Editing Nancy Travis (section)

== Career ==
Travis's first job after graduating from high school was in a play, ''It's Hard to Be a Jew'', at The American Jewish Theatre in NYC. She also acted in commercials, notably for Twinkies and Levi's Jeans.<ref name=tvg>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/nancy-travis/bio/3030192121/|title=Nancy Travis|website=TVGuide.com}}</ref> 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''. She made her Broadway debut in ''[[I'm Not Rappaport]]'' in 1985.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/nancy-travis-100857|title=Nancy Travis – Broadway Cast & Staff &#124; IBDB|website=www.ibdb.com}}</ref> She starred in [[Athol Fugard]]'s ''My Children, My Africa''. In 1985, Travis made her screen debut playing a supporting role in the made-for-television biographical film ''[[Malice in Wonderland (1985 film)|Malice in Wonderland]]'' starring [[Elizabeth Taylor]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/414885/malice-in-wonderland/|title=Malice in Wonderland|website=Turner Classic Movies}}</ref> The following year she received a star-billing role in the two-part ABC miniseries, ''Harem'' opposite [[Omar Sharif]].<ref name=allm/> She later made guest-starring appearances in television series ''[[Spenser: For Hire]]'' and ''[[Tales from the Darkside]]''.

In 1987, Travis made her big screen debut playing Sylvia Bennington in the comedy film ''[[Three Men and a Baby]]'' starring [[Tom Selleck]], [[Steve Guttenberg]], and [[Ted Danson]]. The film was one of the biggest American box office hits of 1987 grossing $240 million worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/1987/|title=Domestic Box Office For 1987|website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref> She reprised her role in its sequel, ''[[Three Men and a Little Lady]]'' in 1990. In 1988, Travis had supporting roles in two films: crime comedy ''[[Married to the Mob]]'', and the sports drama ''[[Eight Men Out]]''. She starred opposite [[Hal Holbrook]] and [[Eva Marie Saint]] in the made-for-television Christmas drama film ''[[I'll Be Home for Christmas (1988 film)|I'll Be Home for Christmas]]'' later in 1988. In 1990, Travis starred in four films: she starred as the female lead and wife of [[Andy García]]'s character in the crime thriller ''[[Internal Affairs (film)|Internal Affairs]]'', the action comedy and box-office bomb ''[[Loose Cannons (1990 film)|Loose Cannons]]'', starred alongside [[Mel Gibson]] and [[Robert Downey Jr.]] in the action comedy ''[[Air America (film)|Air America]]'' and ''Three Men and a Little Lady''. In 1992 she starred opposite [[Bob Hoskins]] in the comedy film ''[[Passed Away (film)|Passed Away]]'' and was featured in the 
biographical film ''[[Chaplin (film)|Chaplin]]'' opposite [[Robert Downey Jr.]], portraying [[Joan Barry (American actress)|Joan Barry]], the woman who filed a paternity suit against Chaplin. The following year, Travis starred alongside [[Jeff Bridges]] and [[Kiefer Sutherland]] in the psychological thriller ''[[The Vanishing (1993 film)|The Vanishing]]'', and starred in the romantic comedy-drama ''[[So I Married an Axe Murderer]]'' as the bride of [[Mike Myers (actor)|Mike Myers]]' character.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/so_i_married_an_axe_murderer|title=So I Married an Axe Murderer - Rotten Tomatoes|date=July 30, 1993|website=www.rottentomatoes.com}}</ref> Travis also starred with [[Peter Gallagher]] and [[Isabella Rossellini]] in the [[Tom Cruise]]-directed episode of the [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] neo-noir anthology series ''[[Fallen Angels (American TV series)|Fallen Angels]]'' in 1993. Travis starred alongside [[Michael J. Fox]] in the comedy film ''[[Greedy (film)|Greedy]]'' in 1994. The following year she went to star in the [[box office bomb]] fantasy drama film ''[[Fluke (film)|Fluke]]'',<ref>[https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=fluke.htm Fluke (1995)], Box Office Mojo</ref> the action-comedy ''[[Destiny Turns on the Radio]]'' with [[Dylan McDermott]], and the HBO crime thriller ''Body Language'' opposite [[Tom Berenger]]. In 1996, Travis appeared in [[Whoopi Goldberg]]'s comedy film, ''[[Bogus (film)|Bogus]]''.

