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American actress (b. )

Nancy Justine McKeon (born April 4, ) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Jo Polniaczek on the NBC sitcom The Facts of Life and Jinny Exstead on The Division.

Early life and family

Nancy Justine McKeon was born on April 4, , in Westbury, New York, to Barbara McKeon and travel agent Donald McKeon.

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^[1] She began her entertainment career by modeling baby clothing for the Sears & Roebuck catalog at age two. During some of her childhood, the family resided in Forest Hills, New York in Queens.^[2]

Career

Youth

McKeon appeared on the soap operasThe Secret Storm and Another World.

In , she was discovered by a casting director for The Facts of Life on the basis of her performance in a Hallmark advertisement, in which she was able to cry on cue.^[2] She was cast as tomboyJo Polniaczek in the fall of during the show's second season after four of the first season's cast were dismiss