<P> Nancy Ann Travis (born September 21, 1961) is an American actress . She began her career on Off - Broadway theater, before her first leading screen role in the ABC television miniseries Harem opposite Omar Sharif . Her breakthrough came in 1987, playing Sylvia Bennington in the comedy film Three Men and a Baby, she later starred in its sequel, Three Men and a Little Lady (1990). </P> <P> Travis has starred in many films, include Internal Affairs (1990), Air America (1990), Passed Away (1992), Chaplin (1992), So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993), Greedy (1994), and Fluke (1995). On television, Travis in 1995 went to star in the CBS sitcom Almost Perfect, which ran two seasons, and short - lived Work with Me (1999). In 2002, she played a leading role in the ABC miniseries Rose Red, and later joined the cast of CBS sitcom Becker for its final two seasons . </P> <P> From 2011 to 2017, Travis starred as Vanessa Baxter in the ABC sitcom Last Man Standing . In 2018, she began starring opposite Michael Douglas in the Netflix comedy series The Kominsky Method . </P> <P> Travis was born in New York City, the daughter of Theresa, a social worker, and Gordon Travis, a sales executive . Travis was raised in Boston, Massachusetts, and Baltimore, Maryland . She was raised Catholic . </P>

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