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Sela Ward

Sela Ward

2 films · 259 frames · top-billed in 2 · 20002009

Born 11 July 1956 · Meridian, Mississippi, USA

Sela Ward is an American movie and television actress, producer, author, and former model.

She moved to California to pursue acting and landed her first film role in the 1983 Burt Reynolds vehicle The Man Who Loved Women. Her first regular role in a TV drama series, as a socialite on Dennis Weaver's short-lived CBS series, Emerald Point N.A.S., followed in the same year.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 259 frames · top-billed in 2 · 20002009

  • Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama2000
  • Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series2000
  • Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series1994

How their films are shot

Measured across 259 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Sela takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 2 films we hold, 48% of their frames are day, 59% natural — the look of the work Sela takes.

Time of day

Day48%
Night36%
Interior13%

Lighting

Natural59%
Low key26%
High key14%

Shot size

Medium63%
Closeup16%
Wide12%
Fullbody7%

Camera angle

Eye level84%
High angle8%
Low angle5%

Mood

Neutral73%
Tense12%
Lonely6%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 259 frames from Sela Ward's 2 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.