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Sela Ward
Homepage
http://www.selawardtv.com
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1956-07-11,Meridian, Mississippi, USA
Gender
Female
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.

Filmography

The Day After Tomorrow

6.547

The Day After Tomorrow
2004-05-26

5.702

The Badge
2002-09-07

Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights

6.4

Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
2004-02-27

5.9

54
1998-08-28

7.132

The Guardian
2006-09-28

6.112

Runaway Bride
1999-07-30

7.466

The Fugitive
1993-08-06

Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story

5.5

Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story
1995-09-04

0

Cameo by Night
1987-07-12

5.7

Hello Again
1987-11-06

4.7

Steele Justice
1987-05-08

Nothing in Common

5.8

Nothing in Common
1986-07-29

My Fellow Americans

6.012

My Fellow Americans
1996-12-20

5.816

The Stepfather
2009-10-16

The Man Who Loved Women

4.7

The Man Who Loved Women
1983-12-18

Double Jeopardy

4.885

Double Jeopardy
1992-11-21

4

Passion's Way
1999-07-25

Suburban Madness

5

Suburban Madness
2004-10-04

4.6

Rainbow Drive
1990-01-01

The Haunting of Sarah Hardy

4.4

The Haunting of Sarah Hardy
1989-05-31

6

Bridesmaids
1989-01-01

Child of Darkness, Child of Light

5.7

Child of Darkness, Child of Light
1991-05-01

0

Killer Rules
1993-01-24

7.89

Gone Girl
2014-10-01

The King of Love

0

The King of Love
1987-11-19

Independence Day: Resurgence

5.4

Independence Day: Resurgence
2016-06-22

Catch a Falling Star

5.6

Catch a Falling Star
2000-03-05

Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women

7

Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
1997-10-05

Rustlers' Rhapsody

5.512

Rustlers' Rhapsody
1985-05-10

7.281

Night Court
1984-01-04

8.581

House
2004-11-16

The Tony Danza Show

6.1

The Tony Danza Show
2004-09-13

6.571

Once and Again
1999-09-21

7.04

L.A. Law
1986-09-15

4.3

The View
1997-08-11

7.3

CSI: NY
2004-09-22

6.8

Hotel
1982-08-21

7.691

Frasier
1993-09-16

7.2

Sisters
1991-05-11

Emerald Point N.A.S.

5

Emerald Point N.A.S.
1983-09-26

The New Batman Adventures

8.046

The New Batman Adventures
1997-09-13

Intimate Portrait

4.5

Intimate Portrait
1993-11-14

5

Graves
2016-10-16

8.025

Westworld
2016-10-02

7.9

FBI
2018-09-25

9.7

Delirium
2014-06-20

On Air with Ryan Seacrest

9.5

On Air with Ryan Seacrest
2004-01-01

The Megan Mullally Show

4.2

The Megan Mullally Show
2006-09-18

Christine Cromwell

7.3

Christine Cromwell
1989-11-11

The 52nd Annual Emmy Awards

0

The 52nd Annual Emmy Awards
2020-09-10

Saturday Night Live

7

Saturday Night Live
1975-10-11