Susan Ward


Susan Ward is an American actress and model.

Career

Ward began modeling at the age of 13, leaving school and moving to New York City to do so, deciding to try her hand at acting several years later. She appeared in the soap opera All My Children in 1995, and was later cast in NBC's short-lived primetime teen drama Malibu Shores, produced by Aaron Spelling.
In late 1996, Ward landed a role on Aaron Spelling's daytime soap opera Sunset Beach, where she played the virginal Meg Cummings. Sunset Beach aired between 1997–99. In 1999 she began to pursue a movie career, and starred as the psychotic Brittany Foster in the 2000 teen thriller The In Crowd. The movie was a commercial disappointment in theaters, but found some success on cable and home video. The following year, Ward played a supporting role in the Farrelly Brothers movie Shallow Hal. She has also acted in numerous other direct-to-DVD movies, and has made guest appearances in various TV shows, most notably Friends.
In 2009, she landed the role Chloe Kmetko, mother of a young gymnast, on the ABC Family drama series Make It or Break It. She was part of the main cast during the show's first two seasons.

Personal life

Ward was born in Monroe, Louisiana. She attended Ouachita Parish High School and graduated from River Oaks High School.
Ward is married to David C. Robinson, the vice-president of Morgan Creek Productions, the movie studio that produced The In Crowd. They met when he cast her as the lead of the film in 1999 and wed on June 4, 2005. Dr. Wayne Keltner, a friend of the bride, performed the ceremony. They welcomed their first child, a boy, Cameron "Spanky" Robinson, on July 4, 2013. She has one brother, Michael Ward.

Filmography

Film

Television