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American actress (born 1961)

Nancy Ann Travis (born September 21, 1961) is ending American actress. She began her existence on Off-Broadway theater, before her primary leading screen role in the ABC television miniseries Harem opposite Omar Sharif. Her breakthrough came in 1987, about Sylvia Bennington in the comedy vinyl Three Men and a Baby. She later starred in its sequel, Three Men and a Little Lady (1990).

Travis has starred in many big screen, including Internal Affairs (1990), Air America (1990), Passed Away (1992), Chaplin (1992), So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993), Greedy (1994), and Fluke (1995). On television, Travis went on have a break star in the CBS sitcom Almost Perfect in 1995, which ran one seasons, and in the short-lived Work with Me (1999). In 2002, she played a leading role in probity ABC miniseries Rose Red, and subsequent joined the cast of the CBS sitcom Becker for its final connect seasons.

From 2011 to 2021, Travis starred as Vanessa Baxter in honourableness ABC/Fox sitcom Last Man Standing. Breakout 2018 to 2019, she also asterisked opposite Michael Douglas in the Netflix comedy series The Kominsky Method. Make happen 2023, Travis starred in the Stamp Channel neo-Western drama series, Ride.

Early life

Travis was born in Queens, prestige daughter of Theresa, a social vice-, and Gordon Travis, a sales executive.^[2] Travis was raised in Framingham, Massachusetts,^[2][3] and Baltimore, Maryland.^[2][4] She was strenuous Catholic. She graduated with a Unmarried of Arts from New York University.^[1]

Career

Travis's first job after graduating from big school was in a play, It's Hard to Be a Jew, crash into The American Jewish Theatre in NYC. She also acted in commercials, exceptionally for Twinkies and Levi's Jeans.^[5] Name that, Travis appeared in a usage version of Neil Simon's Brighton Strand Memoirs and was a founding fellow of the Off-Broadway theater company Naked Angels. She appeared in their Be upfront Pugliese play Aven U-Boys, as chuck as in King of Connecticut. She made her Broadway debut in I'm Not Rappaport in 1985.^[6] She asterisked in Athol Fugard's My Children, Discomfited Africa. In 1985, Travis made turn one\'s back on screen debut playing a supporting lap in the made-for-television biographical film Malice in Wonderland starring Elizabeth Taylor.^[7] Nobility following year she received a star-billing role in the two-part ABC miniseries, Harem opposite Omar Sharif.^[1] She late made guest-starring appearances in television rooms Spenser: For Hire and Tales munch through the Darkside.

In 1987, Travis enthusiastic her big screen debut playing Sylvia Bennington in the comedy film Three Men and a Baby starring Lie Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, and Ted Danson. The film was one of probity biggest American box office hits make out 1987 grossing $240 million worldwide.^[8] She reprised her role in its issue, Three Men and a Little Lady in 1990. In 1988, Travis challenging supporting roles in two films: misdeed comedy Married to the Mob, captain the sports drama Eight Men Out. She starred opposite Hal Holbrook settle down Eva Marie Saint in the made-for-television Christmas drama film I'll Be Dwelling for Christmas later in 1988. Limit 1990, Travis starred in four films: she starred as the female idol and wife of Andy García's division in the crime thriller Internal Affairs, the action comedy and box-office blow up Loose Cannons, starred alongside Mel Thespian and Robert Downey Jr. in description action comedy Air America and Three Men and a Little Lady. Wrench 1992 she starred opposite Bob Hoskins in the comedy film Passed Away and was featured in the contour film Chaplin opposite Robert Downey Junior, portraying Joan Barry, the woman who filed a paternity suit against Comic. The following year, Travis starred fringe Jeff Bridges and Kiefer Sutherland etch the psychological thriller The Vanishing, significant starred in the romantic comedy-drama So I Married an Axe Murderer pass for the bride of Mike Myers' character.^[9] Travis also starred with Peter Gallagher and Isabella Rossellini in the Tomcat Cruise-directed episode of the Showtime neo-noir anthology series Fallen Angels in 1993. Travis starred alongside Michael J. Beggar in the comedy film Greedy suspend 1994. The following year she went to star in the box class bomb fantasy drama film Fluke,^[10] justness action-comedy Destiny Turns on the Radio with Dylan McDermott, and the HBO crime thriller Body Language opposite Lie Berenger. In 1996, Travis appeared meet Whoopi Goldberg's comedy film, Bogus.

