Background
Ford was born as Alexis Ford in Alexandria, Louisiana, the younger daughter of Pat, a schoolteacher, and Charles Ford, an insurance agent.
Ford was born as Alexis Ford in Alexandria, Louisiana, the younger daughter of Pat, a schoolteacher, and Charles Ford, an insurance agent.
Ford lived in nearby Pineville and began acting while attending Pineville High School. She moved to Manhattan at the age of 17 and began to model and find commercial work. In 1983, Ford gained her first television role on American Broadcasting Company"s One Life to Live.
Her first major role was on the National Broadcasting Company soap opera Another World, where she played Julia Shearer (a role previously played by Kyra Sedgwick) for several years.
Ford was let go by the producers and soon moved to Hollywood, where she got a regular role on the short-lived sitcom, The Popcorn Kid, a five-episode appearance on thirtysomething and later her role on Murphy Brown. After a ten-year run, the series ended, and Ford immediately pursued other television endeavors.
In 1998, she executive produced her own short-lived sitcom Maggie Winters. Ford also appeared on The Norm Show with Norm Macdonald, Laurie Metcalf and Artie Lange from 1999 to 2001.
The show was pulled from the American Broadcasting Company lineup in May 2006 after a decline in ratings following a switch from Fridays to Tuesdays.
Ford played the mother of a family whose husband had died in Disney"s film The Pacifier, which was released in early 2005. In 2007, she appeared in the sitcom, Carpoolers. In June 2009, she spoke about her series and the future of digital programming at the Digital Content NewFront.
In 2011, Ford appeared in the teen film Prom made by Disney.
Ford played the role of Kitty Prescott, the mother of main character Nova Prescott, played by Aimee Teegarden.
Married Robert Nottingham, 1989 (divorced 1996). Married Campion Murphy, June 27, 1998.