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Rachel Ward‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1957-09-12

Popularity

star17.0

Rachel Ward

Cornwell Manor, Cornwell, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Rachel Ward

Cornwell Manor, Cornwell, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1957-09-12

Popularity

star17.0

Biography

Rachel Claire Ward AM (born 12 September 1957) is an English-Australian actress, film and television director, screenwriter, and former model who has primarily pursued her career in Australia. During her modelling career, she was featured on the covers of Vogue, Harper's & Queen, and Cosmopolitan magazines. After moving to the United States in 1977, she appeared in television advertisements such as the Lincoln Mercury "Cougar Girl" and Revlon's "Scoundrel Girl". In 1981, she received a Golden Globe Award nomination for "New Star of the Year" for her role in the film Sharky's Machine starring with Burt Reynolds. The following year, she starred in Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid with Steve Martin. Her big break came in 1983, when she starred opposite Richard Chamberlain as the lead role portraying Meggie Cleary in the television miniseries The Thorn Birds, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film. Also in 1983, U.S. audiences voted Ward one of the world's 10 most beautiful women. In 1984, she played Jess in the film noir remake Against All Odds, with Jeff Bridges. After filming Fortress in 1985, she then disappeared from film for a few years to study acting. In 2001, she was again nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film for her role in On the Beach (2000). Also in 2001, she won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Short Fiction Film for The Big House, and Best Australian Film at Flickerfest. The film also won the Film Critics Circle of Australia award, as did her 2003 film Martha's New Coat — which also won the 2003 ATOM Award. In 2005, she was made a Member of the Order of Australia "for service to raising awareness of social justice through lobbying, mentoring and advocacy for the rights of disadvantaged and at-risk young people, and support for the Australian film and television industry". In 2009, she directed her first feature-length film titled Beautiful Kate, adapted by Ward from a 1982 Newton Thornburg novel, and premiered at the Sydney Film Festival. She has been married to the Australian actor Bryan Brown since 1983. They have three children: Rosie, Matilda, and Joe. Matilda Brown is an actress, writer and director.

Movie Credits

The Final Terror

The Final Terror‌
star5.1
calendar 1983

Against All Odds

Against All Odds‌
star5.7
calendar 1984

On the Beach

On the Beach‌
star6.1
calendar 2000

After Dark, My Sweet

After Dark, My Sweet‌
star5.6
calendar 1990

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid‌
star6.6
calendar 1982

Wide Sargasso Sea

Wide Sargasso Sea‌
star5.0
calendar 1993

Christopher Columbus: The Discovery

Christopher Columbus: The Discovery‌
star4.9
calendar 1992

Sharky's Machine

Sharky's Machine‌
star6.0
calendar 1981

How to Get Ahead in Advertising

How to Get Ahead in Advertising‌
star6.3
calendar 1989

Hotel Colonial

Hotel Colonial‌
star5.3
calendar 1987

Fortress

Fortress‌
star6.9
calendar 1985

Rachel's Farm

Rachel's Farm‌
star7.5
calendar 2023

Johnson County War

Johnson County War‌
star5.5
calendar 2002

Night School

Night School‌
star5.7
calendar 1981

Double Jeopardy

Double Jeopardy‌
star5.2
calendar 1992

The Good Wife

The Good Wife‌
star4.8
calendar 1987

My Stepson, My Lover

My Stepson, My Lover‌
star3.3
calendar 1997

And Never Let Her Go

And Never Let Her Go‌
star6.6
calendar 2001

Bobbie's Girl

Bobbie's Girl‌
star4.1
calendar 2002

Black Magic

Black Magic‌
star3.3
calendar 1992

And the Sea Will Tell

And the Sea Will Tell‌
star6.4
calendar 1991

Seasons of Love

Seasons of Love‌
star0.0
calendar 1999

Peter Rabbit

Peter Rabbit‌
star6.7
calendar 2018

Christmas Lilies of the Field

Christmas Lilies of the Field‌
star5.0
calendar 1979

Twisted

Twisted‌
star0.0
calendar 1997

The Ascent

The Ascent‌
star5.5
calendar 1994

The Death and Life of Otto Bloom

The Death and Life of Otto Bloom‌
star7.3
calendar 2017

Double Obsession

Double Obsession‌
star5.5
calendar 1992

Shadow of the Cobra

Shadow of the Cobra‌
star7.0
calendar 1989

Tv Credits

Dynasty

Dynasty‌
star6.4
calendar 1981

Monarch Cove

Monarch Cove‌
star9.5
calendar 2006

Rain Shadow

Rain Shadow‌
star0.0
calendar 2007

The Thorn Birds

The Thorn Birds‌
star7.2
calendar 1983

Johnson County War

Johnson County War‌
star5.0
calendar 2002

Seasons of Love

Seasons of Love‌
star0.0
calendar 1999

Blackbeard

Blackbeard‌
star5.1
calendar 2006

Darby and Joan

Darby and Joan‌
star6.3
calendar 2022

And Never Let Her Go

And Never Let Her Go‌
star5.0
calendar 2001