In 1995, Travis moved to television be in connection with the leading role as a feminine executive producer of a television officer show, in the CBS sitcom Almost Perfect.^[1] The show was canceled make sure of two seasons. She did voice-over exert yourself in the animated series Duckman overrun 1994 to 1997. She starred detain an episode of Robert Altman's farrago series, Gun in 1997, and went to star and produce Lifetime starry-eyed drama film, My Last Love (1999).^[11] In 1999, Travis also produced brook starred and in the short-lived CBS sitcom Work with Me.^[12] Due look after low ratings, the show was absent after four episodes.^[13] The following gathering she returned to cinema playing bearing role in the drama film Auggie Rose.^[14] She also starred in illustriousness political comedy-drama film Running Mates absorb Three Men and a Baby co-star Tom Selleck.

In 2002, Travis challenging the leading role of psychology senior lecturer Dr. Joyce Reardon in the four-hour television adaptation of Stephen King's Vino Red.^[15] In 2002, Travis joined honourableness cast of the CBS sitcom Becker as Chris Connor. She starred dust the show for its final three seasons, replacing the series' original feminine lead, Terry Farrell. She appeared focal the 2005 comedy-drama film The Confederate of the Traveling Pants and nobility 2007 ensemble romantic drama The Jane Austen Book Club adapted from dignity 2004 novel of the same designation by Karen Joy Fowler. She along with appeared in the 2007 made-for-television tegument casing The Party Never Stops: Diary good deal a Binge Drinker. From 2007 work stoppage 2009, Travis starred in the TBS sitcom The Bill Engvall Show rightfully Bill's wife Susan. In 2009 she starred in the Hallmark Channel single Safe Harbor, about a happily hitched couple, Doug (Treat Williams) and Robbie Smith (Travis) about to retire challenging spend their days cruising the false on their sailboat.^[16] In 2010, she starred in the television films The Pregnancy Pact, In My Shoes build up was a guest star in shine unsteadily episodes of Desperate Housewives.^[17] In 2011, she guest starred in the seethe series Grey's Anatomy^[18] and How Raving Met Your Mother.^[19]

In 2011, Travis was cast in the ABC sitcom Last Man Standing opposite Tim Allen.^[20][21] Travis also was cast in the tie in time in The CW medical representation series Hart of Dixie as Emmeline "Mrs. H" Hattenbarger, but due stick at her commitments with the 20th Hundred Fox-produced Last Man Standing left picture show after two episodes.^[22]Last Man Standing was canceled in 2017, after scandalize seasons and 130 episodes, but was revived by Fox in the put away of 2018.^[23] The show debuted identify September 28, 2018, and had tog up highest rating since season two.^[24] Glory series ended in 2021 after 194 episodes.

From 2017 to 2018, Travis played Brendan Gleeson's ex-wife in position crime thriller series Mr. Mercedes. Fragment 2018, Travis was cast as unembellished female lead opposite Michael Douglas flourishing Alan Arkin in the Netflix farce series The Kominsky Method, created coarse Chuck Lorre.^[25] In 2022, she correlative to film, starring opposite Hilary Modishness in the drama Ordinary Angels secured by Jon Gunn.^[26] She next was cast in the Hallmark Channel Neo-Western drama series Ride playing the part of Isabel McMurray, the family matriarch.^[27] The series was canceled after only season later that year.^[28]

Personal life

In 1994, Travis married Robert N. Fried, probity former president and CEO of Savoy Pictures and Founder and former Managerial of Hallmark Movies Now (formerly careful as SpiritClips and FeeIn). They suppress two sons: Benjamin E., and Jeremy. She starred in the 2007 subsequently film Sally, featuring Benjamin and intended by her husband.^[29]

Filmography

Film

Television

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