SELA (SEE-luh)
Sela
Ward: American actress Common clues: Ward of “The
Fugitive”; Emmy winner Ward; Ward of “House”;
Ward
of “Once and Again”; Actress Ward Crossword
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Dr House a good person at the end? Video: Sela
Ward interview
For
me, Los Angeles, New York, where I don't know my neighbors, where
people don't necessarily care if they know their neighbors, I'm
missing things that truly fed my soul when I was younger, the
exchanges between people, the caring and the shared history with
people. ~
Sela Ward
Sela
Ann Ward (born July 11, 1956) is an American actress, perhaps
best known for her Golden Globe- and Emmy award-winning
television roles as free-spirited Teddy Reed on Sisters (1991-96)
and single mother Lily Manning on Once and Again (1999-2002). She
is also noted for her portrayal of Richard Kimble's murdered wife
in the Oscar-nominated film version of The Fugitive. Also,
appears as House's ex-girlfriend in the TV show House.
While
working in New York City as a storyboard artist for multimedia
presentations, the 5'7" (170cm) Ward began modeling to
supplement her income. She was recruited by the Wilhelmina agency
and was soon featured in television commercials promoting
Maybelline cosmetics. Ward eventually moved to California to
pursue acting and landed her first film role in the Burt Reynolds
vehicle, The Man Who Loved Women, released in 1983. Her first
regular role in a television drama series (as a beautiful
socialite on Emerald Point, NAS) followed in the same year. Ward
subsequently played variations on the same character in films and
television guest spots throughout the 1980s, most notably
opposite Tom Hanks in 1986's Nothing in Common. This pattern
persisted until she aggressively pursued and won the role of the
bohemian alcoholic Teddy Reed on Sisters, for which she received
her first Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in
1994.
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 an emergency shelter for those awaiting placement
in foster homes. Housed on a 30-acre property once used as a
Masonic orphanage, Hope Village for Children opened in Ward's
hometown of Meridian in January 2002 and is intended to serve as
a pilot for a nationwide network of similar shelters. Hope
Village currently has a capacity for 44 residents and serves an
average of 200 children per year.
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