Sela Ward

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 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"). When she read for the role of Lily Brooks Manning on the ABC drama series Once and Again (1999–2002), its creators (Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz of thirtysomething fame) initially deemed her "too beautiful" for the average single mother to identify with. Ward received her 2nd lead actress Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama In 2004, she played the a private investigator in the TV movie Suburban Madness and she also appeared in the feature film The Day After Tomorrow with Dennis Quaid and Jake Gyllenhaal. In 2005, she landed a recurring role in the Fox series House as Stacy Warner, the hospital's attorney and formidable ex-partner of the protagonist Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie), until her character was written off the show in 2006. She was originally offered both the role of Megan Donner on CSI: Miami and Susan Mayer on Desperate Housewives, but turned both down. She was reluctant to commit to another lead role in an hour-long series because of the time away from her family it would require. Although she was on a brief hiatus from TV, she continued to appear in feature films. She starred opposite Kevin Costner in The Guardian in 2006 and starred in the thriller The Stepfather in 2009. In July 2010, she signed on to star in CSI: NY at the start of the 7th season and remained until the 9th and final season'. She appeared as newswoman Sharon Schieber in Gone Girl (2014), and co-starred as the President of the United States in Independence Day: Resurgence (2016). She also played the leading role alongside Nick Nolte in the political comedy series Graves. She had a leading role in the crime series FBI (2018) for its' 1st season.

  • Title: Sela Ward
  • Popularity: 18.028
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1956-07-11
  • Place of Birth: Meridian, Mississippi, USA
  • Homepage: http://www.selawardtv.com
  • Also Known As: Sela Ann Ward
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Sela Ward Movies

  • 2004
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    The Day After Tomorrow

    The Day After Tomorrow

    6.538 2004 HD

    After paleoclimatologist Jack Hall is largely ignored by UN officials when presenting his environmental concerns about the beginning of a new Ice...

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  • 2002
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    The Badge

    The Badge

    5.854 2002 HD

    A sheriff begins an investigation into the death of a local transsexual after hearing that high ranking politicians may have been involved. Although...

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  • 2004
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    Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights

    Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights

    6.387 2004 HD

    In pre-revolution Cuba, Katey Miller is about to defy everyone's expectations. Instead of a parent-approved suitor, Katey is drawn to the sexy...

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  • 1998
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    54

    54

    5.835 1998 HD

    Shane O'Shea, a Jersey boy with big dreams, crosses the river in hopes of finding another, more exciting life at Studio 54. When Steve Rubell, the...

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  • 2006
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    The Guardian

    The Guardian

    7.1 2006 HD

    A high school swim champion with a troubled past enrolls in the U.S. Coast Guard's 'A' School, where legendary rescue swimmer, Ben Randall teaches...

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  • 1999
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    Runaway Bride

    Runaway Bride

    6.1 1999 HD

    Having already left three grooms at the altar, Maggie Carpenter is branded "the runaway bride" by jaded New York journalist Ike Graham. But, after...

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  • 1993
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    The Fugitive

    The Fugitive

    7.47 1993 HD

    Wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife and sentenced to death, Richard Kimble escapes from the law in an attempt to find the real killer and...

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  • 1995
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    Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story

    Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story

    5.5 1995 HD

    The story of one of America's first female reporters.

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  • 1987
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    Cameo by Night

    Cameo by Night

    1 1987 HD

    Failed TV pilot about Jennifer, a police secretary who goes undercover as rock fan Cameo to search the music scene for a serial killer who preys upon...

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  • 1987
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    Hello Again

    Hello Again

    5.7 1987 HD

    A suburban housewife chokes to death and is brought back to life by a spell cast by her wacky sister.

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  • 1987
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    Steele Justice

    Steele Justice

    4.7 1987 HD

    Steele is ex-cop and Vietnam vet who is determined to bring down Kwan, former South Vietnamese general and now rich and powerful drug lord.

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  • 1986
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    Nothing in Common

    Nothing in Common

    5.8 1986 HD

    A successful advertising executive finds his freewheeling life crashing to a halt when his parents end their longtime marriage.

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  • 1996
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    My Fellow Americans

    My Fellow Americans

    6 1996 HD

    They used to run the country. Now they're running for their lives! Two on-the-lam former Presidents of the United States. Framed in a scandal by the...

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  • 2009
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    The Stepfather

    The Stepfather

    5.8 2009 HD

    Michael Harding returns home from military school to find his mother happily in love and living with her new boyfriend, David. As the two men get to...

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  • 1983
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    The Man Who Loved Women

    The Man Who Loved Women

    4.8 1983 HD

    A womanizing sculptor seeks help from a psychiatrist to cure him of his obsession with women.

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  • 1992
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    Double Jeopardy

    Double Jeopardy

    5.2 1992 HD

    Jack Hart lives with his lawyer wife and yound daughter and enjoys a wonderful life. Jack's old girlfriend, Lisa, comes into town and they have an...

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  • 1999
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    Passion's Way

    Passion's Way

    4 1999 HD

    Set in early 1900s France, a widow renews a former romantic interest until it is discovered that he has had a past fling with one of her new...

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  • 2004
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    Suburban Madness

    Suburban Madness

    5 2004 HD

    Based on the real story of Clara Harris, the Houston, Texas dentist who made headlines in July 2002 when she killed her adulterous husband by...

