- Born
- Birth nameNancy Ann Travis
- Height5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
- Nancy Travis was born in New York City, to Theresa, a social worker, and Gordon Travis, a sales executive. She lived in Baltimore and Boston before returning to her birthplace to study drama at New York University. Her first job out of school was with New York's American Jewish Theater, after which she hit the road, joining the national tour of Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs." She has maintained a connection to the stage throughout her career. A founding member of the New York-based off-Broadway theater company Naked Angels, she appeared in their production of Frank Pugliese's play "Aven-U Boys, " as well as "King of Connecticut" with Frances McDormand. She also performed in the Broadway run of the award-winning play "I'm Not Rappaport" with Cleavon Little and Judd Hirsch. More recently, she appeared in Athol Fugard's "My Children, My Africa," which the author directed at the La Jolla Playhouse. No stranger to television, Travis starred with Peter Gallagher and Isabella Rossellini in the Tom Cruise-directed segment of the Showtime anthology series Fallen Angels (1993).
- IMDb mini biography by: A. Nonymous
- SpouseRobert N. Fried(April 30, 1994 - present) (2 children)
- Children
- ParentsTheresa TravisGordon Travis
- Curly hair
- Has reunited with two of her Three Men and a Baby (1987) co-stars on other projects. She was in the 2000 TV-movie Running Mates (2000) with Tom Selleck and was a series regular on Becker (1998) with Ted Danson.
- Mother, with husband Robert N. Fried, of sons Benjamin E. Fried (b. 1998) and Jeremy Fried (b. 2001).
- Travis was raised in Baltimore and Boston. She graduated from Framingham North High School (in suburban Boston) in 1979.
- Sister-in-law of Daniel Fried.
- Her ancestry includes Italian and English.
- (On reuniting with Ted Danson while shooting Becker (1998)): I walked in and he just gave me this huge hug like no time had passed.
- To wait for hours to buy a train ticket or to see a doctor is accepted as a normal way of doing things. Privacy is not a great preoccupation, and this is a very crowded country.
- I love zoo sanctuaries.
- The alarming thing in China is the almost total absence of primary care. Even in cities, there are no independent doctors' offices or neighborhood clinics, so people have to go to the hospital for every health care need.
- I wish my real life could be as simple and scripted as it is on television.
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