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Sela Ward‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1956-07-11

Popularity

star7.3

Sela Ward

Meridian, Mississippi, USA

Sela Ward

Meridian, Mississippi, USA

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1956-07-11

Popularity

star7.3

Biography

Sela Ward (born July 11, 1956) is an American movie and television actress, producer, author, and former model. She moved to California to pursue acting and landed her first film role in the 1983 Burt Reynolds vehicle The Man Who Loved Women. Her first regular role in a TV drama series, as a socialite on Dennis Weaver's short-lived CBS series, Emerald Point N.A.S., followed in the same year. Ward continued to land guest roles in both TV and movies throughout the 1980s, most notably opposite Tom Hanks in Nothing in Common (1986). In 1991, she was cast as Teddy Reed on Sisters, for which she received her first Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1994. She portrayed Helen Kimble, the wife of Dr. Richard Kimble (Harrison Ford), in The Fugitive, one of the top films of 1993. Ward won a CableACE Award for her portrayal of the late TV journalist Jessica Savitch in the 1995 TV movie Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story, which remains Lifetime's most watched TV movie to date. In 1995, she was passed over for a Bond girl role, learning that even though then-Bond Pierce Brosnan was 42, the casting director said "What we really want is Sela, but Sela ten years ago". In response, she developed and produced a documentary, The Changing Face of Beauty, about American obsession with youth and its effect on women. Ward succeeded Candice Bergen as commercial spokesperson for Sprint's long distance phone service (1999-2002). She also appeared on Frasier as supermodel/ zoologist Kelly Easterbrook in the 5th season opener ("Frasier's Imaginary Friend"). When she read for the role of Lily Brooks Manning on the ABC drama series Once and Again (1999–2002), its creators (Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz of thirtysomething fame) initially deemed her "too beautiful" for the average single mother to identify with. Ward received her 2nd lead actress Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama In 2004, she played the a private investigator in the TV movie Suburban Madness and she also appeared in the feature film The Day After Tomorrow with Dennis Quaid and Jake Gyllenhaal. In 2005, she landed a recurring role in the Fox series House as Stacy Warner, the hospital's attorney and formidable ex-partner of the protagonist Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie), until her character was written off the show in 2006. She was originally offered both the role of Megan Donner on CSI: Miami and Susan Mayer on Desperate Housewives, but turned both down. She was reluctant to commit to another lead role in an hour-long series because of the time away from her family it would require. Although she was on a brief hiatus from TV, she continued to appear in feature films. She starred opposite Kevin Costner in The Guardian in 2006 and starred in the thriller The Stepfather in 2009. In July 2010, she signed on to star in CSI: NY at the start of the 7th season and remained until the 9th and final season'. She appeared as newswoman Sharon Schieber in Gone Girl (2014), and co-starred as the President of the United States in Independence Day: Resurgence (2016). She also played the leading role alongside Nick Nolte in the political comedy series Graves. She had a leading role in the crime series FBI (2018) for its' 1st season.

Movie Credits

The Day After Tomorrow

The Day After Tomorrow‌
star6.5
calendar 2004

The Badge

The Badge‌
star5.9
calendar 2002

Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights

Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights‌
star6.4
calendar 2004

54

54‌
star5.8
calendar 1998

The Guardian

The Guardian‌
star7.1
calendar 2006

Runaway Bride

Runaway Bride‌
star6.1
calendar 1999

The Fugitive

The Fugitive‌
star7.5
calendar 1993

Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story

Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story‌
star5.5
calendar 1995

Cameo by Night

Cameo by Night‌
star0.0
calendar 1987

Hello Again

Hello Again‌
star5.7
calendar 1987

Steele Justice

Steele Justice‌
star4.7
calendar 1987

Nothing in Common

Nothing in Common‌
star5.8
calendar 1986

My Fellow Americans

My Fellow Americans‌
star6.0
calendar 1996

The Stepfather

The Stepfather‌
star5.8
calendar 2009

The Man Who Loved Women

The Man Who Loved Women‌
star4.8
calendar 1983

Double Jeopardy

Double Jeopardy‌
star5.2
calendar 1992

Passion's Way

Passion's Way‌
star4.0
calendar 1999

Suburban Madness

Suburban Madness‌
star5.0
calendar 2004

Rainbow Drive

Rainbow Drive‌
star4.4
calendar 1990

The Haunting of Sarah Hardy

The Haunting of Sarah Hardy‌
star4.9
calendar 1989

Bridesmaids

Bridesmaids‌
star6.0
calendar 1989

Child of Darkness, Child of Light

Child of Darkness, Child of Light‌
star6.2
calendar 1991

Killer Rules

Killer Rules‌
star0.0
calendar 1993

Gone Girl

Gone Girl‌
star7.9
calendar 2014

The King of Love

The King of Love‌
star0.0
calendar 1987

Independence Day: Resurgence

Independence Day: Resurgence‌
star5.3
calendar 2016

Catch a Falling Star

Catch a Falling Star‌
star6.4
calendar 2000

Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women

Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women‌
star7.0
calendar 1997

Rustlers' Rhapsody

Rustlers' Rhapsody‌
star5.5
calendar 1985

Tv Credits

Night Court

Night Court‌
star7.3
calendar 1984

House

House‌
star8.6
calendar 2004

The Tony Danza Show

The Tony Danza Show‌
star6.1
calendar 2004

Once and Again

Once and Again‌
star6.8
calendar 1999

L.A. Law

L.A. Law‌
star7.0
calendar 1986

The View

The View‌
star4.5
calendar 1997

CSI: NY

CSI: NY‌
star7.3
calendar 2004

Hotel

Hotel‌
star6.7
calendar 1982

Frasier

Frasier‌
star7.7
calendar 1993

Sisters

Sisters‌
star7.3
calendar 1991

Emerald Point N.A.S.

Emerald Point N.A.S.‌
star5.0
calendar 1983

The New Batman Adventures

The New Batman Adventures‌
star8.0
calendar 1997

Intimate Portrait

Intimate Portrait‌
star4.5
calendar 1993

Graves

Graves‌
star5.2
calendar 2016

Westworld

Westworld‌
star8.0
calendar 2016

FBI

FBI‌
star7.9
calendar 2018

Delirium

Delirium‌
star9.7
calendar 2014

On Air with Ryan Seacrest

On Air with Ryan Seacrest‌
star9.5
calendar 2004

The Megan Mullally Show

The Megan Mullally Show‌
star4.2
calendar 2006