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.

  • Npe: Rachel Ward
  • Cov Nrov: 15.338
  • Paub Txog: Acting
  • Hnub yug: 1957-09-12
  • Qhov chaw yug: Cornwell Manor, Cornwell, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, UK
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Rachel Ward Movies

  • 1983
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    The Final Terror

    The Final Terror

    5.1 1983 HD

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  • 1984
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    Against All Odds

    Against All Odds

    5.695 1984 HD

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  • 2000
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    On the Beach

    On the Beach

    6.1 2000 HD

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  • 1990
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    After Dark, My Sweet

    After Dark, My Sweet

    5.6 1990 HD

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  • 1982
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    Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

    Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

    6.6 1982 HD

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  • 1993
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    Wide Sargasso Sea

    Wide Sargasso Sea

    5 1993 HD

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  • 1992
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    Christopher Columbus: The Discovery

    Christopher Columbus: The Discovery

    4.9 1992 HD

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  • 1981
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    Sharky's Machine

    Sharky's Machine

    6 1981 HD

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  • 1989
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    How to Get Ahead in Advertising

    How to Get Ahead in Advertising

    6.3 1989 HD

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  • 1987
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    Hotel Colonial

    Hotel Colonial

    5.3 1987 HD

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  • 1985
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    Fortress

    Fortress

    6.9 1985 HD

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  • 2023
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    Rachel's Farm

    Rachel's Farm

    7.5 2023 HD

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  • 2002
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    Johnson County War

    Johnson County War

    5.5 2002 HD

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  • 1981
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    Night School

    Night School

    5.701 1981 HD

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  • 1992
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    Double Jeopardy

    Double Jeopardy

    5.2 1992 HD

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  • 1987
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    The Good Wife

    The Good Wife

    4.8 1987 HD

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  • 1997
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    My Stepson, My Lover

    My Stepson, My Lover

    3.3 1997 HD

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  • 2001
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    And Never Let Her Go

    And Never Let Her Go

    6.6 2001 HD

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  • 2002
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    Bobbie's Girl

    Bobbie's Girl

    4.1 2002 HD

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  • 1992
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    Black Magic

    Black Magic

    3.3 1992 HD

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  • 1991
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    And the Sea Will Tell

    And the Sea Will Tell

    6.4 1991 HD

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  • 2018
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    Peter Rabbit

    Peter Rabbit

    6.7 2018 HD

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  • 1979
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    Christmas Lilies of the Field

    Christmas Lilies of the Field

    5 1979 HD

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  • 1997
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    Twisted

    Twisted

    1 1997 HD

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  • 1994
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    The Ascent

    The Ascent

    5.5 1994 HD

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  • 2017
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    The Death and Life of Otto Bloom

    The Death and Life of Otto Bloom

    7.3 2017 HD

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  • 1992
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    Double Obsession

    Double Obsession

    5.5 1992 HD

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  • 1989
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    Shadow of the Cobra

    Shadow of the Cobra

    7 1989 HD

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  • 2009
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    Beautiful Kate

    Beautiful Kate

    6 2009 HD

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  • 2009
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    Beautiful Kate

    Beautiful Kate

    6 2009 HD

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  • 2013
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    An Accidental Soldier

    An Accidental Soldier

    5.9 2013 HD

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  • 2001
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    The Big House

    The Big House

    3 2001 HD

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  • 2003
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    Martha's New Coat

    Martha's New Coat

    1 2003 HD

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  • 2023
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    Rachel's Farm

    Rachel's Farm

    7.5 2023 HD

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  • 2019
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    Palm Beach

    Palm Beach

    5.3 2019 HD

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  • 2019
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    Palm Beach

    Palm Beach

    5.3 2019 HD

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  • 1981
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    Dynasty

    Dynasty

    6.5 1981 HD

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  • 2006
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    Monarch Cove

    Monarch Cove

    9.5 2006 HD

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  • 2007
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    Rain Shadow

    Rain Shadow

    1 2007 HD

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  • 1983
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    The Thorn Birds

    The Thorn Birds

    7.2 1983 HD

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  • 1999
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    Seasons of Love

    Seasons of Love

    1 1999 HD

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  • 2006
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    Blackbeard

    Blackbeard

    5.1 2006 HD

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  • 2022
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    Darby and Joan

    Darby and Joan

    6.6 2022 HD

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  • 2001
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    And Never Let Her Go

    And Never Let Her Go

    5 2001 HD

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  • 1970
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    And Never Let Her Go

    And Never Let Her Go

    7.3 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    And Never Let Her Go

    And Never Let Her Go

    6 1970 HD

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