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Why did Sela Ward leave “FBI”? Net Worth, Husband, Illness, Wiki

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April 18, 2024

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Sela Ward Wiki

An actress, author, and producer, Sela Ward, rose to prominence after her role as Teddy Reed in the drama series “Sisters”, which was aired from 1991 until 1996. Her performance in the series brought her the 1994 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, and a nomination for the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama.

Although perhaps still known best for the aforementioned role, Sela has over 45 acting credits to her name, and has starred in numerous other series, including “Once and Again”, “Graves”, and her most recent television role, her portrayal of Special Agent in Charge Dana Mosier in the crime drama “FBI”. One of her most notable movie roles was in “Independence Day: Resurgence”.

Early life and education

Sela Ann Ward was born under the zodiac sign of Cancer on 11 July 1956, in Meridian, Mississippi USA, thus she holds American nationality although she comes from a family of part English and Scottish descent from her mother’s side.

She was raised in her hometown by her parents, a Meridian native father, Granberry Holland Ward, who was an electrical engineer, and Choctaw County, Alabama-born mother, Annie Kate Ward, a housewife. Sela has three siblings, a sister named Jenna, and two brothers, Granberry Holland III and Joseph Brock.

Although she hadn’t dreamed of becoming an actress, Sela at first began modeling to supplement her income, which subsequently led to her acting career. She worked for Wilhelmina model agency, and was featured in commercials for Maybelline cosmetics, among several more.

Speaking of her educational background, she attended Lamar School, and upon matriculating in 1974, enrolled at the University of Alabama, where she was a Crimson Tide cheerleader and Homecoming Queen. Sela graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Fine arts and Advertising in 1977.

Roles in movies

Sela made her acting debut portraying Janet in the 1983 movie “The Man Who Loved Women”, followed by her role in “Rustlers’ Rhapsody” in 1985, and in the following year, she was seen as Cheryl Ann Wayne in “Nothing in Common”, opposite Tom Hanks.

Sela’s next major role came in 1987, when she portrayed Tracy in “Steele Justice”, and it seems that this was a good year for her, since she was also seen starring in “Cameo by Night”, “Hello Again”, and “The King of Love”.

In 1989, Sela appeared in the TV movies “Bridesmaids” and “The Haunting of Sarah Hardy”, and in the following years, she continued with her work in TV movies, until 1993 when she was seen as Helen Kimble in the Oscar-awarded “The Fugitive”, also starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones, who won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.

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Speaking of awards, in 1995, Sela won the CableACE Award for Actress in a Movie or Miniseries for her portrayal of Jessica Savitch in the biographic TV movie “Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story”, and she was also nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries.

In the following years, Sela was seen in “My Fellow Americans” (1996), “54” (1998), and “Runaway Bride” (1999), while on the early 2000s she was cast in “The Badge” (2002), “Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights” (2004), “The Guardian” (2006), and “The Stepfather” (2009).

Sela was next seen in the 2014 movie “Gone Girl” before she was cast to play President Lanford in the action-adventure “Independence Day: Resurgence”, also starring Jeff Goldblum, Liam Hemsworth and Bill Pullman in 2016, which was her most recent movie role.

Roles in series

Sela made her first television appearance portraying Hilary Adams in “Emerald Point N. A. S.” from 1983 through 1984, followed by her guest role as Emily in “I Had Three Wives” in 1985. In the following years, she guest-starred in “L.A. Law” (1986), “Night Court” (1987), and “Christine Cromwell” (1990).

As mentioned, from 1991 until 1996, she portrayed her most notable role to date, as Teddy Reed in “Sisters”, followed by supporting roles in “Frasier” (1997) and “The New Batman Adventures” (1998). From 1999 until 2002, Sela starred as Lily Manning in the Primetime Emmy-awarded series “Once and Again”, a role which brought her another Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2000, and for which she was nominated again in the following year.

From 2005 until 2012, Sela had the recurring role as Stacy Warner in “House”. Concurrently, she starred in “CSI: NY” (2010-2013), and then during 2016 and 2017, portrayed Margaret Graves in “Graves”. In the following year, she was seen as Juliet in “Westworld”, before she was cast to play Dana Mosier in “FBI”, from 2018 until 2019, which was her most recent role.

RETWEET if you're happy to see @SelaWard!!! #FBICBS pic.twitter.com/ZqKAPlDL9k

— FBI (@FBICBS) October 3, 2018

Why did she leave FBI?

