Sela Ward Net Worth

Sela Ward's Quotes

• [after being rejected for the femme fatale role in Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) at age 39] I'd never felt more sexy and more confident as a woman, and more ready as an actress. Yet, as I quickly discovered, if you were over 35, you weren't any of those things as far as Hollywood is concerned.

Interesting Facts about Sela Ward

1. Has a son, Austin Ward Sherman (born May 13, 1994), and a daughter, Anabella Raye Sherman (born May 30, 1998), with her husband, Howard Sherman.
2. 2002: Her mother, Annie, died while battling ovarian cancer. Her father, Granberry, a retired engineer, died of complications following surgery at age 85 in January 2009.
3. Is an initiated sister of Chi Omega Fraternity. Member of Phi Beta Kappa honor society.
4. She was considered for the role of Megan Donner on CSI: Miami (2002), but turned down. The role eventually went to Kim Delaney.
5. Former cheerleader in both high school as well as at the University of Alabama.
6. Her husband, Howard Sherman, is a venture capitalist.
7. She was reportedly offered but turned down the role of Susan Mayer on Desperate Housewives (2004), which eventually went to Teri Hatcher.
8. Played Kevin Costner's wife in The Guardian (2006). In The Fugitive (1993), she played Harrison Ford's wife. Costner was considered at one point to play Dr. Richard Kimble, the role that eventually went to Ford.
9. 1977: Attended and graduated from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
10. 1996: She was turned down for the role of a Bond Girl, reportedly because the director thought she was too old.
11. Participated in the third Munchkin's Project Pink annual breast cancer awareness campaign to raise money for breast cancer research. The project consists of the donation of celebrity-decorated and autographed bath ducks, put up for auction. [October 2008]
12. First name is pronounced "See-La" (At times, being confused with the Biblical word "Selah").
13. Is an accomplished artist having majored in fine arts and painting in college.
14. Once engaged to actor Peter Weller.