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Known for
Actor
Gender
Female
Birthday
21 September
Location
New York, United States
Edit pageNancy Travis
Biography
Nancy Travis is an American actress and producer, born on September 21, 1961, in New York City, New York, USA. She studied drama at New York University and began her acting career in theatre, performing with the American Jewish Theater and appearing in the national tour of Brighton Beach Memoirs. She later became a founding member of the Off-Broadway theatre company, Naked Angels.
She gained widespread recognition for playing Sylvia Bennington in the comedy film Three Men and a Baby (1987), reprising the role in Three Men and a Little Lady (1990). Her other notable film appearances include Married to the Mob (1988), Eight Men Out (1988), Air America (1990), Internal Affairs (1990), Chaplin (1992), The Vanishing (1993), So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993) and Greedy (1994).
Television Career
Travis has also enjoyed a successful television career. She starred as Chris Connor in the sitcom Becker (2001–2004) and as Vanessa Baxter in Last Man Standing (2011–2021). Other television credits include Rose Red (2002), The Bill Engvall Show (2007–2009), The Kominsky Method (2018–2019), Mr. Mercedes (2017–2018) and Ride (2023).
Personal Life
Nancy Travis married film producer Robert N. Fried in 1994. The couple have two sons, Benjamin and Jeremy.
