Sela Ward
Known for Acting · 51 credits
- Born
- 1956-07-11 (age 69)
- Place of birth
- Meridian, Mississippi, USA
- Also known as
- Sela Ann Ward · سلا وارد
Biography
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. Ward continued to land guest roles in both TV and movies throughout the 1980s, most notably opposite Tom Hanks in Nothing in Common (1986).
In 1991, she was cast as Teddy Reed on Sisters, for which she received her first Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1994. She portrayed Helen Kimble, the wife of Dr. Richard Kimble (Harrison Ford), in The Fugitive, one of the top films of 1993. Ward won a CableACE Award for her portrayal of the late TV journalist Jessica Savitch in the 1995 TV movie Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story, which remains Lifetime's most watched TV movie to date.
In 1995, she 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". In response, she developed and produced a documentary, The Changing Face of Beauty, about American obsession with youth and its effect on women.
Ward succeeded Candice Bergen as commercial spokesperson for Sprint's long distance phone service (1999-2002). She also appeared on Frasier as supermodel/ zoologist Kelly Easterbrook in the 5th season opener ("Frasier's Imaginary Friend").
Known For
TV Shows (22)
The Rookie
2018
as Joy Bradford
House
2004
as Stacy Warner
FBI
2018
as Dana Mosier
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Woman in Fur Coat (uncredited)
Frasier
1993
as Kelly Easterbrook
CSI: NY
2004
as Jo Danville
Westworld
2016
as Juliet
The View
1997
as Self
Night Court
1984
as Heather
L.A. Law
1986
as Lynette Pierce
Hotel
1982
Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self
The New Batman Adventures
1997
as Calendar Girl / Page Monroe (voice)
Once and Again
1999
as Lily Manning
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
2004
as Self
The Megan Mullally Show
2006
as Self - Guest
Graves
2016
as Margaret Graves
Emerald Point N.A.S.
1983
as Hilary Adams
Delirium
2014
Christine Cromwell
1989
Sisters
1991
as Theodora 'Teddy' Reed
Movies (29)
Gone Girl
2014
as Sharon Schieber
The Day After Tomorrow
2004
as Dr. Lucy Hall
The Fugitive
1993
as Helen Kimble
Independence Day: Resurgence
2016
as President Lanford
The Guardian
2006
as Helen Randall
Runaway Bride
1999
as Pretty Bar Woman
The Stepfather
2009
as Susan Harding
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
2004
as Jeannie Miller
54
1998
as Billie Auster
The Badge
2002
as Carla Hardwick
Nothing in Common
1986
as Cheryl Ann Wayne
My Fellow Americans
1996
as Kaye Griffin
Hello Again
1987
as Kim Lacey
Steele Justice
1987
as Tracy
The Man Who Loved Women
1983
as Janet Wainwright
Suburban Madness
2004
as Bobbi Bacha
Double Jeopardy
1992
as Karen Hart
Rustlers' Rhapsody
1985
as Colonel's Daughter
Child of Darkness, Child of Light
1991
as Sister Anne McBain
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
1997
as Marie-Rose Gineste (segment "Woman on a Bicycle")
Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story
1995
as Jessica Savitch
Rainbow Drive
1990
as Laura Demming
Bridesmaids
1989
as Caryl
The Haunting of Sarah Hardy
1989
as Sarah York
Catch a Falling Star
2000
as Sydney Clarke
Passion's Way
1999
as Anna Leath
Killer Rules
1993
as Dorothy Wade
Cameo by Night
1987
as Jennifer / Cameo
The King of Love
1987
as Annie Larkspur
About Sela Ward
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. Ward continued to land guest roles in both TV and movies throughout the 1980s, most notably opposite Tom Hanks in Nothing in Common (1986). In 1991, she w… With 51 credits spanning from 1975 to 2018, Sela Ward has appeared in 29 films and 22 TV shows.
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Most Popular Sela Ward Movies
- Gone Girl (2014) — as Sharon Schieber
- The Day After Tomorrow (2004) — as Dr. Lucy Hall
- The Fugitive (1993) — as Helen Kimble
- Independence Day: Resurgence (2016) — as President Lanford
- The Guardian (2006) — as Helen Randall
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