When she read for the role of Lily Brooks Manning on the series Once and Again, its creators (Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz of thirtysomething fame) initially deemed Ward "too beautiful" for the average single mother to identify with.
Kad se kandidirala za ulogu Lily Brooks Manning u seriji Opet iznova, njeni tvorci (Edward Zwick i Marshall Herskovitz) u početku su smatrali Ward "previše lijepom" da bi je se moglo identificirati s prosječnom majkom.