Susan Ward played Meg Cummings, the woman who left Tim Truman (Dax Griffin) at the altar in Ludlow, Kansas, to search for a man in "Sunset Beach" she knew only through the Internet as "SB."

As a 13-year-old, Ward had every intention of becoming a veterinarian until a modeling agent spotted her in a mall. Accompanied by her mother, Ward headed to New York to look into modeling, seeing it as an opportunity to finance her veterinary training. Little did she know that her week-long adventure in the Big Apple would lead to a contract with the prestigious Ford modeling agency. Over the next several years, Ward traveled back and forth between New York and her home in Monroe, Louisiana, building a modeling career and subsequently completing high school and several college courses.

After appearing in numerous public service announcements for the Northeast Louisiana Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association, she began taking acting lessons and soon thereafter embarked on an acting career. She captured a small role on the daytime drama "All My Children" and a year later returned to the show as a recurring player. In June of 1995, she auditioned for a part on Aaron Spelling's primetime NBC series "Malibu Shores." Six months later, she was asked to fly to Los Angeles to test for the role, which she won.

Ward is single and lives in Los Angeles. As a child, she raced the BMX bicycle circuit in Louisiana, but now enjoys a more relaxing mode of transportation: inline skating. She loves animals, the outdoors and enjoys the company of a good book, especially a classic or a murder mystery. Her birthday is April 15.