Penny Johnson Jerald Wife: Meet Gralin Jerald

Penny Johnson Jerald the Maryland native is an actress recognized worldwide.

Jerald’s most well-known performance occurred in 2001 when she played Sherry Palmer, the wife of Senator David Palmer, in the premiere episode of the Kiefer Sutherland-starring Fox series 24, 24.

In Jerald’s opinion, it was her first acting challenge because the bulk of her prior roles were “easy-going.” She made appearances in several episodes of the second and third seasons, as well as all but two of the episodes of the first season.

In 2003, she and her 24 co-stars were nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.

In the 2003 television film DC 9/11: Time of Crisis on the September 11 attacks in 2001, Jerald played Condoleezza Rice. In the miniseries The Path to 9/11, which aired September 10–11, 2006, she repeated the part.