Sela Ward stepping into 'CSI: NY' this fall

[July 14, 2010]  NEW YORK (AP) -- Sela Ward is coming aboard "CSI: NY."

CBS said Tuesday that Ward will join the crime drama this fall for its seventh season. She will play an experienced investigator arriving from Washington, D.C.

Ward won best actress Emmys for her roles on the dramas "Sisters" and "Once and Again." She also landed a Golden Globe award for "Once and Again."

She will replace exiting cast member Melina Kanakaredes (kah-nah-KAH'-ree-deez), whose departure was announced Monday. The show resumes production on July 28.

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