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Rachel Claire Ward (born September 12, 1957 in Cornwell Manor, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire , England) is a British-Australian film actress , director and screenwriter .
life and career
Rachel Ward is of aristocratic origin and attended private schools as a child. She studied art in Paris and then started working as a model. In 1976 she moved to the USA and in 1983 she was named one of the most beautiful women in the world. In 1981 she made her first major actress appearance in Sharky and His Pros at the side of Burt Reynolds . She received a nomination for this role Golden Globe as Best Young Actress .
In the late 1970s, Ward was dating David A. Kennedy . Rachel Ward became internationally known through the multi-part television series The Thorn Birds . While filming in 1982, she met Bryan Brown , whom she married the following year. The two are parents to three children, including actress Matilda Brown . Once again, the two stood in the temptation expire together in front of the camera. While she always remained a star in her adopted country of Australia, she was only kept in Hollywood and in Europe by the two roles of a " femme fatale " in the remake Against Every Chance and in the comedy Tote Wear No Checks on the side of Steve Martin in Memory. In 2002 she starred in the TV movie Bobbie's Girl with Bernadette Peters and Thomas Sangster .
Rachel Ward has also worked as a director and screenwriter since 2000.
Filmography (selection)
- 1981: Terror Eyes - Der Frauenköpfer (Night School)
- 1981: Sharky and his pros (Sharky's Machine)
- 1982: Dead Men Do not Wear Plaid (Dead Men Do not Wear Plaid)
- 1983: The Thorn Birds (The Thorn Birds)
- 1984: Against All Odds (Against All Odds)
- 1985: Fortress - You are fighting for your life
- 1987: Hotel Colonial
- 1987: Falling into Temptation (The Good Wife)
- 1989: A Successful Man (How to Get Ahead in Advertising)
- 1990: After Dark, My Sweet
- 1991: Only the Sea Knows the Truth ( And the Sea Will Tell , Movie made for TV)
- 1992: Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
- 1992: Murderous Triangle (Double Jeopardy)
- 1993: Sargasso Sea - In the Sea of Passion (Wide Sargasso Sea)
- 2000: USS Charleston - The Last Hope of Mankind (On the Beach)
- 2006: Blackbeard - Pirates of the Caribbean ( Blackbeard , television multi- parter)
- 2006: Monarch Cove (TV series)
- 2007: Rain Shadow (TV series)
- 2018: Peter Hase (Peter Rabbit)
Directorial work
- 2000: The Big House
- 2000: Blindman Bluff
- 2003: Martha's New Coat
- 2006: Two Twisted
- 2009: Beautiful Kate
- 2010: Rake, 2 episodes
scriptwriter
- 2000: The Big House
- 2000: Blindman Bluff
- 2009: Beautiful Kate
Web links
- Rachel Ward in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- New Town Films - Official website of Rachel Ward and Bryan Brown
- Literature by and about Rachel Ward in the catalog of the German National Library
- Rachel Ward in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ward, Rachel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ward, Rachel Claire (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British-Australian film actress, director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 12, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cornwell Manor, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire , England , UK |