Haleigh Ward
- Actress
Haleigh Nicole Ward was born on the 21 February 1998, in Long Beach,
California, to Michael and Brandi Ward. She has two younger sisters,
Bryce Mackenzie and Lana Lauren. Haleigh has a wonderful extended
family that supports her in her pursuit of an acting career. She is
small for her age, still under 5 feet tall, which gives her the
opportunity to play a much younger character as she did in the movie
Norbit (2007) with
Eddie Murphy. Haleigh enjoys
playing sports and is very active in church. Haleigh attended a private
Christian School from preschool through 3rd grade and half of 4th
grade, excelling in her studies from a young age. She has most recently
transferred into a local Public School, where she continues to do very
well with her studies. Haleigh loves school; her favorite subjects are
science, writing composition and drama, and she has had roles in the
schools productions. Showing an interest in acting, singing and dancing
at a very young age, she would put on talent shows or make-up
commercials and perform for her family. She is very creative and well
liked by her peers. She became more persistent in pursuing her acting,
so in 2006 she started doing some background work to fill in the gaps
in between auditioning for theatrical and commercial roles. Several
times, she got the opportunity to be put in as a featured character and
was adored by everyone she worked with. She has enjoyed doing several
TV shows, but she will tell you, her favorite so far was playing Carly
on My Boys (2006). Haleigh has done
several other students films and booked some roles just by word of
mouth. Haleigh has studied with Devon Odessa from Hollywood Kids, and
Talent To Go with Francene Selkirk For commercial & Theatrical, she has
also had the opportunity to Work with John Kirby on a few occasions and
hopes to do more in the near future. Haleigh is very dedicated to the
pursuit of an acting career; she works very hard and always strives for
excellence in everything she does.