Most Recent Role: Herself on The Megan Mullally Show
Gender: Female
Birthplace: Meridian, Mississippi
Birth Name: Sela Ann Ward
Gender: Female
Birthplace: Meridian, Mississippi
Birth Name: Sela Ann Ward
Parents: Granberry Holland Ward and Annie Kate Ward
Siblings: Jenna, Berry and Brock
Education: University Of Alabama
Husband: Howard Elliot Sherman May 23, 1992
Children: Austin Ward 1996 Anabella Raye 1998
After graduating from college, this 5'7" beauty became a model in New York. She moved to Los Angeles in 1983 and began her acting career. Her first role was in the movie The Man...
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Most Recent Appearance
Chris Noth, Sela Ward, Steve Holy (re-air)
Thursday 28 December 2006 on My Network TV
Since the cast and crew are spending the holiday with friends & family Megan re-aired this episode part of "The Best of Megan!" Get ready to laugh as you learn what Megan does in her spare time. Chris Noth, former Sex and the City heartbreaker, talks to Megan about life after Mr. Big and the...
- external: The Tony Danza Show 2006-01-03
- external: The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson 2005-11-29
- external: The Tony Danza Show 2005-11-16
- external: The View 2005-11-11
- external: Sela Ward Brings Heart to 'House' 2005-11-07
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Sela was nominated for many awards for her role on Sisters. In 1994, she won the Emmy for "Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actress in a Drama Series". In 1993, she was nominated for a Golden Globe for "Best Performance by an Actress in a Drama Series". In 1996, she was nominated for a SAG Award for "Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series".
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After Katrina, Sela's son Austin, who was 11 at the time, started his emergency preparedness kits company with help from her and his dad; profits go to Hope Village for Children.
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Sela initiated and partially funded the creation of an emergency shelter for children who are awaiting placement in foster homes, called Hope Village. Hope Village is on a 30-acre property once used as a masonic orphanage, and was opened in her hometown of Meridian, MS in January, 2002. In 2005, it housed, educated, and counseled more than 140 children.
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Sela took over as spokesperson for the Sprint long distance telephone service commercial campaign from Candice Bergan, from 1999 to 2002.
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Sela took the role of Billie Auster in the historical drama 54 in 1998, with Ryan Phillipe and Mike Myers, based on the New York 70s hotspot.
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Sela: I always carry Evian bottle and sunscreen.
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Sela: I have a strong belief in God..I find religion to be a very personal thing... I am also very spiritual.
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Sela: If I wasn't an actress I would run a fortune 500 company.
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Sela: We need to embrace whatever age we are and own it.
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Sela: We live inauthentically and do violence to ourselves when we lie about how old we are.
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Other Appearances
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Emerald Point N.A.S.
Hilary Adams |
Once and Again
Lily Manning |
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Sisters
Theodora "Teddy" Reed Margolis Falconer Sorenson |
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House
Stacy Warner |
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Batman Gotham Knights
Mean Seasons Page Monroe / Calendar Girl |
Discovery Atlas
Brazil Revealed Narrator |
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Frasier
Frasier's Imaginary Friend Kelly Easterbrook |
Hotel
Hornet's Nest Isabel Atwood |
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L.A. Law
Fry Me to the Moon Lynette Pierce |
L.A. Law
The Venus Butterfly Lynette Pierce |
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Emerald Point N.A.S.
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"Once and Again" focuses on the relationship between a divorced man, Rick Sammler (Bill Campbell) and a soon to be divorced woman, Lilly Manning (Sela Ward). Both have kids and between the... more Sisters
Sisters introduced us to a group of sisters, Alex (Swoosie Kurtz), Georgie (Patricia Kalember), Teddy (Sela Ward), Frankie (Julianne Phillips) and Charley (Jo Anderson & Sheila Kelley). They... more
This show had almost everything. It had an all-star cast, writers with great credentials, talented directors and music by Bill Conti and Angela Morley. It had everything except an audience. The... more Once and Again
"Once and Again" focuses on the relationship between a divorced man, Rick Sammler (Bill Campbell) and a soon to be divorced woman, Lilly Manning (Sela Ward). Both have kids and between the... more Sisters
Sisters introduced us to a group of sisters, Alex (Swoosie Kurtz), Georgie (Patricia Kalember), Teddy (Sela Ward), Frankie (Julianne Phillips) and Charley (Jo Anderson & Sheila Kelley). They... more




