keith, and Patrick.
Kim Delaney grew up in Roxborough and attended John W. Hallahan Catholic High School for Girls.
Kim Delaney started off working as a model for the Elite agency.
After graduating, Kim Delaney went to New York to pursue a career in modeling.
Kim Delaney became a star after she started playing the role of an innocent teenager, Jenny Gardner Nelson on the soap opera All My Children from August 1981 to August 1984.
The role of Jenny Gardner made Kim Delaney a day time television icon.
Kim Delaney made her film debut in That Was Then... This Is Now. Her co-star in the movie was Emilio Estevez.
In 1986, Kim Delaney played the role of young nun in the military action movie "The Delta Force," starring Chuck Norris.
In 1994, Kim Delaney acted in the film The Force, with Yasmine Bleeth and Jason Gedrick.
Kim Delaney won an Emmy for Best Supporting Actress for her role in NYPD Blue
Kim Delaney was nominated twice for Daytime Emmy award for her role on the TV show All My Children.
Kim Delaney has been married twice, to actor Charles Grant from 1984 to 1988, and to actor Joseph Cortese from 1989 to 1994.
Kim Delaney has a son named Jack Philip Cortese.
Kim Delaney is good friends with the owner of the Philadelphia Eagles and gifted her dad 50-yard line season tickets for life.
Kim Delaney currently stars as Claudia Joy Hold on the Lifetime television drama Army Wives.


