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Nancy Justine McKeon was born on April 4, 1966.She is an American actress

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Nancy McKeon began her entertainment career by modeling baby clothing for the Sears & Roebuck catalog when she was two.

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Nancy McKeon appeared on the soap operas "The Secret Storm" and "Another World".

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She was cast as tomboy Jo Polniaczek in the fall of 1980 during the show's second season,portrayed the character until the show ended in 1988

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Nancy starred in numerous made-for-TV movies in the 1980s and 1990s, including A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story

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In 1995, Nancy starred in her own series, Can't Hurry Love, which lasted one season.

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Nancy appeared in a recurring role in the Disney Channel Original Series Sonny with a Chance as Connie Munroe, the mother of Demi Lovato's title character.

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In 2018, McKeon was announced as one of the celebrities to compete on season 27 of Dancing with the Stars and was partnered with professional dancer Valentin Chmerkovskiy

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In 2019, McKeon announced on social media her involvement in a new, planned Amazon series based on the Lauren Oliver young adult novel "Panic"