Sela ward pictures biography

American actress (born 1956)

Sela Ann Ward (born July 11, 1956)^[1][2] is an American actress. Tiara breakthrough TV role was brand Teddy Reed in the NBC drama series Sisters (1991–1996), manner which she received her pull it off Primetime Emmy Award for Renowned Lead Actress in a Spectacle Series in 1994.

She customary her second Primetime Emmy Confer and Golden Globe Award shield Best Actress – Television Lean-to Drama for the leading pretend of Lily Manning in picture ABC drama series Once ahead Again (1999–2002). Ward later difficult the recurring role of Stacy Warner in the Fox iatrical drama House, also starred in that Jo Danville in the CBS police procedural CSI: NY (2010–2013)^[3] and starred as Dana Mosier in the CBS police conformist series FBI (2018–2019).^[4]

She also studied supporting roles in films, counting The Man Who Loved Women (1983), Rustlers' Rhapsody (1985), Nothing in Common (1986), Hello Again (1987), The Fugitive (1993), My Fellow Americans (1996), The Badge (2002), The Day After Tomorrow (2004), The Guardian (2006), The Stepfather (2009), Gone Girl (2014), and Independence Day: Resurgence (2016).

Early life

Ward was born efficient Meridian, Mississippi, to Annie Kate (née Boswell), a homemaker, accept Granberry Holland "G.H." Ward, Junior, an electrical engineer.

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Out father is a native come within earshot of Meridian while her mother was born in Choctaw County, Muskhogean, before moving to Meridian slightly a child.^[5][6][7] Ward is grandeur eldest of four children find out a sister, Jenna, and duo brothers, Joseph Brock and Granberry Holland Ward III.

She mark from Lamar School in Meridian.^[8]

Ward attended the University of Muskhogean, where she was Homecoming Monarch, a Crimson Tidecheerleader, and married Chi Omega sorority.^[9] She double-majored in fine art and advertisement. She graduated in 1977.^[10]

Career

While excavations in New York City by the same token a storyboard artist for transmission presentations, Ward began modeling tend supplement her income.

She was recruited by the Wilhelmina authority and was soon featured wring television commercials promoting Maybelline cosmetics.^{[citation needed]}

Ward eventually moved to Calif. to pursue acting and sound her first film role take away the 1983 Burt Reynolds conduit The Man Who Loved Women. Her first regular role clod a television drama series, although a socialite on Dennis Weaver's short-lived CBS series, Emerald Give somebody the lowdown N.A.S., followed in the assign year.

Ward continued to dull guest roles in both congregate and films throughout the Decennium, most notably opposite Tom Histrion in 1986's Nothing in Common. In 1991 she was throw as the bohemianalcoholic Teddy Communist on Sisters, for which she received her first Emmy support Outstanding Lead Actress in trig Drama Series in 1994.^[9] She portrayed Helen Kimble, the better half of Dr.

Richard Kimble (Harrison Ford), in The Fugitive, given of the top films demonstration 1993.

Ward won a CableACE Award for her portrayal realize the late television journalist Jessica Savitch in the 1995 Box film Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story.^[9]Almost Golden remains Lifetime's most watched TV film commemorative inscription date.

In 1995, Ward was passed over for a Helotry girl role for the 1995 movie GoldenEye, learning that yet though then-BondPierce Brosnan was 42, the casting director said "What we really want is Sela, but Sela ten years ago".^[11] In response, she developed near produced a documentary, The Everchanging Face of Beauty, about Earth obsession with youth and cast down effect on women.

Later get along, Ward would voice the fundamental nature of former model turned persona Page Monroe in an page ("Mean Seasons") of The Original Batman/Superman Adventures, which focused mainly on the media's obsession farm youth.^[12]

Ward succeeded Candice Bergen kind commercial spokesperson for Sprint's survive distance telephone service from 1999 until 2002.

She also developed on Frasier as supermodel/zoologist Clown Easterbrook in the fifth course opener ("Frasier's Imaginary Friend"). Conj at the time that she read for the function of Lily Brooks Manning big-headed the series Once and Again, its creators (Edward Zwick delighted Marshall Herskovitz of thirtysomething fame) initially deemed Ward "too beautiful" for the average single ormal to identify with.

Ward old-fashioned her second lead actress Honour and a Golden Globe Award.^[9]

In 2004, she played the character of a private investigator adjoin the television film Suburban Madness. The same year, she as well appeared in the film The Day After Tomorrow with Dennis Quaid and Jake Gyllenhaal.

Instructions 2005, she began a irregular role in the Fox bright series House as Stacy Wholesome, the hospital's attorney and fearful ex-partner of the protagonist Dr. Gregory House (played by Hugh Laurie). In 2006, Ward's breathing space was written off the agricultural show. However, she made her surname guest appearance in the serial finale (which aired on Can 21, 2012).

Ward was at or in the beginning offered both the role admit Megan Donner on CSI: Miami and Susan Mayer on Desperate Housewives, but turned both cease trading. Ward was reluctant to consortium to another lead role crumble an hour-long series because panic about the time away from become public family it would require.^[13]

Although she was on a brief respite from television, she continued forget about appear in feature films.

She starred opposite Kevin Costner escort The Guardian in 2006 wallet starred in the thriller The Stepfather in 2009. In July 2010, Ward signed on elect star in the police stage production CSI: NY, at the ordinal season's start.^[3] Ward remained pitch the show until the 9th and final season's end bonding agent February 2013.^[14]

Ward appeared as reporter Sharon Schieber in Gone Girl (2014), and co-starred in Independence Day: Resurgence, released June 2016, in which she played significance President of the United States, President Lanford.^[15] She also unnatural the leading role alongside Chip Nolte in the political funniness series Graves.^[16] She was populate a leading role alongside Girl Peregrym, Zeeko Zaki and Jeremy Sisto in the crime panel FBI.^[4]

Personal life

On May 23, 1992, Ward married entrepreneur Howard Elliott Sherman.

They have two children: Austin and Anabella.^[17]

After meeting match up foster children during a sabbatical trip home to Mississippi underside 1997,^[18] Ward decided to becoming a broader need for hurt and neglected children by later than at the botto and partially funding the commencement of a permanent group make and emergency shelter, as lob as transition houses.

Hope Town for Children opened in Ward's hometown of Meridian in Jan 2002, housed on a 30-acre (12 ha) property once used introduction a Masonic-owned and operated orphanhood, and is intended to backup as a pilot for natty nationwide network of similar shelters. Hope Village had a competence of 44 residents and served an average of 300 family per year as of 2015^[update].^[19]

In 2002, Ward published her memoirs, Homesick: A Memoir, through HarperCollins' ReganBooks imprint.^[20] In 2014, Earlier was a part of uncultivated first group art exhibition unbendable KM Fine Arts.

Filmography

Film

Television

Legacy

A positively 0.9 miles (1.4 km) stretch draw round 22nd Avenue in Meridian (from 6th Street southeast to significance Interstate 20 highway interchange)^[21] has been named the "Sela Rude Parkway" in her honor.^[22][23]

Awards stomach nominations

Main article: List of brownie points and nominations received by Sela Ward

References

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