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  • 1990
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    Rainbow Drive

    Rainbow Drive

    4.5 1990 HD

    A Hollywood multiple murder is investigated by a homicide cop, despite high-placed efforts to cover up the crime.

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  • 1989
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    The Haunting of Sarah Hardy

    The Haunting of Sarah Hardy

    4.9 1989 HD

    Sela Ward stars as beautiful, vulnerable heiress Sarah Hardy, recently wed and returning to her isolated childhood home, The Pines, to claim her vast...

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  • 1989
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    Bridesmaids

    Bridesmaids

    6 1989 HD

    Four very different women, best friends during high school many years earlier, gather in the small town where they grew up for a reunion as...

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  • 1991
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    Child of Darkness, Child of Light

    Child of Darkness, Child of Light

    6.2 1991 HD

    A Catholic priest is sent to investigate reports of two virgin conceptions. One is about to give birth to the child of God and the other is the child...

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  • 1993
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    Killer Rules

    Killer Rules

    1 1993 HD

    Two adoptive brothers -- one a mob hit man, the other a Department of Justice investigator -- who are unaware of each other's existence until they...

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  • 2014
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    Gone Girl

    Gone Girl

    7.9 2014 HD

    With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he...

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  • 1987
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    The King of Love

    The King of Love

    1 1987 HD

    A publishing empire founder discovers that his rise to power was costly.

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  • 2016
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    Independence Day: Resurgence

    Independence Day: Resurgence

    5.329 2016 HD

    We always knew they were coming back. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to...

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  • 2000
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    Catch a Falling Star

    Catch a Falling Star

    6.4 2000 HD

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  • 1997
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    Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women

    Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women

    7 1997 HD

    First in a series of anthology films dealing with Christians who put their lives on the line to help rescue Jews from the Holocaust. In the first of...

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  • 1985
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    Rustlers' Rhapsody

    Rustlers' Rhapsody

    5.6 1985 HD

    A singing cowboy roams the Wild West with his sidekick, dancing horse and fancy wardrobe.

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  • 1984
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    Night Court

    Night Court

    7.3 1984 HD

    An eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there.

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  • 2004
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    House

    House

    8.6 2004 HD

    Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional...

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  • 2004
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    The Tony Danza Show

    The Tony Danza Show

    6.1 2004 HD

    The Tony Danza Show was a daytime variety talk show that premiered on September 13, 2004 in syndication and was distributed by Buena Vista Television.

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  • 1999
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    Once and Again

    Once and Again

    6.833 1999 HD

    The series depicts the family of a single mother and her romance with a single father.

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  • 1986
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    L.A. Law

    L.A. Law

    7 1986 HD

    L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. Created by Steven...

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  • 1997
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    The View

    The View

    4.4 1997 HD

    ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro...

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  • 2004
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    CSI: NY

    CSI: NY

    7.4 2004 HD

    Follow the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers identified as "Crime Scene Investigators".

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  • 1982
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    Hotel

    Hotel

    6.8 1982 HD

    Hotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May 5, 1988 in the timeslot following Dynasty. Based on...

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  • 1993
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    Frasier

    Frasier

    7.694 1993 HD

    After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist after his policeman father...

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  • 1991
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    Sisters

    Sisters

    7.3 1991 HD

    Sisters is an Emmy Award-winning television drama. It follows the lives and loves of four close, but very different, sisters of the Reed family...

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  • 1983
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    Emerald Point N.A.S.

    Emerald Point N.A.S.

    5 1983 HD

    The lives and trials of the staff and civilian residents of a US naval base.

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  • 1997
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    The New Batman Adventures

    The New Batman Adventures

    8 1997 HD

    The New Batman Adventures is a continuation of the acclaimed Batman: The Animated Series. Stories in this series tend to give more focus to Batman's...

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  • 1993
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    Intimate Portrait

    Intimate Portrait

    4.5 1993 HD

    Intimate Portrait is a biographical television series on the Lifetime Television cable network focusing on different celebrities, which includes...

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  • 2016
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    Graves

    Graves

    4.978 2016 HD

    Former two-term President Richard Graves embarks on a Don Quixote-like quest to right the wrongs of his administration and reclaim his legacy 25...

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  • 2016
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    Westworld

    Westworld

    8.046 2016 HD

    A dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin. Set at the intersection of the near future and the reimagined...

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  • 2018
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    FBI

    FBI

    7.9 2018 HD

    The New York office of the FBI brings to bear all their talents, intellect and technical expertise on major cases in order to keep their city and the...

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  • 2014
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    Delirium

    Delirium

    9.7 2014 HD

    Set in a world where love is deemed illegal and can be eradicated with a special procedure. With 95 days to go until her scheduled treatment, Lena...

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  • 2004
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    On Air with Ryan Seacrest

    On Air with Ryan Seacrest

    9.5 2004 HD

    On Air with Ryan Seacrest is an American syndicated television talk show, which ran from January 12, 2004 through September 17, 2004. It was...

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  • 2006
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    The Megan Mullally Show

    The Megan Mullally Show

    4.2 2006 HD

    Two-time Emmy Award-winner Megan Mullally, coming off eight seasons as wisecracking socialite Karen Walker on NBC's "Will & Grace," moves into the...

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