Sela Ward
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| Also known as | Sela Ann Ward, Sela Ward-Sherman |
| Born | July 11, 1956 Meridian, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Years active | 1983-present |
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| Measurements | 34-24-34 |
| Bra/cup size | 34C (75C) |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
| Weight | 130 lb (59 kg) |
| Body type | Slim |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Hair | Brown |
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Sela Ward (born July 11, 1956)[1][2] is an American film and television actress, producer and author.
Early life
Ward was born in Meridian, Mississippi, to Annie Kate (née Boswell), a housewife, and Granberry Holland "G.H." Ward, Jr., an electrical engineer. Her father is a native of Meridian while her mother was born in Choctaw County, Alabama, before moving to Meridian as a child.[3][4][5] Ward is the eldest of four children with a sister, Jenna, and two brothers, Joseph Brock and Granberry Holland Ward III. She graduated from Lamar School in Meridian.
Ward attended the University of Alabama, where she was Homecoming Queen, a Crimson Tide cheerleader, and joined Chi Omega sorority. She double-majored in fine art and advertising. She graduated in 1977.[6]
Career
A talented film and television actress and producer, Sela's breakthrough TV role was as Teddy Reed in the NBC-TV drama series Sisters (1991–1996), 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-TV police procedural CSI: NY (2010–2013)[7] and starred as Dana Mosier in the CBS police procedural series FBI (2018–2019).[8]
She also played supporting roles in films, including The Man Who Loved Women (1983), Rustler's Rhapsody (1985), Nothing in Common (1986), Hello Again (1987), The Fugitive (1993), My Fellow Americans (1996), The Badge (2002), The Day After Tommorow (2004), The Guardian (2006), The Stepfather (2009), Gone Girl (2014), and Indepedence Day: Resurgence (2016).
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. [9] Almost Golden remains Lifetime's most watched TV movie to date.
Personal life
On May 23, 1992, Ward married entrepreneur Howard Elliott Sherman. They have two children: Austin and Anabella.[10]
After meeting two foster children during a holiday trip home to Mississippi in 1997,[11] 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 for Children opened in Ward's hometown of Meridian in January 2002, housed on a 30 acre property once used as a Masonic-owned and operated orphanage, and is intended to serve as a pilot for a nationwide network of similar shelters. Hope Village currently has a capacity of 44 residents and serves an average of 300 children per year.[12]
In 2002, Ward published her autobiography, Homesick: A Memoir, through HarperCollins' ReganBooks imprint.[13] In 2014, Ward was a part of her first group art exhibition at KM Fine Arts.
References
- ↑ (2007) Screen World 2007. Hal Leonard. ISBN 9781557837295. Retrieved on July 16, 2022.
- ↑ Sela Ward.
- ↑ U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 (Granberry Holland Ward). Generations Network (30 June 1942). Retrieved on 25 May 2020.
- ↑ Fifteenth Census of the United States. Generations Network (1930). Retrieved on 25 May 2020.
- ↑ Reverie 1942 "Annie Kate Boswell" (Meridian High School, Meridian, Mississippi). Generations Network (1942).
- ↑ American Profile – American Profile Celebrates The Intriguing People, Places And Things In Hometowns Across The Country Along With Features On Music, Film, TV, Seasonal Recipes, Health And Family Finance. Archived from the original on November 5, 2006. Retrieved on June 7, 2015.
- ↑ "US: Sela Ward joins CSI: NY", The Spy Report, Media Spy, July 14, 2010.
- ↑ Nellie Andreeva. "'FBI': Sela Ward To Co-Star On New CBS Series From Dick Wolf", Deadline Hollywood, July 13, 2018. Retrieved on July 13, 2018.
- ↑ "Sela Ward", TVGuide.com, December 22, 2015.
- ↑ Dotson Rader. Sela Ward: 'My Journey Has Been a Journey Home'. Parade. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved on December 14, 2015.
- ↑ Guideposts Magazine (December 6, 2006). Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved on February 4, 2023.
- ↑ Hope Village for Children.
- ↑ (October 15, 2002) Homesick: A Memoir. Harper Entertainment. ISBN 0-06-098907-6.
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