Sela Ward
Milestones
- Birthplace: Meridian, Mississippi
- Birthday: July 11, 1956
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2006
Played Kevin Costner's wife in "The Guardian," a action-drama directed by Andrew Davis
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2005
Joined the cast of the medical drama "House" (Fox) in its sophomore season
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2004
Played Dennis Quaid's wife in Roland Emmerich's "The Day After Tomorrow"
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2004
Played the mother in "Dirty Dancing:Havana Nights"
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2002
Starred with Billy Bob Thornton and Patricia Arquette in "The Badge"
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2000
Featured in a series of commercials for Sprint
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2000
Had leading role and served as executive produer of the CBS TV-movie "Catch a Falling Star"
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1999
Had a cameo in Garry Marshall's romantic comedy "Runaway Bride"
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1999
Had a starring role in the CBS TV-movie "Passion's Way"
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1999 to 0000
Returned to series work as a divorced mother venturing into the dating pool in the ABC drama series "Once and Again"; garnered 2000 Emmy Award; received a 2001 nomination
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1998
Featured in "54", Mark Christopher's nostalgic portrait of New York hotspot Studio 54
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1997
Starred in the Showtime TV-movie drama "Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Women"
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1995
Received praise for her portrayal of TV anchorwoman Jessica Savitch in the Lifetime movie "Almost Golden"
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1993
Played murder victim Helen Kimble, the wife of Harrison Ford's falsely accused Dr Richard Kimble, in the blockbuster feature adaptation "The Fugitive"
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1993
Starred as a woman who captures the hearts of two men, one a hitman, the other a US Department of Justice investigator, who turn out to be brothers in the NBC movie "Killer Rules"
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1992
Played a lawyer defending her husband's ex-lover charged with murder in the Showtime drama "Double Jeopardy"
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1991
Starred in the USA Network thriller "Child of Darkness, Child of Light"
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1990
Appeared in the "Christine Cromwell" mystery telepic "In Vino Veritas" (ABC) and Showtime's "Rainbow Drive"
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1989
Co-starred in the CBS TV-movie "Bridesmaids"
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1989
Starred as the titlular heiress in the USA TV-movie thriller "The Haunting of Sarah Hardy"
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1987
Co-starred in the actioner "Steele Justice" and featured in the supernatural comedy "Hello, Again"
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1987
Guest starred on the NBC sitcom "Night Court"
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1987
Starred in the TV-movies "Cameo by Night" (NBC) and "The King of Love" (ABC)
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1986
Featured as Tom Hanks's love interest in Garry Marshall's gripping comedy-drama "Nothing in Common"
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1983 to 1984
Debut as a TV series regular on the CBS primetime soap, "Emerald Point, N.A.S."
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1983
Made feature acting debut in Blake Edwards' remake of Truffaut's "The Man Who Loved Women"
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1983
Moved to Los Angeles; began studying acting
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Had starring role as Teddy Reed, the alcoholic black sheep of the family in the NBC drama series "Sisters"; garnered Emmy Award in 1994
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Moved to New York City to pursue advertising career; began modeling for Wilhelmina agency and appearing in over 20 national TV commercials