After it was revealed that Sela had left “FBI”, fans of the series wanted to know the reason for her leaving, since her character was one of the favorites in the show. Various speculations have been circulating on the internet, however, it appears that Sela didn’t leave the show with a bad taste in her mouth. She’d actually signed a one-year contract, and after she posted on her Twitter saying: ‘Such a wonderful show with an amazing cast and crew. Much love to all of our fans of the show. Thank you for everything!’, it was clear that it was her wish to act in just one season, and according to The Cinemaholic, the only reason why Sela took on the role was her friendship with the co-creator of the show, Dick Wolf.

Illness

According to sources, Sela has a long-term problem of an overactive thyroid, called Hyperthyroidism, which occurs when your thyroid gland produces too much of the hormone thyroxine. Sela asked for medical help when sleeplessness and fatigue became the routine for her. She has been taking medication, and occasionally has acupuncture therapy. She is feeling better these days, but once passed out during the shooting of “FBI”, apparently from stress along with her illness, and thus many people assumed that this is why she left the show.

Love life and husband

Before she met her future husband, from 1975 until 1977, Sela was in a relationship with Bob Baumhower, a former American Football player, and then from 1983 until 1986, Sela dated actor Richard Dean Anderson. In the following year, Sela started dating Peter Weller, also an actor, through until 1990.

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Although Sela hasn’t shared how and when she met her future husband, Howard Elliott Sherman, it’s known that they exchanged their wedding vows on 23 May 1992. Her husband is an American entrepreneur who was once a candidate for the US Senate. They have two children together, namely Anabella and Austin, but whose birthdays are unknown.

As of August 2022, the family of four lives in their residence in Los Angeles, California, and they also spent some time on their family ranch near Sela’s hometown.

Age, height, and net worth

Sela’s age is 66; she has brown hair and hazel eyes, weighs around 140lbs (63kgs) and is 5ft 7ins (1.7m) tall, with vital statistics of 35-25-37.

According to sources, as of August 2022, her net worth has been estimated at over $5 million, and if you wondered about her husband’s wealth, it’s been estimated at over $50 million.

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What is Sarah Snyder doing now? Wiki, Age, Net Worth, Affairs

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14 mins ago

April 18, 2024

Martha Clifford

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Early life, family, educational background

American actress and model Sarah Irene Snyder was born on 30 July 1995, making her a Leo. Sarah was born and raised in America, the exact areas are unknown, however, we know that she spent a portion of her youth living in New York before moving to California. Her parents’ names and occupations are unknown – but it is suspected that her father is a successful businessman – as is whether or not she has any siblings. She matriculated from Coachella Valley High School in Thermal, California.

Sarah came to the public’s attention when she began dating Jaden Smith, Will and Jada Smith’s son. As far as her career goes, she’s modeled for a number of household-known brands including Calvin Klein and Hermes. She also shows off her fashion sense on her Instagram.

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Who is Jaden Smith?

American rapper, actor, songwriter and singer, Jaden Christopher Syre Smith was born on 8 July 1998 in Malibu, California, USA, making him a Cancerian, His parents are actor Will Smith and actress Jada Pinkett Smith. He has two siblings – a half-brother named Trey Smith and a sister named Willow Smith.

Jaden’s acting debut was with his father in the 2006 film “The Pursuit of Happyness”; they worked together again in 2013’s “After Earth”, and Jaden’s appeared in a few more films and television series. Jaden has also released three albums, “Syre” in 2017, “Erys” in 2019, and “CTV3: Cool Tape Vol. 3” in 2020.

After Sarah and Jaden broke up, he focused on his career. He reportedly began dating Tyler, the Creator in 2018, and in January 2020, he referred to Tyler as his boyfriend. In September 2020, he was photographed with Sofia Richie – who had broken-up from Scott Disick shortly before this. Jaden and Sofia were hanging out at a beach, and seen hugging each other, so fans suspected that they may be an item, but in an interview with On-Air with Ryan Seacrest, he said, ‘Me and Sofia have been friends for like 10 years. We’ve been going to the beach pretty consistently for 10 years too… But yeah, we’re just homies, and we love each other, and it was fun.’ Jaden briefly dated Kylie Jenner in 2013.

