Faith Ford
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| Faith Ford | |
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.jpg/220px-Faith_Ford_(1994).jpg) Faith Ford at the 1994 Emmy Awards. |
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| Born | Faith Alexis Ford September 14, 1964 Alexandria, Louisiana |
Faith Alexis Ford (born September 14, 1964 in Alexandria, Louisiana) is an American television and film actress, best known for her role as Corky Sherwood on Murphy Brown.
Born in Alexandria, Louisiana, Ford lived in nearby Pineville and began acting while attending Pineville High School. She moved to New York City at the age of 17 and began to model and find commercial work.
In 1983, Ford gained her first television role on ABC's One Life to Live, her first major gig was on the NBC soap opera Another World, where she played Julia Shearer (a role previously played by Kyra Sedgwick) for several years.
Ford was let go by the producers and soon moved to Hollywood, where she gained a regular role on the shortlived sitcom, The Popcorn Kid, a five-episode appearance on thirtysomething and later her role on Murphy Brown. After a nine-year run, the series ended, and Ford began to work in TV-movies. In 1998 she executive produced her own short-lived sitcom Maggie Winters.
Ford was married to Robert Nottingham from 1989-1996 and has been married to personal trainer/screenwriter Campion Murphy since 1998. Ford's sister, Devon O'Day, hosts country radio programs, owns a media company, and is an author. Ford and Murphy co-produced an original short film, entitled Citation of Merit which appeared in numerous film festivals across the U.S.
Ford starred with Kelly Ripa in Hope & Faith, where she managed a catering business; the sitcom lasted three seasons. The sitcom was pulled from the ABC lineup in May 2006 after a decline in ratings following a switch from Fridays to Tuesdays.
In 2004, she published her own cookbook, Cooking with Faith, and credited her mother and two grandmothers for teaching her how to cook.
Ford also played the mother of a family whose husband had died in Disney's film The Pacifier, which was released in early 2005. In 2007) she appeared in the sitcom, Carpoolers.
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1983 | Another World | Julia Shearer | (TV series) |
| One Life to Live | Muffy Critchlow | (soap opera) | |
| 1988-1998 | Murphy Brown | Corky Sherwood | (TV series) |
| 2003 | Beethoven's 5th | Julia Dempsey | (Film) |
| 2003-2006 | Hope & Faith | Hope Shanowski | (sitcom) |
| 2007 | Carpoolers | Leila Brooker | (sitcom) |