In 1995, Travis moved to television with the leading role as a female executive producer of a television cop show, in the CBS sitcom ''[[Almost Perfect]]''.<ref name=allm/> The show was canceled after two seasons. She did voice-over work in the animated series ''[[Duckman]]'' from 1994 to 1997. She starred in an episode of [[Robert Altman]]'s anthology series, ''[[Gun (TV series)|Gun]]'' in 1997, and went to star and produce [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]] romantic drama film, ''[[My Last Love]]'' (1999).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/my_last_love_1999|title=My Last Love - Rotten Tomatoes|date=February 7, 2020|website=www.rottentomatoes.com}}</ref> In 1999, Travis also produced and starred and in the short-lived CBS sitcom ''[[Work with Me]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0210464/ |title="Work with Me" (1999)|work=[[Internet Movie Database]]|access-date=2011-12-11}}</ref> Due to low ratings, the show was cancelled after four episodes.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/1999/tv/news/cbs-pink-slips-work-with-me-1117756951/|title=CBS pink slips 'Work With Me'|last=Pursell|first=Chris|date=October 25, 1999|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=2009-07-03}}</ref> The following year she returned to cinema playing supporting role in the drama film ''[[Auggie Rose]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/auggie_rose|title=Auggie Rose - Rotten Tomatoes|date=July 24, 2001|website=www.rottentomatoes.com}}</ref> She also starred in the political comedy-drama film ''[[Running Mates (2000 film)|Running Mates]]'' with ''Three Men and a Baby'' co-star [[Tom Selleck]].

In 2002, Travis had the leading role of psychology professor Dr. Joyce Reardon in the four-hour television adaptation of ''[[Stephen King's Rose Red]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/feature/a3403/abc-fall-miniseries-full-details.html|title=ABC Fall miniseries: Full details|last=Wilkes|first=Neil|date=Jul 18, 2001|work=[[Digital Spy]]|access-date=2011-12-11}}</ref> In 2002, Travis joined the cast of the CBS sitcom ''[[Becker (TV series)|Becker]]'' as Chris Connor. She starred in the show for its final two seasons, replacing the series' original female lead, [[Terry Farrell (actress)|Terry Farrell]]. She appeared in the 2005 comedy-drama film ''[[The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants]]'' and the 2007 ensemble romantic drama ''[[The Jane Austen Book Club (film)|The Jane Austen Book Club]]'' adapted from the [[The Jane Austen Book Club|2004 novel of the same name]] by [[Karen Joy Fowler]]. She also appeared in the 2007 made-for-television film ''[[The Party Never Stops: Diary of a Binge Drinker]]''. From 2007 to 2009, Travis starred in the TBS sitcom ''[[The Bill Engvall Show]]'' as Bill's wife Susan. In 2009 she starred in the [[Hallmark Channel]] film ''[[Safe Harbor (film)|Safe Harbor]]'', about a happily married couple, Doug ([[Treat Williams]]) and Robbie Smith (Travis) about to retire and spend their days cruising the world on their sailboat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boyshome.com/htm/for_release_on_january_21.htm|title=Christian Therapeutic Boarding School – Safe Harbor Boys Home|work=Safe Harbor}}</ref> In 2010, she starred in the television films ''[[The Pregnancy Pact]]'', ''In My Shoes'' and was a guest star in two episodes of ''[[Desperate Housewives]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2010/09/16/desperate-housewives-nancy-travis/|title='Desperate Housewives' Exclusive: Nancy Travis is B.A.G.'s mom!|last=Ausiello|first=Michael|date=Sep 16, 2010|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=2011-12-11}}</ref> In 2011, she guest starred in the television series ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/s46/greys-anatomy/news/a300492/nancy-travis-lands-greys-anatomy-role.html|title=Nancy Travis lands 'Grey's Anatomy' role|last=Wightman|first= Catriona|date=Jan 27, 2011|work=[[Digital Spy]]|access-date=2011-12-11}}</ref> and ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/news/a301606/nancy-travis-signs-for-himym-role.html|title=Nancy Travis signs for 'HIMYM' role|last=Jeffery|first= Morgan|date=Feb 2, 2011|work=[[Digital Spy]]|access-date=2011-12-11}}</ref>

