Rachel Ward

Rachel Ward

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.
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1957-09-12
Place of Birth: Cornwell Manor, Cornwell, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Also Known As: Рэйчел Уорд

Movies List of Rachel Ward

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The Final Terror

1983 Movie
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Against All Odds

1984 Movie
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On the Beach

2000 Movie
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After Dark, My Sweet

1990 Movie
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Wide Sargasso Sea

1993 Movie
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Sharky's Machine

1981 Movie
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Hotel Colonial

1987 Movie
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Fortress

1985 Movie
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Rachel's Farm

2023 Movie
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Johnson County War

2002 Movie
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Night School

1981 Movie
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Double Jeopardy

1992 Movie
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The Good Wife

1987 Movie
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My Stepson, My Lover

1997 Movie
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And Never Let Her Go

2001 Movie
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Bobbie's Girl

2002 Movie
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Black Magic

1992 Movie
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And the Sea Will Tell

1991 Movie
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Peter Rabbit

2018 Movie
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Twisted

1997 Movie
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The Ascent

1994 Movie
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Double Obsession

1992 Movie
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Shadow of the Cobra

1989 Movie