Nancy Justine McKeon was born on 4 April 1966, in Westbury, New York USA, to parents Don and Barbara McKeon. She is an actress, producer and director, perhaps best known for her role of Jo Polniaczek in the popular long-running series “The Facts of Life”.
So just how rich is Nancy McKeon? According to sources, McKeon has acquired a net worth of over $6 million, as of early 2016. She has established her wealth during her successful acting career, which includes a number of television shows and movies.
Nancy McKeon Net Worth $6 Million
McKeon started her career as a two-year-old baby, modeling clothes for the Sears catalog. She went on to appear in dozens of commercials, along with her brother, actor Phillip McKeon. During her childhood years, she made several guest appearances, such as in the soap operas “Another World” in 1964 and the 1976 “The Secret Storm”. When her brother scored a leading role in the 1976 hit television series “Alice”, the family moved to Los Angeles, California. McKeon took several guest roles, such as in the series “Starsky and Hutch” and “The Love Boat”. In 1978 she appeared in a groundbreaking television film “Question of Love”, and two years later she took the role of a detective’s daughter in the series “Stone”. As her talent became recognized, her career was boosted and her net worth started to rise.
In 1980, the producers of the 1979 hit series “The Facts of Life” offered her the role of a tomboy named Jo Polniaczek, during the show’s second season; this was McKeon’s breakthrough role. The series portrayed the lives of a group of girls attending an elite boarding school, and proved very popular and significantly contributed to McKeon’s wealth. She starred in the series until its 1988 cancellation, being one of the longest-running shows, lasting for almost a decade.
In the meantime, McKeon also took several television movie roles. These include her role in the 1983 “High School U.S.A.”, and the 1985 “Poison Ivy”. In her next two telefilms, the 1987 “Strange Voices” and the 1986 “Firefighter”, beside acting, McKeon also served as a producer. She had found great success in TV movies, and went on to take the lead role in the 1989 “A Cry for Help: The Tracy Thurman Story” as a wife paralyzed by her husband’s physical attack. Her performance was highly praised and considerably added to her net worth.
McKeon made her feature film debut with the 1992 “Where the Day Takes You”. In 1995 she took the role in the series “Can’t Hurry Love”, and starred in the film “The Wrong Woman” the same year. In 1999 she wrote, produced and directed the short film, “A Wakening”, which won the 2000 Audience Award for Best Short Drama and Crystal Palm Award for Best Short Film. McKeon then starred in and was also the director of the police drama “The Division”, which ran on the Lifetime Network from 2001 to 2004.
After the series was cancelled in 2004, the actress made several show guest appearances, such as in the series “Without a Trace”. She then appeared in the 2009 Demi Lovato series “Sonny With a Chance”, playing the titular character’s mother.
Aside from her acting, McKeon has also provided the voice for various animated characters, such as the 1980 “Scruffy”.
McKeon has been nominated for various awards, and won the 1983 Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress in a Comedy Series for her role in “The Facts of Life” and Best Young Actress in a Television Special for her performance in the movie “Please Don’t Hit Me, Mom”.
As for her personal life, McKeon has beem married to Marc Andrus since 2003. The couple has two daughters together, and reside in Austin, Texas.
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