In 2011, Travis was cast in the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] sitcom ''[[Last Man Standing (American TV series)|Last Man Standing]]'' opposite [[Tim Allen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.buzzsugar.com/ABC-2011-Pilots-Including-Good-Christian-Belles-Charlies-Angels-Once-Upon-Time-Pan-Am-Last-Man-Standing-Scandal-Revenge-16518382|title=ABC 2011 Pilots Including Good Christian Belles, Charlie's Angels, Once Upon a Time, Pan Am, Last Man Standing, Scandal, Revenge|author=Becky Kirsch|work=POPSUGAR Entertainment|access-date=11 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a311867/nancy-travis-joins-abc-tim-allen-pilot/|title=Nancy Travis joins ABC Tim Allen pilot|first=Morgan|last=Jeffery|date=Mar 30, 2011|website=Digital Spy|access-date=Oct 8, 2019}}</ref> Travis also was cast in the same time in [[The CW Television Network|The CW]] medical drama series ''[[Hart of Dixie]]'' as Emmeline "Mrs. H" Hattenbarger, but due to her commitments with the 20th Century Fox-produced ''Last Man Standing'' left the show after two episodes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvfanatic.com/2011/03/coming-this-fall-to-the-cw/ |title=Coming This Fall to The CW...|work=TV Fanatic|date=March 12, 2011 |access-date=2011-12-11}}</ref> ''Last Man Standing'' was canceled in 2017, after six seasons and 130 episodes, but was revived by Fox in the fall of 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2018/05/14/fox-picked-up-last-man-standing-after-being-emboldened-by-response-to-roseanne/|title=Fox picked up 'Last Man Standing' after being 'emboldened' by response to 'Roseanne'|newspaper=Washington Post|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514223825/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2018/05/14/fox-picked-up-last-man-standing-after-being-emboldened-by-response-to-roseanne/|archive-date=2018-05-14|url-status=dead|access-date=2018-07-03}}</ref> The show debuted on September 28, 2018, and had its highest rating since season two.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/last-man-standing-ratings-fox-1202962065/|title=TV Ratings: 'Last Man Standing' Surges in Fox Debut|first1=Joe|last1=Otterson|date=Sep 29, 2018|access-date=Oct 8, 2019}}</ref> The series ended in 2021 after 194 episodes.

From 2017 to 2018, Travis played [[Brendan Gleeson]]'s ex-wife in the crime thriller series ''[[Mr. Mercedes (TV series)|Mr. Mercedes]]''. In 2018, Travis was cast as a female lead opposite [[Michael Douglas]] and [[Alan Arkin]] in the Netflix comedy series ''[[The Kominsky Method]]'', created by [[Chuck Lorre]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/01/the-kominsky-method-nancy-travis-cast-netflix-comedy-series-1202240687/|title='The Kominsky Method': Nancy Travis To Co-Star In Netflix Comedy Series|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|date=11 January 2018}}</ref> In 2022, she returned to film, starring opposite [[Hilary Swank]] in the drama ''[[Ordinary Angels (film)|Ordinary Angels]]'' directed by [[Jon Gunn]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/04/ordinary-angels-adds-nancy-travis-tamala-jones-more-1235005018/|title=Kingdom Story Company's 'Ordinary Angels' Adds Nancy Travis, Tamala Jones & More|first1=Matt|last1=Grobar|date=April 18, 2022}}</ref> She next was cast in the Hallmark Channel Neo-Western drama series ''[[Ride (2023 TV series)|Ride]]'' playing the role of Isabel McMurray, the family matriarch.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/rice-hallmark-cast-nancy-travis-beau-mirchoff-tyler-jacob-moore-1235084805/|title=Nancy Travis & Tiera Skovbye Join Cast Of Hallmark Channel's 'Ride'; Beau Mirchoff & Tyler Jacob Moore Also Star|first1=Lynette|last1=Rice|date=August 4, 2022}}</ref> The series was canceled after one season later that year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/11/ride-canceled-by-hallmark-after-one-season-1235616909/|title='Ride' Canceled By Hallmark After One Season|first=Lynette|last=Rice|date=November 17, 2023}}</ref>