Sela Ann Ward was born on July 11,1956 and is an American actress, author, and producer.
21 Facts About Sela Ward
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Sela Ward played supporting roles in films, including The Man Who Loved Women, Rustlers' Rhapsody, Nothing in Common, Hello Again, The Fugitive, My Fellow Americans, The Badge, The Day After Tomorrow, The Guardian, The Stepfather, Gone Girl, and Independence Day: Resurgence.
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Sela Ward's father is a native of Meridian while her mother was born in Choctaw County, Alabama, before moving to Meridian as a child.
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Sela Ward is the eldest of four children with a sister, Jenna, and two brothers, Joseph Brock and Granberry Holland Sela Ward III.
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Sela Ward attended the University of Alabama, where she was Homecoming Queen, a Crimson Tide cheerleader, and joined Chi Omega sorority.
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Sela Ward eventually moved to California to pursue acting and landed her first film role in the 1983 Burt Reynolds vehicle The Man Who Loved Women.
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Sela Ward continued to land guest roles in both television and films throughout the 1980s, most notably opposite Tom Hanks in 1986's Nothing in Common.
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Sela Ward portrayed Helen Kimble, the wife of Dr Richard Kimble, in The Fugitive, one of the top films of 1993.
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Sela Ward won a CableACE Award for her portrayal of the late television journalist Jessica Savitch in the 1995 TV film Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story.
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Sela Ward succeeded Candice Bergen as commercial spokesperson for Sprint's long distance telephone service from 1999 until 2002.
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Sela Ward received her second lead actress Emmy and a Golden Globe Award.
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Sela Ward was reluctant to commit to another lead role in an hour-long series because of the time away from her family it would require.
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Sela Ward starred opposite Kevin Costner in The Guardian in 2006 and starred in the thriller The Stepfather in 2009.
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In July 2010, Sela Ward signed on to star in the police drama CSI: NY, at the seventh season's start.
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Sela Ward remained on the show until the ninth and final season's end in February 2013.
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Sela Ward appeared as newswoman Sharon Schieber in Gone Girl, and co-starred in Independence Day: Resurgence, released June 2016, in which she played the President of the United States, President Lanford.
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Sela Ward played the leading role alongside Nick Nolte in the political comedy series Graves.
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Sela Ward was in a leading role alongside Missy Peregrym, Zeeko Zaki and Jeremy Sisto in the crime series FBI.
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On May 23,1992, Sela Ward married entrepreneur Howard Elliott Sherman.
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In 2002, Sela Ward published her autobiography, Homesick: A Memoir, through HarperCollins' ReganBooks imprint.
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In 2014, Sela Ward was a part of her first group art exhibition at KM Fine Arts.