Nancy Travis

Nancy Travis (born September 21, 1961) is an American actress. She is known for supporting roles in both movies and television. Travis's first job after graduating high school was in the play "It's Hard to be a Jew" at The American Jewish Theatre in New York. She was an intern at the New Jersey Shakespeare Festival where she played minor roles and understudied leading actresses. After that, Travis appeared in a stage version of Neil Simon's Brigh... more

Nancy Travis (born September 21, 1961) is an American actress. She is known for supporting roles in both movies and television. Travis's first job after graduating high school was in the play "It's Hard to be a Jew" at The American Jewish Theatre in New York. She was an intern at the New Jersey Shakespeare Festival where she played minor roles and understudied leading actresses. After that, Travis appeared in a stage version of Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs and was a founding member of the Off-Broadway theater company Naked Angels. She appeared in their Frank Pugliese play "Aven U-Boys", as well as in "King of Connecticut" and "I'm Not Rappaport". She has also starred in Athol Fugard's "My Children, My Africa." She also starred in 3 Men and a Baby (1987) with Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg and Ted Danson. During the 1990s, Travis starred in several films, including the police drama Internal Affairs with Richard Gere and the Mike Myers comedy So I Married an Axe Murderer. She... less