Career

Although Sarah has an acting and modeling career, she’s garnered over a million followers on her Instagram account @SarahFuckingSnyder. Her followers love her for her fashion style, which mostly consists of patterns, bright colors, and patches. Sarah’s modeling career began in 2014, when she worked with Urban Abstract Photography; she’s also modeled for UNIQLO, Forever 21, Versace, Calvin Klein in their Fall 2016 collection, in Milan for Dolce & Gabbana, and others. She’s also modeled for Calvin Klein lingerie and has been the face of KAWS. Her photos have been printed in an issue of Vogue Japan, and she’s even been the face of the famous German brand Hugo Boss. Sarah has walked for Miu Miu in Paris for Fashion Week, has been on the cover of Elle, Shelter, W, Vogue among many others. Sarah has also worked as the brand ambassador for Alo, and promoted Mary Gordon Beauty. She’s represented by Re: Quest model management.

Her acting debut was in 2008, when she had a minor role as Bloufer Bride #1 in “Skeleton Key 2: 667 Neighbor of the Beast.” Sarah was cast as Dotty in the 2010 horror film “Scarlet Rain”, and worked as a production assistant on the film. Two years later she played Laura Gentry in “Ghoul Society,” another horror film, and the following year she was Donna in “Dead Woman’s Hollow.” In 2017 she appeared as Barbara Hamilton in her latest horror film, “Night of the Living Dead: Genesis”.

Personal life

Part of Sarah’s fame came from her romantic relationship with Jaden Pinkett Smith. The pair began dating in 2015, and made their relationship public when they posted photos of themselves wearing matching outfits. They also displayed a lot of public affection, and attended a number of fashion shows together – in 2015, they sat front row at New York Fashion Week and were seen cuddling and kissing at the Gypsy Sports Show. They also attended the “Pitch Perfect 2” premiere in May 2015.

However, they broke up in 2017, when he accused her of cheating on him with American photographer Gunner Stahl, after photos of them together in bed were published by Gunner. He later deleted the pictures, but the media had already caught hold of them; Sarah has never addressed the rumors concerning their relationship. According to a source speaking to Us Weekly, the official reason for Sarah and Jaden’s split was that ‘They had been on the rocks for a while and stopped having shared interests.’

Sarah and Jaden’s ex-girlfriend, Kylie Jenner, reportedly had some beef. Kylie posted a photo of herself with the caption, ‘KyliefuckingJenner,’ which seemed to be a play on Sarah’s Instagram account handle. Sarah then posted a selfie along with ‘one n only.’ It appeared that their argument did not go beyond that, but fans were well-aware that the girls were taking digs at one another. Before dating Jaden, Sarah went out with fellow model Ian Connor from 2014 to 2015. She has also been linked with NBA Youngboy and Fivio Foreign

Fans believe #NBAYoungboy song “Snow Bunny” was about Sarah Snyder pic.twitter.com/fX5LehLFVq

— No Jumper (@nojumper) April 13, 2022

In June 2015 – when she was 19 years old – Sarah was accused of stealing a Hermes bag worth $15,995 from a Penny Pinchers store in Bedford, New York. She was arrested and charged with a third-degree count of grand larceny, which she denied. Sarah produced evidence including pictures, cellphone records, and plane tickets to support her alibi that she was in Miami at the time of the crime. Nevertheless, she spent 56 days in jail; following investigations, Sarah was released on the condition that she paid an $8,000 fine.

Soon after her release, Sarah posted a photo to her Instagram page of herself wearing a t-shirt with her mugshot printed on it. The post garnered a lot of likes and even became viral. In February 2016 she told Harper’s Bazaar, ‘I feel no one believes me but my dad. I just feel like it’s a crazy situation. So many people are like, ‘You stole a bag, you’re such a horrible person that you did this.’ I’ve gotten so much hate from this. I’ve been through so much for something I didn’t do.’ On 10 February 2016, the Bedford jurisdiction dismissed Sarah of all charges.

In November 2017 she was seen having dinner at Estiatorio in Manhattan with Leonardo DiCaprio. Paparazzi captured them walking together and laughing, but sources told Page Six that they are ‘just friends’ and were dining with a large group of friends. Sarah wore her hair in braided pigtails and Leonardo was wearing a baseball cap. When the group left the dinner, Leonardo was alone, so they likely weren’t dating.

Sarah was seen snorting a white substance with a rolled-up banknote, and subsequently accused of using drugs. The photo of her supposed use was taken down, and she never addressed the rumors.

As of late 2022, Sarah resides in Huntersville, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and appears to be single.

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Hobbies, favorite things and interesting facts

Sarah is friends with American Instagram influencer and podcaster, Eileen Kelly; the pair even used to be roommates.
Her favorite color is pink.
She isn’t related to American director, screenwriter, cinematographer, and producer Zach Snyder.
She loves photography, animals, and traveling.
She enjoys singing and dancing.
Sarah is close to her family.

