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11 JUL 1956 SELA WARD 

Sela Ward

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Sela Ward
Sela Ward 2010.jpg
Ward in 2010
BornSela Ann Ward
July 11, 1956 (age 60)
Meridian, Mississippi, U.S.
OccupationActress, author, producer, spokesperson
Years active1983–present
Spouse(s)Howard Sherman (m. 1992)
Children2
Sela Ann Ward (born July 11, 1956) is an American actress, author and producer, best known for her roles on television. During the 1980s, she played supporting roles in films The Man Who Loved Women (1983), Rustlers Rhapsody (1985) Nothing in Common (1986) and Hello Again (1987), before her breakthrough role as Teddy Reed in the NBC drama series Sisters (1991–96), for which she received her first Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1994.
Ward has appeared in several films during her career, include The Fugitive (1993), My Fellow Americans (1996), The Day After Tomorrow (2004), The Guardian (2006), The Stepfather (2009), and Gone Girl (2014). She received her second Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama for the leading role as Lily Manning in the ABC drama series, Once and Again (1999–2002). Ward later had a recurring role of Stacy Warner in the Fox medical drama House, and starred as Jo Danville in the CBS police procedural CSI: NY (2010–2013).[1] In 2016, she played the President of the United States in the science fiction filmIndependence Day: Resurgence, and will star in the Epix political comedy Graves.

Early life[edit]

Ward was born in Meridian, Mississippi, to Annie Kate (née Boswell), a housewife who died of ovarian cancer on February 12, 2002, and Granberry Holland "G.H." Ward, Jr., an electrical engineer who died on January 13, 2009.[2][3][4] Ward is the eldest of four children with a sister, Jenna, and two brothers, Brock and Granberry (Berry) III.
Ward attended the University of Alabama, where she was Homecoming Queen, a Crimson Tide cheerleader, and joined Chi Omega sorority.[5] She double-majored in fine art and advertising.[6]

Career[edit]

Sela Ward in 1994
While working in New York City as a storyboard artist for multimedia presentations, Ward began modeling to supplement her income. She was recruited by the Wilhelmina agency and was soon featured in television commercials promoting Maybelline cosmetics. Ward eventually moved to California to pursue acting and landed her first film role in the Burt Reynolds vehicle, The Man Who Loved Women, released in 1983. Her first regular role in a television drama series, as a socialite on Emerald Point N.A.S., followed in the same year. Ward continued to land guest roles in both television and movies throughout the 1980s, most notably opposite Tom Hanks in 1986's Nothing in Common. In 1991 she was cast as the bohemian alcoholic Teddy Reed on Sisters, for which she received her first Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1994.[5]
Ward won a CableACE Award for her portrayal of the late television journalist Jessica Savitch in the 1995 TV movie Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story.[5] Almost Golden remains Lifetime's most watched TV movie to date.
In 1995, Ward 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".[7] In response, she developed and produced a documentary, The Changing Face of Beauty, about American obsession with youth and its effect on women. Later on, Ward would voice the part of former model turned villain Page Monroe in an episode ("Calendar Girl") of The New Batman/Superman Adventures, which focused primarily on the media's obsession with youth.[8]
Ward succeeded Candice Bergen as commercial spokesperson for Sprint's long distance telephone service from 1999 until 2002. She also appeared on Frasier as supermodel/zoologist Kelly Easterbrook in the fifth season opener ("Frasier's Imaginary Friend"). When she read for the role of Lily Brooks Manning on the series Once and Again, its creators (Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz of thirtysomething fame) initially deemed Ward "too beautiful" for the average single mother to identify with. Ward received her second lead actress Emmy and a Golden Globe Award.[5]
In 2004, she played the role of a private investigator in the television movie Suburban Madness. The same year, she also appeared in the movie The Day After Tomorrow with Dennis Quaid and Jake Gyllenhall. In 2005, she began a recurring role in the Fox dramatic series House as Stacy Warner, the hospital's attorney and formidable ex-partner of the protagonist, Dr. Gregory House (played by Hugh Laurie). In 2006, Ward's character was written off the show. She made her last guest appearance in the House series finale titled "Everybody Dies" which aired on May 21, 2012, as one of House's hallucinations and an attendee at his funeral.
Ward was originally offered both the role of Megan Donner on CSI: Miami and Susan Mayer on Desperate Housewives, but turned both down. Ward was reluctant to commit to another lead role in an hour-long series because of the time away from her family it would require.[9] Although she was on a brief hiatus from television she continued to appear in feature films. In 2006 she starred opposite Kevin Costner in The Guardian and in 2009 starred in the thriller The Stepfather.
In July 2010, Ward signed on to star in the police drama CSI: NY, at the start of the seventh season.[1] Ward remained on the show until the end of the ninth and final season in February 2013.[10]
Ward appeared as newswoman Sharon Schieber in Gone Girl (2014), and co-starred in Independence Day: Resurgence, released June 2016, in which she played the President of the United States, President Lanford.[11] She also plays the leading role alongside Nick Nolte in the upcoming political comedy, Graves.[12]

