Susan Ward was born on April 15, 1976 in Monroe, Louisiana.

Susan signed with the Ford modeling agency in New York when she was just 13. She would be published in a lot of print work while spending time between New York and Louisiana.
Acting lessons would come along as well, although after high school Susan decided to contitopless with her formal education. She attended Northeast Louisiana University as a psychology major for one full year before deciding to turn her attention again back to her show business career.
Before her network stardom on "Sunset Beach", she had other dramatic television roles, beginning with a part on the daytime series "All My Children". In 1996, Susan had a starring role on the short-lived "Malibu Shores", featuring Keri Russell. Susan also made appearances on episodes of "Xena: Warrior Princess", "The X Show" and "Men, Women, and Dogs". In 1997, she broke into the big-screen world with a small part in "Poison Ivy: The New Seduction". Susan then starred in her first feature in 2000's, "The In Crowd", a creepy and dramatic thriller. Mainstream cinema experience continued with supporting roles in comedies like "Shallow Hal" starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Jack Black, and also in the role of Wendy in "Going Greek", both in 2001. Perhaps finding more resilience as an actor in comedy, she would make a major motion-picture splash in 2002 starring in "Would I Lie to You?".
 

Misspellings & aliases:
Susanne, Suzan, Suzanne, Susane, Sussan, Sussann, Sussane, Vard, Waerd, Wahrd, Waerd, Weard, Vahrd, Varde, Warde.