Appearance

Sarah stands at 5ft 8ins (173cm) tall, weighs 108lbs (49kgs), with vital statistics of 31-22-32 and has a slim build. Sarah usually has blonde hair, but she’s dyed her hair platinum blonde, blue, pink, red and black; she has dark brown eyes. She wears a US size 2 dress and usually designer clothes such as Gucci. One of Sarah’s main distinctive features is her supple lips. She has a tattoo of a dreamcatcher on the right side of her navel, a dollar sign on her wrist, ‘JNS’ in red, capital letters on the outside of her thigh, ‘LOSE!’ on her left thigh and a love heart symbol on her finger.

Net worth and salary

As of August 2022, her net worth is estimated at over $400,000. Her income is averaged at $50,000 a month for her work as a model and actress, as well as paid sponsorships on Instagram, and brand endorsements.

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Where is Peter Weller now? What is he doing today? Biography

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15 mins ago

April 18, 2024

Martha Clifford

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Who is Peter Weller?

American actor, film director and art historian Dr. Peter Francis Weller, was born in Stevens Point, Wisconsin USA, on 24 June 1947 under the zodiac sign of Cancer. He’s appeared in close to 90 movies and TV series, and is perhaps still best known for his playing of the main character Alex Murphy aka RoboCop in the critically acclaimed 1987 action science fiction film “RoboCop”, directed by Paul Verhoeven, and which also starred Dan O’Herlihy and Nancy Allen. It follows the life of a cyborg police officer, and the movie won 11 of its 26 award nominations, which include two Oscar nominations for Best Sound and Sound Effects Editing.

Peter’s still today quite active in the film industry, and is currently shooting for the upcoming episode “The Viewing” of the mystery horror series “Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities”.

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Education and early life

American attorney and federal judge Frederick Bradford Weller and his American homemaker wife Dorothy Jean (nee Davidson) raised their son Peter in Stevens Points, alongside his sister Ann Weldon; because of Frederick’s job, the family lived in Germany for a couple of years, prior to settling in Texas.

Peter’s passion for acting was born while he was attending Alamo Heights High School; he portrayed lead characters in most of the school plays, and by the time he matriculated in 1965, Peter knew that he would eventually be pursuing a career in the film industry.

He went on to study at North Texas State University, and was interested in several activities during his four years there, including playing the trumpet, acting and sports. Peter was presented with his Bachelor of Arts degree in theatre in 1969, and he then studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

More than three decades later, in 2004, Peter graduated from Syracuse University with a Master’s degree in Roman and renaissance art, and earned his Ph. D. from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2014.

Roles in movies

Peter’s debut film role was his portrayal of Lieutenant Fellows in the 1973 adventure drama “The Man Without a Country. He appeared in only two other movies in the ‘70s: the 1975 drama “The Silence” and the 1979 western comedy “Butch and Sundance: The Early Days”.

He starred as Buckaroo Banzai in the critically acclaimed 1984 adventure science fiction comedy “The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension”, directed by W. D. Richter, and which also starred John Lithgow and Ellen Barkin. The film follows rock ‘n’ roll musician and brain surgeon Buckaroo Banzai, as he and his friends are trying to stop aliens from conquering Earth; it was nominated for five awards.

In 1991, Peter played Jack Sloan in the romantic comedy “Road to Ruin”, and a couple of his following roles were in the 1991 drama “Naked Lunch”, the 1994 comedy drama “The New Age”, and the 1997 action thriller “Top of the World”.

What marked the 2000s for him was perhaps his playing of Rabbi in the 2005 drama “Man of God”, written and directed by Jefery Levy, and which starred Graham Beckel, Jason Behr and James C. Burns; it follows a Rabbi who’s questioning his faith.

In 2013, Peter portrayed Marcus in the hit action science fiction adventure “Star Trek Into Darkness”, directed by J. J. Abrams, and which starred Chris Pine, Zoe Saldana and Zachary Quinto. It follows Captain Kirk as he’s trying to salvage a weapon of mass destruction from a world in war, and the film won seven of its 67 award nominations, including an Oscar nomination for Best Achievement in Visual Effects.

Peter’s three most recent film roles have been in the 2013 animated action crime “Batman: The Dark Knight Returns” (voice role), the 2014 action crime thriller “Skin Trade” and the 2017 animated adventure fantasy “Yamasong: March of the Hollows” (voice role).

