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Hallelujah for Sela. Everyone's favorite "Sister"
was born Sela Ann Ward, on July 11, 1956, in Meridian, Mississippi. Sela's parents
were Granberry Holland (an electrical engineer) and Annie Kate Ward; the 3 younger
children in the family are Jenna (1957), Berry (1959), and Brock (1961). "Sela"
is a very abbreviated form of Hallelujah ("Hallelu" meaning praise;
and "Jah" which stands for Yahweh, or Jehovah). Sela graduated from
the University of Alabama in 1977, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in art
and advertising; Sela was also a cheerleader for the Crimson Tide football team,
a Homecoming Queen, and a member of the Chi Omega sorority. Sela moved to New
York to work for an advertising agency. Responding to a friend's suggestion
that she was tall (5'7") and pretty enough to try modeling, Sela began
a highly successful career with the Wilhelmina Agency. Sela's first gig was
in the Pepsi advertising department, and her first commercial was for Maybelline.
After appearing in 20 national TV commercials, Sela moved to L.A. and got her
first TV role in "Emerald Point N.A.S." (1983); she dated tall costar
Richard Dean Anderson for 3 years (which is much longer than the TV series lasted).
Sela's movie break came by appearing with Burt Reynolds in the film The Man
Who Loved Women (1983), and by now her acting career was established. But perhaps
Sela is best known for starring in the TV series "Sisters" (1991),
which ran for 6 seasons. The series was a big hit with women, and if the males
in the audience stuck around after the steamy (literally) opening sauna sequence,
they too would discover a series with fascinating writing and story plots, with
Sela as Teddy-- in the fashion industry she began her first company, which she
wanted to call Teddy Wear. In 1992 and 1994, Sela got the Golden Globe nomination
for best lead actress in a drama series; in 1994 she won an Emmy Award, and
in 1996 the Screen Actors Guild Award. During the series' run, Sela married
Howard Sherman (May 23, 1992 - present). They had two children: Austin Ward
(May 13, 1994), Anabella Raye (May 30, 1998). Still very much a pretty woman,
Sela appeared in Runaway Bride (1999) as Pretty Bar Woman. In 2000, Sela won
her 2nd Emmy award, this time for work in "Once and Again" (1999).
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