Personal life[edit]

On May 23, 1992, Ward married entrepreneur Howard Elliott Sherman. They have two children.[13]
After meeting two foster children during a holiday trip home to Mississippi in 1997,[14] Ward decided to meet a broader need for abused and neglected children by initiating and partially funding the creation of a permanent group home and emergency shelter, as well as transition houses. Hope Village is housed on a 30-acre (120,000 m2) property once used as a Masonic-owned and -operated orphanage, the Hope Village for Children opened in Ward's hometown of Meridian in January 2002 and is intended to serve as a pilot for a nationwide network of similar shelters. Hope Village currently has a capacity for 44 residents and serves an average of 200 children per year.[15]
A portion of 22nd Avenue in Meridian (from 6th Street to the Interstate 20 highway interchange[16]) has been named the "Sela Ward Parkway" in her honor.[17]
In 2002, Ward published her autobiography, Homesick: A Memoir, through HarperCollins' ReganBooks imprint.[18]

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

YearTitleRoleNotes
1983The Man Who Loved WomenJanet Wainwright
1985Rustlers' RhapsodyColonel's Daughter
1986Nothing in CommonCheryl Ann Wayne
1987Hello AgainKim Lacey
1987Steele JusticeTracy
1989The Haunting of Sarah HardySarah Hardy
1991Child of Darkness, Child of LightSister Anne
1992Double JeopardyKaren Hart
1993The FugitiveHelen Kimble
1996My Fellow AmericansKaye Griffin
199854Billie Auster
1999Runaway BridePretty Woman in BarCameo
2002The BadgeCarla Hardwick
2004Dirty Dancing: Havana NightsJeannie Miller
2004The Day After TomorrowDr. Lucy Hall
2006The GuardianHelen Randall
2009The StepfatherSusan Harding
2014Gone GirlSharon Schieber
2016Independence Day: ResurgencePresident Elizabeth Lanford

Television[edit]

YearTitleRoleNotes
1983–84Emerald Point N.A.S.Hilary Adams22 episodes
1985I Had Three WivesEmilyEpisode: "Til Death Do us Part"
1986HotelIsabel AtwoodEpisode: "Hornet's Nest"
1986L.A. LawLynette Pierce2 episodes
1987Night CourtHeatherEpisode: "Christine's Friend"
1990Rainbow DriveLaura DemmingTelevision film
1991–96SistersTeddy Reed127 episodes
1995Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch StoryJessica SavitchTelevision film
1997FrasierKelly EasterbrookEpisode: "Frasier's Imaginary Friend"
1997Stories of Courage: Two WomenMarie-Rose GinesteTelevision film
1999The New Batman AdventuresPage Monroe/Calendar GirlVoice role; Episode: "Mean Seasons"
1999–2002Once and AgainLily Manning63 episodes
2000Catch a Falling StarSydney ClarkTelevision film
2004Suburban MadnessBobbi BachaTelevision film
2005–12HouseStacy Warner10 episodes
2010–13CSI: NYJo Danville57 episodes
2016GravesMargaret Graves

Awards and nominations[edit]

YearAssociationCategoryNominated workResult
1994Golden Globe AwardsBest Actress – Television Series DramaSistersNominated
Primetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Lead Actress in a Drama SeriesWon
1996CableACE AwardsActress in a Movie or MiniseriesAlmost Golden: The Jessica Savitch StoryWon
Primetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a MovieNominated
Screen Actors Guild AwardsOutstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama SeriesSistersNominated
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television MovieAlmost Golden: The Jessica Savitch StoryNominated
2000Golden Globe AwardsBest Actress – Television Series DramaOnce and AgainNominated
Primetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Lead Actress in a Drama SeriesWon
Television Critics Association AwardsIndividual Achievement in DramaNominated
Viewers for Quality TelevisionBest Actress in a Quality Drama SeriesWon
2001Golden Globe AwardsBest Actress – Television Series DramaWon
Primetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Lead Actress in a Drama SeriesNominated
Satellite AwardsBest Actress – Television Series DramaNominated
Screen Actors Guild AwardsOutstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama SeriesNominated
2002Golden Globe AwardsBest Actress – Television Series DramaNominated
Satellite AwardsBest Actress – Television Series DramaNominated
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