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person_profile-Sela Ward

Sela Ward Age: 68

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Sela Ward

Date of Birth:

Jul 11, 1956

Country of birth:

USA

Biography of

Sela Ward

    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.

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Filmography of

Sela Ward

Found 29 Movies in total

Independence Day: Resurgence

President Lanford ( Actor )

... 2016

Gone Girl

Sharon Schieber ( Actor )

... 2014

The Stepfather

Susan Harding ( Actor )

... 2009

The Guardian

Helen Randall ( Actor )

... 2006

Suburban Madness

Bobbi Bacha ( Actor )

... 2004

The Day After Tomorrow

Dr. Lucy Hall ( Actor )

... 2004

Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights

Jeannie Miller ( Actor )

... 2004

The Badge

Carla Hardwick ( Actor )

... 2002

Catch a Falling Star

Sydney Clarke ( Actor )

Executive Producer

... 2000

Runaway Bride

Pretty Bar Woman ( Actor )

... 1999

Passion's Way

Anna Leath ( Actor )

... 1999

54

Billie Auster ( Actor )

... 1998

Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women

Marie-Rose Gineste (segment "Woman on a Bicycle") ( Actor )

... 1997

My Fellow Americans

Kaye Griffin ( Actor )

... 1996

... 1995

The Fugitive

Helen Kimble ( Actor )

... 1993

Killer Rules

Dorothy Wade ( Actor )

... 1993

Double Jeopardy

Karen Hart ( Actor )

... 1992

... 1991

Rainbow Drive

Laura Demming ( Actor )

... 1990

The Haunting of Sarah Hardy

Sarah York ( Actor )

... 1989

Bridesmaids

Caryl ( Actor )

... 1989

Hello Again

Kim Lacey ( Actor )

... 1987

Cameo by Night

Jennifer / Cameo ( Actor )

... 1987

Steele Justice

Tracy ( Actor )

... 1987

Nothing in Common

Cheryl Ann Wayne ( Actor )

... 1986

Rustlers' Rhapsody

Colonel's Daughter ( Actor )

... 1985

The Man Who Loved Women

Janet Wainwright ( Actor )

... 1983