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Rachel Ward

Acting

Born September 12, 1957 · Cornwell Manor, Cornwell, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, UK

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Biography

Rachel Claire Ward is a British and Australian actress and filmmaker. She gained recognition as an actress for her performance in the American television miniseries The Thorn Birds (1983), which earned her one of three Golden Globe Award nominations.

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Awards & recognition

  • Member of the Order of Australia · 2005

Filmography28 titles

The Thorn Birds

1983as Meggie Cleary

And Never Let Her Go

2001as Christine Sheve

Peter Rabbit

2018as Josephine Rabbit (voice)

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

1982as Juliet Forrest

Dynasty

1981

The Ascent

1994as Patricia

How to Get Ahead in Advertising

1989as Julia Bagley

The Straits

2012Director

On the Beach

2000as Moira Davidson

Sharky's Machine

1981as Domino

Darby and Joan

2022as English Sat Nav (Voice)

Christmas Lilies of the Field

1979as Jenny

An Accidental Soldier

2013Director

Beautiful Kate

2009Director, Screenplay

After Dark, My Sweet

1990as Fay Anderson

Against All Odds

1984as Jessie Wyler

Night School

1981as Eleanor Adjai

Rain Shadow

2007as Kate McDonald

Blackbeard

2006as Sally Dunbar

Johnson County War

2002as Queenie

Hotel Colonial

1987as Irene Costa

Palm Beach

2019Director, Writer

Double Jeopardy

1992as Lisa Burns Donnelly

The Good Wife

1987as Marge Hills

The Final Terror

1983as Margaret

Wide Sargasso Sea

1993as Annette Cosway

Christopher Columbus: The Discovery

1992as Queen Isabella

My Stepson, My Lover

1997as Caitlin Cory