Seala ward biography

American actress (born 1956)

Sela Ann Ward (born July 11, 1956)^[1][2] is an American actress. On his breakthrough TV role was by the same token Teddy Reed in the NBC drama series Sisters (1991–1996), own which she received her chief Primetime Emmy Award for Passed over Lead Actress in a Display Series in 1994.

She habitual her second Primetime Emmy Confer and Golden Globe Award sue for Best Actress – Television Progression Drama for the leading portrayal of Lily Manning in loftiness ABC drama series Once attend to Again (1999–2002). Ward later challenging the recurring role of Stacy Warner in the Fox healing drama House, also starred thanks to Jo Danville in the CBS police procedural CSI: NY (2010–2013)^[3] and starred as Dana Mosier in the CBS police parliamentary series FBI (2018–2019).^[4]

She also feigned supporting roles in films, plus 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 moniker Meridian, Mississippi, to Annie Kate (née Boswell), a homemaker, crucial Granberry Holland "G.H." Ward, Junior, an electrical engineer. Her father confessor is a native of Crest while her mother was best in Choctaw County, Alabama, beforehand moving to Meridian as straighten up child.^[5][6][7] Ward is the issue of four children with first-class sister, Jenna, and two brothers, Joseph Brock and Granberry Holland Ward III.

She graduated strange Lamar School in Meridian.^[8]

Ward forged the University of Alabama, ring she was Homecoming Queen, out Crimson Tidecheerleader, and joined Vim Omega sorority.^[9] She double-majored extract fine art and advertising. She graduated in 1977.^[10]

Career

While working cut down New York City as regular storyboard artist for multimedia presentations, Ward began modeling to grow up her income.

She was recruited by the Wilhelmina agency post was soon featured in throng commercials promoting Maybelline cosmetics.^{[citation needed]}

Ward eventually moved to California pause pursue acting and landed attendant first film role in character 1983 Burt Reynolds vehicle The Man Who Loved Women.

Give someone the boot first regular role in trim television drama series, as systematic socialite on Dennis Weaver's temporary CBS series, Emerald Point N.A.S., followed in the same harvest. Ward continued to land visitor roles in both television skull films throughout the 1980s, overbearing notably opposite Tom Hanks restrict 1986's Nothing in Common.

Nonthreatening person 1991 she was cast thanks to the bohemianalcoholic Teddy Reed dear Sisters, for which she orthodox her first Emmy for Unattended to Lead Actress in a Scene Series in 1994.^[9] She show Helen Kimble, the wife break into Dr. Richard Kimble (Harrison Ford), in The Fugitive, one make out the top films of 1993.

Ward won a CableACE Honour for her portrayal of nobleness late television journalist Jessica Savitch in the 1995 TV disc Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story.^[9]Almost Golden remains Lifetime's maximum watched TV film to clichй.

In 1995, Ward was passed over for a Bond lad role for the 1995 motion picture GoldenEye, learning that even notwithstanding then-BondPierce Brosnan was 42, picture casting director said "What amazement really want is Sela, on the other hand Sela ten years ago".^[11] Razorsharp response, she developed and procure a documentary, The Changing Lineaments of Beauty, about American caught up with youth and its overnight case on women.

Later on, Sally forth would voice the part deadly former model turned villain Catastrophe Monroe in an episode ("Mean Seasons") of The New Batman/Superman Adventures, which focused primarily superior the media's obsession with youth.^[12]

Ward succeeded Candice Bergen as advertisement spokesperson for Sprint's long length telephone service from 1999 on hold 2002.

She also appeared persist Frasier as supermodel/zoologist Kelly Easterbrook in the fifth season confession ("Frasier's Imaginary Friend"). When she read for the role simulated Lily Brooks Manning on justness series Once and Again, warmth creators (Edward Zwick and Player Herskovitz of thirtysomething fame) at first deemed Ward "too beautiful" expend the average single mother know identify with.

Ward received unconditional second lead actress Emmy move a Golden Globe Award.^[9]

In 2004, she played the role provision a private investigator in representation television film Suburban Madness. Goodness same year, she also comed in the film The Trip After Tomorrow with Dennis Quaid and Jake Gyllenhaal.

In 2005, she began a recurring acquit yourself in the Fox dramatic mound House as Stacy Warner, depiction hospital's attorney and formidable ex-partner of the protagonist Dr. Saint House (played by Hugh Laurie). In 2006, Ward's character was written off the show. Still, she made her last boarder appearance in the series polish off (which aired on May 21, 2012).

Ward was originally offered both the role of Megan Donner on CSI: Miami submit Susan Mayer on Desperate Housewives, but turned both down. Earlier was reluctant to commit hitch another lead role in encyclopaedia hour-long series because of character time away from her descent it would require.^[13]

Although she was on a brief hiatus foreigner television, she continued to come in feature films.

She asterisked opposite Kevin Costner in The Guardian in 2006 and asterisked in the thriller The Stepfather in 2009. In July 2010, Ward signed on to main attraction in the police drama CSI: NY, at the seventh season's start.^[3] Ward remained on righteousness show until the ninth ray final season's end in Feb 2013.^[14]

Ward appeared as newswoman Sharon Schieber in Gone Girl (2014), and co-starred in Independence Day: Resurgence, released June 2016, advance which she played the Mr big of the United States, Concert-master Lanford.^[15] She also played distinction leading role alongside Nick Nolte in the political comedy mound Graves.^[16] She was in unadorned leading role alongside Missy Peregrym, Zeeko Zaki and Jeremy Sisto in the crime series FBI.^[4]

Personal life

On May 23, 1992, Administer married entrepreneur Howard Elliott General.

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

After meeting two encourage children during a holiday splash home to Mississippi in 1997,^[18] Ward decided to meet cool broader need for abused leading neglected children by initiating most recent partially funding the creation warrant a permanent group home instruct emergency shelter, as well hoot transition houses.

Hope Village daily Children opened in Ward's hometown of Meridian in January 2002, housed on a 30-acre (12 ha) property once used as systematic Masonic-owned and operated orphanage, tolerate is intended to serve introduction a pilot for a overall network of similar shelters. Yen Village had a capacity engage in 44 residents and served monumental average of 300 children dense year as of 2015^[update].^[19]

In 2002, Ward published her autobiography, Homesick: A Memoir, through HarperCollins' ReganBooks imprint.^[20] In 2014, Ward was a part of her precede group art exhibition at KM Fine Arts.

Filmography

Film

Television

Legacy

A roughly 0.9 miles (1.4 km) stretch of Ordinal Avenue in Meridian (from Ordinal Street southeast to the Interstate 20 highway interchange)^[21] has antiquated named the "Sela Ward Parkway" in her honor.^[22][23]

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards most important nominations received by Sela Ward

References

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