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Sela Ann Ward is an American television and film actor, as well as a model. Born on July 11, 1956, in Meridian, Mississippi, she began her professional work in 1983. Ward is a citizen of the United States and speaks English. She received her education at the University of Alabama.
Her career has been recognized with significant industry honors, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. Ward has two children.
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Meridian, Mississippi, USA
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.…
Known for
- FBI — Dana Mosier2018
- The Rookie — Joy Bradford2018
- Independence Day: Resurgence — President Lanford2016
- Graves — Margaret Graves2016
- Westworld — Juliet2016
- Gone Girl — Sharon Schieber2014
- Delirium2014
- The Stepfather — Susan Harding2009
- The Guardian — Helen Randall2006
- The Megan Mullally Show — Self - Guest2006
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Key facts
- Born
- Sela Ann Ward , ( 1956-07-11 ) July 11, 1956 (age 69) , Meridian, Mississippi , U.S.
- Alma mater
- University of Alabama
- Occupations
- Actress author producer
- Years active
- 1983–present
- Known for
- Sisters , Once and Again , CSI: NY
- Spouse
- Howard Sherman ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. May 23, 1992</span>"}]]}'>1992 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Ward
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Meridian
- Occupation
- film producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Official website
- www.selawardtv.com
- Image
- Sela Ward 2010 cropped.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- Sela Ward
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- 1956-07-11
- birth name
- Sela Ann Ward
- start of work period
- 1983-00-00
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- 115794
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Sela Ann Ward (born July 11, 1956) is an American actress. Her breakthrough TV role was 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. She received her second Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama for the leading role of Lily Manning in the ABC drama series Once and Again (1999–2002). Ward later had the recurring role of Stacy Warner in the Fox medical drama House, also starred as Jo Danville in the CBS police procedural CSI: NY (2010–13) and starred as Dana Mosier in the CBS police procedural series FBI (2018–19).
She also played supporting roles in films, including 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).
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