Sela Ward

Played Kevin Costner's wife in "The Guardian," a action-drama directed by Andrew Davis

Joined the cast of the medical drama "House" (Fox) in its sophomore season

Played Dennis Quaid's wife in Roland Emmerich's "The Day After Tomorrow"

Played the mother in "Dirty Dancing:Havana Nights"

Starred with Billy Bob Thornton and Patricia Arquette in "The Badge"

Featured in a series of commercials for Sprint

Had leading role and served as executive produer of the CBS TV-movie "Catch a Falling Star"

Had a cameo in Garry Marshall's romantic comedy "Runaway Bride"

Had a starring role in the CBS TV-movie "Passion's Way"

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

Featured in "54", Mark Christopher's nostalgic portrait of New York hotspot Studio 54

Starred in the Showtime TV-movie drama "Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Women"

Received praise for her portrayal of TV anchorwoman Jessica Savitch in the Lifetime movie "Almost Golden"

Played murder victim Helen Kimble, the wife of Harrison Ford's falsely accused Dr Richard Kimble, in the blockbuster feature adaptation "The Fugitive"

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"

Played a lawyer defending her husband's ex-lover charged with murder in the Showtime drama "Double Jeopardy"

Starred in the USA Network thriller "Child of Darkness, Child of Light"

Appeared in the "Christine Cromwell" mystery telepic "In Vino Veritas" (ABC) and Showtime's "Rainbow Drive"

Co-starred in the CBS TV-movie "Bridesmaids"

Starred as the titlular heiress in the USA TV-movie thriller "The Haunting of Sarah Hardy"

Co-starred in the actioner "Steele Justice" and featured in the supernatural comedy "Hello, Again"

Guest starred on the NBC sitcom "Night Court"

Starred in the TV-movies "Cameo by Night" (NBC) and "The King of Love" (ABC)

Featured as Tom Hanks's love interest in Garry Marshall's gripping comedy-drama "Nothing in Common"

Debut as a TV series regular on the CBS primetime soap, "Emerald Point, N.A.S."

Made feature acting debut in Blake Edwards' remake of Truffaut's "The Man Who Loved Women"

Moved to Los Angeles; began studying acting

Had starring role as Teddy Reed, the alcoholic black sheep of the family in the NBC drama series "Sisters"; garnered Emmy Award in 1994

Moved to New York City to pursue advertising career; began modeling for Wilhelmina agency and appearing in over 20 national TV commercials