62 years old (Born on March 21, 1962)
American comedienne, television personality and actress; She is famous from A League of Their Own.
Once owned and lived in the late Helen Hayes's former home in Nyack, New York. Started out doing stand-up comedy. She refuses to sign autographs for adults. Best friends with Madonna. Has said that she will never have biological children because of a family history of alcoholism and cancer. She plans to adopt more children, and is also becoming a certified foster parent (as of December 1999).Rosie O Donnell's Best Moments
Fun Facts About Rosie O Donnell
Won $20,000 on "Star Search" (1983).
Father was born in Belfast, N. Ireland.
Is a big New York Jets fan.
Auditioned for role of Elaine on "Seinfeld" (1990).
Took the role in Exit to Eden (1994) after learning that Sharon Stone had turned it down.
Has a chain of roses tattoo on her ankle.
4 children - Parker Jaren O'Donnell (adopted) born 25 May 1995; Chelsea Belle O'Donnell (adopted) born 20 Sept 1997; Blake Christopher O'Donnell (adopted) born 5 Dec 1999; Vivienne Rose O'Donnell born 29 Nov 2002 to Rosie's partner, Kelli O'Donnell, and weighed 6lbs 6 oz.
Big Savage Garden fan.
She is a big fan of the Harry Potter book series, and even offered to play "Molly Weasley" in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) for free.
TV special she co-hosted on Nickelodeon - "Nick News Special Edition: My Family is Different" -logged some 100,000 e-mails and calls in protest about its gay-parenting content, before the show even aired 18 June 2002. The campaign was reportedly organized by the Traditional Values Coalition. Linda Ellerbee produced and also hosted.
Is good friends with Penny Marshall.
Fell and broke her right hand. [March 2000]
Used to work in the catalog department at Sears. Her job was to attach the orders to the catalogs, dump the catalogs in the correct bins, and then fetch the orders for the customers.
Born on the same day as actor Matthew Broderick.
Her role-models are Barbra Streisand and Bette Midler.
Voted most popular in her high school class.
Dropped out of Boston University after 1 year. Dropped out of Dickinson College, Carlisle,PA.
Is a third cousin to Bridget Moynahan on her father's side, a fact that Rosie O'Donnell did not know until Bridget was a guest on "The View" (1997).
Was a VH-1 VeeJay.
Voted high school homecoming queen.
Rosie's father, Edward, was a spy-camera engineer for a defense corporation.
Is allergic to cats and horses.
Rosie attended Sawmill Junior High School in Commack, New York.
Adopted third child, son Blake Christopher (b. November 1999) [5 December 1999]
In 2006, she donated $5,700,000 to Katrina Relief efforts including Renaissance Village (a temporary shelter for Katrina victims), day care centers, a rehabilitation center in San Antonio, and a Habitat for Humanity sub division in Baton Rouge.
Anjelica Huston wanted her to play the lead in the film Agnes Browne (1999) but she turned it down because the offer came shortly after the shootings at Columbine High-School and O'Donnell felt that she was too emotional to do a film at that time.
Attended Commack High School South, the same high school as sportscaster Bob Costas.
Big Tom Cruise fan.
Has a very big toy collection, especially McDonald's Happy Meal toys.
Appeared as a lifeline on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" (1999/I), correctly answering the question, and helping the contestant win $32,000. She later invited the contestant onto her show, and gave him a week-long trip to London, England, UK.