Sela Ward

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...

Known For

Career Timeline

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  1. 2016
    Independence Day: Resurgence

    President Lanford • Acting

  2. 2014
    Gone Girl

    Sharon Schieber • Acting

  3. 2009
    The Stepfather

    Susan Harding • Acting

  4. 2006
    The Guardian

    Helen Randall • Acting

  5. 2004
    The Day After Tomorrow

    Dr. Lucy Hall • Acting

  6. 2004
    Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights

    Jeannie Miller • Acting

  7. 2004
    Suburban Madness

    Bobbi Bacha • Acting

  8. 2002
    The Badge

    Carla Hardwick • Acting

Sela Ward - Aperture