Actress Downey gets star on Walk of Fame in LA

Actress Roma Downey has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The Emmy-nominated performer and producer played an angel in US television series, Touched by an Angel. Her name has been installed next to her husband Mark Burnett’s on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles.

She said she was touched. “This is a great day, a great day for the Irish — 25 years ago I came to America from Ireland looking for the American dream.