
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 ForActing
- Born12 September 1957 (age 68)
- Place of BirthCornwell Manor, Cornwell, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Rachel Ward

- Known ForActing
- Born12 September 1957 (age 68)
- Place of BirthCornwell Manor, Cornwell, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Rachel's Farm
2023

Palm Beach
2019

Peter Rabbit
2018

The Death and Life of Otto Bloom
2017

An Accidental Soldier
2013

Beautiful Kate
2009
Martha's New Coat
2003

Johnson County War
2002

Bobbie's Girl
2002

The Big House
2001

And Never Let Her Go
2001

On the Beach
2000

My Stepson, My Lover
1997

Twisted
1997

The Ascent
1994

Wide Sargasso Sea
1993

Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
1992

Double Jeopardy
1992

Black Magic
1992

Double Obsession
1992

And the Sea Will Tell
1991

After Dark, My Sweet
1990

How to Get Ahead in Advertising
1989

Shadow of the Cobra
1989

Hotel Colonial
1987

The Good Wife
1987

Fortress
1985

Against All Odds
1984

The Final Terror
1983

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982

Sharky's Machine
1981

Night School
1981
