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Nancy joined Court TV from the Atlanta Fulton County District Attorney's Office where she served for a decade as Special Prosecutor of major felony cases involving serial murder, serial rape, serial child molestation and arson. Grace compiled a perfect record of nearly 100 felony convictions at trial and no losses.
One of television's most respected legal analysts, Grace is currently the host of Court TV's trial coverage program Nancy: Closing Arguments, which airs from 3-5pm ET/PT, as well as a series of Court TV live primetime news specials. In addition, she hosts the primetime legal analysis program Nancy on Headline News. Grace has appeared as a legal commentator on CNN's Larry King Live, ABC's Good Morning America, The View, The Oprah Show and numerous other cable and network programs. Her first book, Objection!, in which she addresses America's justice system focusing on high profile and celebrity defendants, was released in June 2005 and immediately hit the New York Times Bestseller List.
Grace is the recipient of two American Women in Radio & Television Gracie Awards, both for her Nancy Investigates primetime report on Court TV and for Individual Achievement for Best Program Host. She has also been recognized for her ongoing support and advocacy of victims' rights by various groups, including the Carole Sund/Carrington Foundation; Crime Victims United of California and The Retreat.
She was a Law Review graduate of Mercer Law School and received her LLM in constitutional and criminal law from New York University. She has written articles for the American Bar Association Journal, various law reviews, and op-eds. She was also a litigation instructor at Georgia State University School of Law and a Business Law Instructor at GSU's School of Business. Previously, Grace clerked with a federal court judge and practiced antitrust and consumer protection law with the Federal Trade Commission.
A lover of Shakespearean literature, Grace's plan to become an English professor was derailed by the randomurder of her fiancé. The incident propelled her to enroll in law school and set her on the path to become a felony prosecutor and an outspoken victims' rights advocate. Grace helped staff the hotline at an Atlanta Battered Women's Center for 10 years.
Marriage and motherhood
In April 2007, Grace married David Linch, an Atlanta investment banker in a small private ceremony. The two had met while she was studying at Mercer College in the '70s. Grace, who had given up on marriage after the death of her fiance said, "We've been in touch all these years, and a lot of time, we were separated by geography and time. It was a spur-of-the-moment decision to get married. I told my family only two days before the wedding."
On June 26, 2007 an emotional Grace announced on her CNN talk show that her life had "taken a U-turn" in that she is pregnant and is expecting twins with her husband in January 2008.[22][23] On September 27, Grace announced the sexes of her twins, a boy and girl. Nancy and her husband David Linch welcomed their twins, Lucy Elizabeth and John David on Sunday, November 4, 2007. John David was born at 1:54 p.m. ET and weighed 5 lbs., 1 oz. Lucy Elizabeth was born at 1:55 p.m. ET and weighed 2 lbs., 15 ozs.
On Sunday November 11, 2007, she was hospitalized with blood clots in her lungs, a complication of her recent pregnancy. According to CNN, the 48-year-old Headline News talk anchor sought treatment Sunday after she experienced discomfort and began having trouble breathing while on her way to church.
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Parodies and characters based on Grace
Grace has been parodied on several comedy programs, and several characters based on her persona have appeared on various television shows. Among the shows featuring parodies of Grace or a character based on Grace:
* A parody of Grace appeared on the television show Boston Legal in the form of a reporter named Gracie Jane. Most of the character's appearances consisted of her shouting "Guilty, guilty, guilty!" into the camera.
* Grace has been parodied several times by Amy Poehler on Saturday Night Live. She was also parodied in the TV Funhouse cartoon "Divertor," repeating the line, "I think [defendant's name] should fry!"
* Her CNN show is a regular clip on the E! network show The Soup with Joel McHale often poking fun at her way of talking.
* Grace inspired a lawyer character named Grace Nancier on the soap opera Passions.
* Grace also inspired a character in the Fox network's drama series Justice (TV series).
* Grace is parodied in episodes 5 and 17 of the NBC drama Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.
* During (American rock band) Eagles concerts, Don Henley dedicates the song "Dirty Laundry" to Nancy Grace. He also does this in his solo concerts.
"Law and Order" connection
The Law & Order programs, which are legal procedural programs, often base their fictional stories on real-life events and have featured stories based on Grace on several occasions.
In an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, an overzealous reporter causes the mother of a kidnapped son to commit suicide, much like the Melinda Duckett situation. She has also been parodied repeatedly on Law & Order: Criminal Intent by a character named Faith Yancy who hosts a similar talk show.
Grace herself appeared on May 22, 2007, in the season finale of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. She played herself and was featured opposite Star Jones Reynolds.
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