Rachel Ward
Rachel Claire Ward (born at
Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire,
September 12 1957), granddaughter of the
Third Earl of Dudley, is an
English actress (and more recently, a director) who has made most of her career in
Australia.She attended the
Byam Shaw School of Art in
London before leaving at 16 to become a top fashion model. In
1983 she was voted one of the ten most beautiful women in the
United States.
She became well known when she starred opposite
Richard Chamberlain in the television mini-series
The Thorn Birds. She disappeared from pictures for three years and studied acting. Ward then reappeared in
1987, playing opposite her husband,
Bryan Brown (whom she met on the set of
The Thorn Birds), in
The Good Wife. Married since 1983, they have three children: Rosie, Matilda (who has followed her parents into the acting profession), and Joe.
She briefly dated
David Kennedy, son of
Robert F Kennedy.In 2003, a portrait of Rachel Ward by artist Jan Williamson won the Packing Room award at the
Archibald Prize.
Martha's New Coat (
2003)
Bobbie's Girl (
2002)
Johnson County War (2002)
And Never Let Her Go (Made for TV) (
2001)
On the Beach (Made for TV) (
2000)
My Stepson, My Lover (Made for TV) (
1997)
Double Obsession (
1994)
The Ascent (1994)
Wide Sargasso Sea (
1993)
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (
1992)
Double Jeopardy (Made for TV) (1992)
Black Magic (Made for TV) (1992)
And the Sea Will Tell (Made for TV) (
1991)
After Dark, My Sweet (
1990)
How to Get Ahead in Advertising (
1989)
Shadow of the Cobra (Made for TV) (1989)
Hotel Colonial (
1987)
The Good Wife (1987)
*
Fortress (Made for TV) (1986)
*Against All Odds (1984)
*The Thorn Birds
*The Final Terror (1983)
*Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
*Sharky's Machine (1981)
*Night School (1981)
*Christmas Lilies of the Field'' (
1979)
