Profile
Rachel Ward
Australian Actress and Film Director
Female
Born
Sep 12, 1957
Age
55
Hometown
Chipping Norton
Other Names
Rachel Claire Ward
Rachel Claire Ward AM is a British actress, columnist, film director, and screenwriter who has primarily pursued her career in Australia.
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Rachel Ward
Age 55
parents
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Peter Alistair WardFather -
Claire Leonora BaringMother, Age 77
siblings
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Alexander Evelyn Giles WardBrother, Age 52
children
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RosieDaughter, Age 29
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Matilda BrownDaughter, Age 26
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Joe BrownSon, Age 21
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Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1957
Birth
Born on September 12, 1957.
TWENTIES
1981
23 Years Old
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.
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Her big break came in 1983 when she starred opposite Richard Chamberlain as the lead role portraying Meggie Cleary in the television mini-series The Thorn Birds, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film.
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1984
26 Years Old
In 1984, she played Jess in the film-noir remake Against All Odds, with Jeff Bridges.
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1987
29 Years Old
She reappeared in 1987 playing opposite her husband, Bryan Brown (whom she met on the set of The Thorn Birds), in The Umbrella Woman.
FORTIES
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).
The film also won the Film Critics Circle of Australia Award, as did her 2003 film Martha's New Coat.
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2005
47 Years Old
In 2005, Ward 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."
2007
49 Years Old
In 2007, Ward returned to television, headlining the new ABC drama Rain Shadow.
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FIFTIES
2009
51 Years Old
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.
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