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Rachel Ward

Rachel Ward (born September 12, 1957), daughter of the Earl of Dudley, is an Australian actress.

She attended Byram Art School in London before leaving at 16 to become a top fashion model. In 1983 she was voted one of the ten most beautiful women in the United States.

She became well known when she starred opposite Richard Chamberlain in the television mini-series The Thorn Birds. She disappeared from pictures for three years and studied acting. She then reappeared in 1987, playing opposite her husband in The Good Wife.

Her husband is Bryan Brown whom she met on the Thorn Birds set.


Note: This profile was written in or before 2004.

Rachel Ward Facts

Birth NameRachel Claire Ward
OccupationActress
BirthdaySeptember 12, 1957 (66)
SignVirgo
BirthplaceAustralia

Selected Filmography

Inside Man
Sharknado: Heart Of Sharkness
Chain Reaction
Taking Woodstock
Against All Odds
Road Trip
Lorenzo's Oil
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Wide Sargasso Sea
After Dark, My Sweet
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