--- name: "Nancy Travis" canonical: "https://film.one/person/nancy-travis" fi1m_id: "nancy-travis" imdb_id: "nm0001802" tmdb_id: 18331 wikidata_id: "Q233042" roles: ["Actor"] born: "21 September 1961" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 64 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-24T22:24:38.546303+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Nancy Travis ## Identity Nancy Travis - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nancy-travis - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** nancy-travis - **IMDb ID:** nm0001802 - **TMDB ID:** 18331 - **Wikidata ID:** Q233042 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Travis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q233042, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001802/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18331 Actor. Born 21 September 1961 in New York City, New York, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 21 September 1961, New York City, New York, USA - **Active:** 1993–present - **Also known as:** Nancy Ann Travis - **Average Fi1m score:** 64, as actor, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 72 (1), 2020s 56 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Travis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q233042, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001802/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18331 ## Streaming the US now - **Netflix:** [*Ordinary Angels*](https://film.one/film/ordinary-angels.md) (56) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Nancy Travis is an American actress. Born on 21 September 1961 in New York City, she studied drama at New York University and began her career in New York theatre, including work with the American Jewish Theater and the national tour of Neil Simon's *Brighton Beach Memoirs*. She is a founding member of the off-Broadway company Naked Angels. Travis's screen breakthrough came with the role of Sylvia Bennington in *3 Men and a Baby* (1987) and its sequel *3 Men and a Little Lady* (1990). She has appeared in films including *Chaplin* (1992), *So I Married an Axe Murderer* (1993) and *The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants* (2005), and played Barbara in *Ordinary Angels* (2024). On television she has had recurring and starring roles in series such as *Desperate Housewives*, *How I Met Your Mother*, *The Kominsky Method* and the long-running *Last Man Standing*. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Ordinary Angels* (2024), Fi1m 56, as Barbara Schmitt — [page](https://film.one/film/ordinary-angels.md) - *Fallen Angels* (1993), Fi1m 72, as Bette Allison — [page](https://film.one/tv/fallen-angels-1993.md) ## Complete filmography (68) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Rescued by Faith: The Connie and Larry Van Oosten Story* (2026), as Connie Van Oosten - *Sovereign* (2025), as Patty Bouchart - *Grosse Pointe Garden Society* (2025), series, as Patty - *Shifting Gears* (2025), series, as Charlotte - *Ordinary Angels* (2024), as Barbara Schmitt — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/ordinary-angels.md) - *Animus* (2023), as Serafina - *Ride* (2023), series, as Isabel McMurray - *Night of the Animated Dead* (2021), as Helen Cooper (voice) - *Married Young* (2019), as Rachel - *The Kominsky Method* (2018), series, as Lisa - *Bernard and Huey* (2018), as Mona - *The Submarine Kid* (2016), as Mrs. Koll - *Squatters* (2014), as Carol - *Last Man Standing* (2011), series, as Vanessa Baxter - *Hart of Dixie* (2011), series, as Emmeline Hattenbarger - *A Walk in My Shoes* (2010), as Trish Fahey - *The Pregnancy Pact* (2010), as Lorraine Dougan - *Safe Harbor* (2009), as Robbie - *The Jane Austen Book Club* (2007), as Cat - *The Bill Engvall Show* (2007), series, as Susan Pearson - *The Party Never Stops: Diary of a Binge Drinker* (2007), as April Brenner - *How I Met Your Mother* (2005), series, as Cheryl Whittaker — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/how-i-met-your-mother.md) - *The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants* (2005), as Lydia Rodman - *Grey's Anatomy* (2005), series, as Allison Baker — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/greys-anatomy.md) - *Numb3rs* (2005), series, as Jane Karellen - *Medium* (2005), series, as Laura Swenson - *Desperate Housewives* (2004), series, as Dr. Mary Wagner — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/desperate-housewives.md) - *NCIS* (2003), series, as Harriet Parker — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/ncis.md) - *Rose Red* (2002), series, as Joyce Reardon - *Running Mates* (2000), as Jennifer 'Jenny' Pryce - *Auggie Rose* (2000), as Carol - *Work with Me* (1999), series, as Julie Better · Producer - *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Winifred Humphreys - *My Last Love* (1999), as Susan Morton · Producer - *Becker* (1998), series, as Chris Connor - *The Wild Thornberrys* (1998), series, as Cat (voice) - *Gun* (1997), series, as Diane - *Superman: The Animated Series* (1996), series, as Darci Mason (voice) - *Bogus* (1996), as Lorraine Franklin - *The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest* (1996), series, as Captain Spencer (voice) - *Almost Perfect* (1995), series, as Kim Cooper - *Body Language* (1995), as Atty. Theresa Janice 'T.J.' Harlow - *Fluke* (1995), as Carol Johnson - *Destiny Turns on the Radio* (1995), as Lucille - *Cybill* (1995), series, Actor - *Lieberman in Love* (1995), as Kate - *Duckman* (1994), series, as Bernice (voice) - *Greedy* (1994), as Robin - *Liebling Hälst du Mal Die Axt Mike Myers* (1993), Actor's Assistant - *Fallen Angels* (1993), series, as Bette Allison — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/fallen-angels-1993.md) - *So I Married an Axe Murderer* (1993), as Harriet Michaels - *The Vanishing* (1993), as Rita Baker - *Chaplin* (1992), as Joan Barry - *Passed Away* (1992), as Cassie Slocombe - *3 Men and a Little Lady* (1990), as Sylvia Bennington - *Air America* (1990), as Corinne Landreaux - *Loose Cannons* (1990), as Riva - *Internal Affairs* (1990), as Kathleen Avila - *I'll Be Home for Christmas* (1988), as Leah Bundy - *Eight Men Out* (1988), as Lyra Williams - *Married to the Mob* (1988), as Karen Lutnick - *3 Men and a Baby* (1987), as Sylvia Bennington - *Worlds Beyond* (1986), series, as Sally - *Harem* (1986), as Jessica Gray - *Harem* (1986), series, as Jessica Gray - *High School Narc* (1985), as Judy - *Malice in Wonderland* (1985), as Ann - *Tales from the Darkside* (1984), series, as Laura ## Gallery - ![Nancy Travis](https://film.one/media/person/1257323/gallery-25126c1b9176.jpg) Nancy Travis — MingleMediaTVNetwork, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Nancy_Travis_2012.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Star of The Vanishing, So I Married an Axe Murderer, and Becker. NYC Nov '16. (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/1257323/gallery-25d5263bc407.jpg) Star of The Vanishing, So I Married an Axe Murderer, and Becker. NYC Nov '16. (2016) — Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Nancy_Travis_%2831152013781%29.jpg/1280px-Nancy_Travis_%2831152013781%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Nancy Travis](https://film.one/media/person/1257323/gallery-a37caeba2d5b.jpg) Nancy Travis — Image via TMDB - ![Nancy Travis](https://film.one/media/person/1257323/gallery-250120d7f186.jpg) Nancy Travis — Image via TMDB - ![Nancy Travis](https://film.one/media/person/1257323/gallery-3355b510c60a.jpg) Nancy Travis — Image via TMDB - ![Nancy Travis](https://film.one/media/person/1257323/gallery-2df832c7c3dd.jpg) Nancy Travis — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. 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