Sela Ward

**Sela Ward** (born July 11, 1956) is an American film and television actress, producer and author.

## Early life

Ward was born in Meridian, Mississippi, to Annie Kate (née Boswell), a housewife, and Granberry Holland "G.H." Ward, Jr., an electrical engineer. Her father is a native of Meridian while her mother was born in Choctaw County, Alabama, before moving to Meridian as a child. Ward is the eldest of four children with a sister, Jenna, and two brothers, Joseph Brock and Granberry Holland Ward III. She graduated from Lamar School in Meridian.

Ward attended the University of Alabama, where she was Homecoming Queen, a Crimson Tide cheerleader, and joined Chi Omega sorority. She double-majored in fine art and advertising. She graduated in 1977.

## Career

A talented film and television actress and producer, Sela's breakthrough TV role was as Teddy Reed in the NBC-TV drama series *Sisters* (1991–1996), for which she received her first Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1994. She received her second Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama for the leading role of Lily Manning in the ABC drama series *Once and Again* (1999–2002). Ward later had the recurring role of Stacy Warner in the Fox medical drama *House*, also starred as Jo Danville in the CBS-TV police procedural *CSI: NY* (2010–2013) and starred as Dana Mosier in the CBS police procedural series *FBI* (2018–2019).

She also played supporting roles in films, including *The Man Who Loved Women* (1983), *Rustler's Rhapsody* (1985), *Nothing in Common* (1986), *Hello Again* (1987), *The Fugitive* (1993), *My Fellow Americans* (1996), *The Badge* (2002), *The Day After Tommorow* (2004), *The Guardian* (2006), *The Stepfather* (2009), *Gone Girl* (2014), and *Indepedence Day: Resurgence* (2016).

Ward won a CableACE Award for her portrayal of the late television journalist Jessica Savitch in the 1995 TV movie *Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story*.  Almost Golden remains Lifetime's most watched TV movie to date.

## Personal life

On May 23, 1992, Ward married entrepreneur Howard Elliott Sherman. They have two children: Austin and Anabella.

After meeting two foster children during a holiday trip home to Mississippi in 1997, Ward decided to meet a broader need for abused and neglected children by initiating and partially funding the creation of a permanent group home and emergency shelter, as well as transition houses. Hope Village for Children opened in Ward's hometown of Meridian in January 2002, housed on a 30 acre property once used as a Masonic-owned and operated orphanage, and is intended to serve as a pilot for a nationwide network of similar shelters. Hope Village currently has a capacity of 44 residents and serves an average of 300 children per year.

In 2002, Ward published her autobiography, *Homesick: A Memoir*, through HarperCollins' ReganBooks imprint. In 2014, Ward was a part of her first group art exhibition at KM Fine Arts.

## References

1. ↑  (2007) *Screen World 2007*. Hal Leonard. ISBN 9781557837295. Retrieved on July 16, 2022.
2. ↑ Sela Ward. Retrieved on July 16, 2022.
3. ↑ U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 (Granberry Holland Ward). Generations Network (30 June 1942). Retrieved on May 25, 2020.
4. ↑ Fifteenth Census of the United States. Generations Network (1930). Retrieved on May 25, 2020.
5. ↑ Reverie 1942 "Annie Kate Boswell" (Meridian High School, Meridian, Mississippi). Generations Network (1942). Retrieved on May 25, 2020.
6. ↑ American Profile – American Profile Celebrates The Intriguing People, Places And Things In Hometowns Across The Country Along With Features On Music, Film, TV, Seasonal Recipes, Health And Family Finance.
7. ↑ "US: Sela Ward joins CSI: NY", *The Spy Report*, Media Spy, July 14, 2010.
8. ↑ Nellie Andreeva. "'FBI': Sela Ward To Co-Star On New CBS Series From Dick Wolf", *Deadline Hollywood*, July 13, 2018.
9. ↑ "Sela Ward", *TVGuide.com*, December 22, 2015.
10. ↑ Dotson Rader. Sela Ward: 'My Journey Has Been a Journey Home'. *Parade*. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015.
11. ↑ Guideposts Magazine (December 6, 2006). Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved on February 4, 2023.
12. ↑ Hope Village for Children (June 7, 2015). Archived from the original on July 10, 2015. Retrieved on February 4, 2023.
13. ↑  (October 15, 2002) *Homesick: A Memoir*. Harper Entertainment. ISBN 0-06-098907-6.

## External links

* Sela Ward at Babepedia
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* Sela Ward on  Famous Birthdays
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* Sela Ward article at *Wikipedia*