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My Take
Ford is, to my mind, an underrated craftswoman of comic timing. Five Emmy nominations for Corky Sherwood on Murphy Brown is no accident; making people laugh on cue is far harder than drama lets on, and she made it look effortless. I appreciate how she carried a warm, sunlit Southern energy from Alexandria, Louisiana onto the screen, then led her own show in Hope & Faith. She never seemed to chase prestige so much as reliability and charm, and I find that kind of steady, audience-first performer quietly invaluable to the shows lucky enough to have her.
Overview
Faith Alexis Ford (born September 14, 1964) is an American actress. She played Corky Sherwood on the CBS sitcom Murphy Brown, receiving five Primetime Emmy Award nominations. She also played Hope Shanowski on the ABC sitcom Hope & Faith.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Faith Ford
- Name (Japanese)
- フェイス・フォード
- Reading
- ふぇいす・ふぉーど
- Born
- September 14, 1964 (age 61)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Dragon
- Origin
- Alexandria, Louisiana, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 170 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- model / television actor / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Pineville High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Model — see all → · Television actor — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.