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Sela Ward
Sela Ward in 1994
Born	Sela Ann Ward July 11, 1956 (1956-07-11) (age 52) Meridian, Mississippi, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1985–present
Spouse(s)	Howard Sherman (1992-present)
Official website

Sela Ann Ward (pronounced /ˈsiːlə ˈwɔrd/; born July 11, 1956) is an American actress, perhaps best known for her television roles as free-spirited Teddy Reed on Sisters (1991-96) and single mother Lily Manning on Once and Again (1999-2002). She is also noted for her portrayal of Richard Kimble's murdered wife in the film adaptation of The Fugitive, and for her role as Stacy Warner, the ex-partner of Gregory House on the television show House.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 5 Awards 6 References 7 External links

Early life

Ward, the eldest of four children, was born in Meridian, Mississippi, the daughter of Annie Kate, a housewife who died of ovarian cancer in 2002, and Granberry Holland Ward, Sr., an electrical engineer who died in January 2009.¹ She has a younger sister, Jenna, and two brothers, Brock and Granberry (Berry), Jr. She attended the University of Alabama, where she performed as one of the Crimson Tide cheerleaders, was homecoming queen, joined Chi Omega sorority, and double-majored in art and advertising.

Career

While working in New York City as a storyboard artist for multimedia presentations, the 5'7" (170 cm) 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 beautiful socialite on Emerald Point, NAS) followed in the same year. Ward subsequently played variations on the same character in films and television guest spots throughout the 1980s, most notably opposite Tom Hanks in 1986's Nothing in Common. This pattern persisted until she aggressively pursued and won the role of the bohemian alcoholic Teddy Reed on Sisters, for which she received her first Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1994.

Ward also 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. But capitalizing on her accolades proved difficult as they coincided with a surge in films and programming marketed primarily at teenagers. A 39-year-old 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".² 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 in reference to this.

Ward succeeded actress Candice Bergen as commercial spokesperson for Sprint's long distance telephone service from 1999 until 2002, when landline long distance promotions fell out of favor. 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. After landing the part, she received her second lead actress Emmy and a Golden Globe Award for her efforts.

In 2004 she played the role of a private investigator, Bobbi Bacha of Blue Moon Investigations, in the TV movie Suburban Madness, the story of a dentist who ran over her cheating orthodontist husband with her Mercedes. In 2005, she began a recurring role in the Fox dramatic series House as Stacy Warner, the hospital's former attorney, who also happens to be the ex-partner of the protagonist, Dr. Gregory House (played by British actor Hugh Laurie).

Ward was originally offered the role of Megan Donner on CSI: Miami and Susan Mayer on Desperate Housewives, but turned both down. The parts later went to Kim Delaney and Teri Hatcher, respectively. Ward says she does not want another lead role in an hour-long series due to the time away from her family it would require.³ She developed and produced a pilot for a half-hour situation comedy (in which she would also star) for CBS' 2006 season but it was not selected by the network for its roster.

Personal life

Ward dated football standout and future Miami Dolphin Bob Baumhower while at the University of Alabama. She presently provides narration for the university's nationally-televised commercials. She was also romantically involved with actor Richard Dean Anderson in the early 1980s.

Since May 23, 1992, Ward has been married to venture capitalist Howard Sherman; they have two children, Austin (b. 1994) and Anabella (b. 1998).

After meeting two foster children during a holiday trip home to Mississippi in 1997,⁴ Ward decided to meet a broader need for abused and neglected children by initiating and partially funding the creation of an emergency shelter for those awaiting placement in foster homes. Housed on a 30-acre (120,000 m²) property once used as a Masonic orphanage, 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.⁵

A business district portion of 22nd Avenue in Meridian (from 6th Street to the I-20 interchange) has been named Sela Ward Parkway in Ward's honor.⁶

In 2002, Ward published her autobiography, Homesick: A Memoir, through HarperCollins' ReganBooks imprint.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Rustlers' Rhapsody	Colonel's Daughter
1986	Nothing in Common	Cheryl Ann Wayne
1987	Hello Again	Kim Lacey
1991–1996	Sisters	Teddy Reed	TV series
1993	The Fugitive	Helen Kimble
1996	My Fellow Americans	Kaye Griffin
1998	54	Billie Auster
1999	Runaway Bride	Pretty Woman in Bar
1999–2002	Once and Again	Lily Manning	TV series
1999	Batman: The Animated Series	Calendar Girl	TV series
2000	Catch a Falling Star	Sydney Clark Aka. Cheryl Belson	TV Movie
2004	Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights	Jeannie Miller
2004	The Day After Tomorrow	Dr. Lucy Hall
2004	Suburban Madness	PI Bobbi Bacha	TV Movie
2005–2006	House	Stacy Warner	TV Series
2006	The Guardian	Helen Randall
2009	The Stepfather	Susan Harding	post-prodution

Awards

• Emmy Award, Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Sisters, 1994.
• CableACE Award, Best Lead Actress in a Movie or Miniseries, Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story, 1995.
• Emmy Award, Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Once and Again, 2000.
• Golden Globe Award, Best Actress in a TV Series Drama, Once and Again, 2001.

References

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External links

• Sela Ward at the Internet Movie Database
• Hope Place
• Sela Ward at TV.com
• Sela Ward Interview on Sidewalks Entertainment

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