Roles in TV series

Peter’s debut TV series role was his playing of Donald Stryker in the 1977 episode “Nazi” of the crime drama “Lou Grant”, then in 1981, he played Captain Peter Niles, one of the lead characters in the romantic mini-series “Mourning Becomes Electra”.

He spent the following two decades focused solely on appearing in movies, so his next TV series role was his portrayal of Chuck Taggart in the critically acclaimed action adventure drama “Odyssey 5”, created by Manny Coto, and in which he starred alongside Sebastian Roche and Christopher Gorham. It follows five astronauts who’ve been sent back in time to prevent the destruction of Earth – the series aired from 2002 to 2004 and was nominated for two awards.

The remainder of the 2000s saw Peter appear in an episode or two of the crime thriller drama “The Handler”, the action adventure drama “Star Trek: Enterprise”, and the crime comedy “Monk”, amongst other series.

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In 2013 and 2014, he portrayed Charles ‘Charlie’ Barosky in the crime thriller drama “Sons of Anarchy”, written by Kurt Sutter, and which starred Mark Boone Junior, Katey Sagal and Charlie Hunham. It follows a member of an outlaw biker club who’s struggling to do well as a father; the series aired from 2008 to 2014, and won 11 of its 72 award nominations.

Peter’s three most recent TV series roles have been in three episodes of the 2017 action crime drama “Longmire”, two episodes of the 2018 fantasy comedy drama “Forever”, and three episodes of the 2021 action adventure drama “MacGyver”.

Other credits

Peter’s voiced characters in five video games: his debut was his voicing of Jeffrey S. Wilson in the 2005 “Codename: Panzers, Phase Two”, and he then voiced RoboCop in the 2014 “Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff”, Vice Admiral Caleb Thies in the 2016 “Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare”, and Robert Wilson in the 2017 “Wilson’s Heart”. Most recently, in 2019, he voiced RoboCop in “Mortal Kombat 11”.

He received special thanks for the 2019 short drama movie “Precipice” and the 2020 episode “RoboCop NES, SNES, Sega & Arcade” of the comedy series “The Irate Gamer”.

Peter wrote the 1993 movie “Partners”, and produced the 1997 drama film “Gold Coast”, while he also has close to 30 directing credits; some of his most recent directing work has been 15 episodes of the action crime series “Hawaii Five-0” between 2013 and 2020, three episodes of the action adventure drama “MacGyver” between 2018 and 2021, and five episodes of the action crime adventure “Magnum P. I.” between 2018 and 2021.

He’s been featured in numerous documentary movies, most recently in the 2016 “Into the 8th Dimension”, the 2021 “Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age”, and the 2022 “In Search of Tomorrow”.

Awards and nominations

Peter’s won one of the nine awards for which he’s been nominated: a 1983 Paris Film Festival Award for Best Actor, for his performance in the horror thriller “Of Unknown Origin”.

He was also nominated for a 1994 Oscar for Best Short Film, Live Action, together with Jana Sue Memel, for “Partners”.

Wife and children

Although Peter avoids talking about his love life in his interviews, he’s still mentioned two women whom he’s been with. He met American actress and activist Elizabeth Alice ‘Ali’ MacGraw in 1980, while they were shooting together for the comedy movie “Just Tell Me What You Want”, and they spent the following 10 years dating on and off.

Peter turned 59 on the day that he married American actress Shari Stowe (on 24 June 2006), with whom he had previously been in a relationship for over a decade; Shari gave birth to their son in August 2011, but she and Peter are keeping the boy away from media.

He also has a daughter Kate Linden Weller, born in 1982, but the name of the girl’s mother hasn’t been disclosed.

Peter hasn’t spoken of other women whom he might have dated – he’s married to Shari Stowe as of September 2022, and has a son with her, as well as a daughter from a previous relationship.

Interesting facts and hobbies

Peter loves to smoke cigars, and has got into trouble because of this more than once; he enjoys smoking inside bars and restaurants, and when asked to put out his cigar, he either does it or goes to another place.

He was once a member of the jazz band The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra, and they performed around Los Angeles.

Peter’s an avid runner, and was 39 years old when he completed the 1986 New York City Marathon in less than four hours.

He enjoys learning languages, and is fluent in Italian.

Peter’s favorite actors are Christian Bale and Keanu Reeves, and a couple of his favorite movies include “John Wick”, “Constantine” and the trilogy “The Matrix”.