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Television producer Mark Burnett and his wife, actress Roma Downey, discuss their new TV miniseries which examines the early Christian church.
Television producer Mark Burnett and his wife, actress Roma Downey, discuss their new TV miniseries which examines the early Christian church.
Mark Burnett is an award-winning executive producer of several highly successful television series including Survivor, The Apprentice and The Voice. He has produced thousands of hours of television which regularly airs in more than 70 countries, and his projects have so far accumulated more than 140 Emmy Award nominations, of which he has personally won 12. Since 2016, Mark has served as Chairman of MGM Worldwide Television Group, and he has been named one of the world’s most influential people by Time Magazine. He is married to actress Roma Downey, with whom he has co-produced several projects, including the popular 2013 TV miniseries The Bible. You can find out more about the couple’s work at the website for their media production company, LightWorkers, and you can learn more about Mark at his bio page on the IMDb website.
Roma Downey is an actress, a producer, and the president of LightWorkers Media, the faith and family division of MGM Studios. One of Roma’s most widely-known roles was her portrayal of the character Monica in the popular CBS television series, Touched by an Angel, a performance that earned her Emmy and Golden Globe Award nominations. She also played Mary, the mother of Jesus, in the 2013 hit TV miniseries The Bible, which she co-produced with her husband, Mark Burnett. Roma has authored several books, the most recent of which, Box of Butterflies, was a New York Times best-seller. Learn more about Roma by visiting her bio page at IMDb.com.