Nancy Travis

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Nancy Travis
Born	September 21 1961 (1961-09-21) (age 48) New York City, New York

Nancy Travis (born September 21, 1961) is an American actress. She is known for supporting roles in both movies and television.

1 Biography
- 1.1 Career
- 1.2 Personal life
2 Filmography
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Career

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 NYC. 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". Another Broadway play Travis appeared in was "I'm Not Rappaport". She has also starred in Athol Fugard's "My Children, My Africa".

During the 1990s, Travis starred in several film roles, including the highly-acclaimed drama Internal Affairs and the cult comedy classic So I Married an Axe Murderer. She appeared in the television sitcom Becker from 2002 to 2004, replacing Terry Farrell, and now plays Susan Pearson on the Bill Engvall Show.

[edit] Personal life

Travis was born in New York City and raised in Massachusetts. She lived in Baltimore as well as Boston during her childhood. In 1994, Travis married former President and CEO of Savoy Pictures Robert N. Fried.^[1] Travis was raised Catholic and now embraces her husband's Jewish religion, although she has not formally converted.^[2]