Rachel Ward

Rachel Claire Ward (born at Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, September 12, 1957), granddaughter of the 3rd Earl of Dudley, is an English actress that has made most of her career in Australia. 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, Bryan Brown (whom she met on the set of the The Thorn Birds), in The Good Wife.

Filmography

  • "Martha's New Coat" (2003)
  • "Bobbie's Girl" (2002)
  • "Johnson County War" (2002)
  • "And Never Let Her Go" (Made for TV) (2001)
  • "On the Beach" (Made for TV) (2000)
  • "My Stepson, My Lover" (Made for TV) (1997)
  • "Double Obsession" (1994)
  • "The Ascent" (1994)
  • "Wide Sargasso Sea" (1993)
  • "Christopher Columbus: The Discovery" (1992)
  • "Double Jeopardy" (Made for TV) (1992)
  • "Black Magic" (Made for TV) (1992)
  • "And the Sea Will Tell" (Made for TV) (1991)
  • "After Dark, My Sweet" (1990)
  • "How to Get Ahead in Advertising" (1989)
  • "Shadow of the Cobra" (Made for TV) (1989)
  • "Hotel Colonial" (1987)
  • "The Good Wife" (1987)
  • "Fortress" (Made for TV) (1986)
  • "Against All Odds" (1984)
  • "The Final Terror" (1983)
  • "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" (1982)
  • "Sharky's Machine" (1981)
  • "Night School" (1981)
  • "Christmas Lilies of the Field" (1979)

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She then reappeared in 1987, playing opposite her husband, Bryan Brown (whom she met on the set of the The Thorn Birds), in The Good Wife. She was offered the role of Maid Marian in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, but had to turn it down because she was pregnant. 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. They have a son and a daughter. In 1983 she was voted one of the ten most beautiful women in the United States. On April 27, 1996, she married Sean Penn. She attended Byram Art School in London before leaving at 16 to become a top fashion model. She was born Robin Virginia Gayle Wright in Dallas, Texas.

Rachel Claire Ward (born at Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, September 12, 1957), granddaughter of the 3rd Earl of Dudley, is an English actress that has made most of her career in Australia. Robin Virginia Wright-Penn (born April 8, 1966) is an American film actress who first became famous on television, playing Kelly Capwell on the soap opera Santa Barbara. "Christmas Lilies of the Field" (1979). Unbreakable (2000) - Audrey Dunn. "Night School" (1981). Forrest Gump (1994) - Jenny Curran. "Sharky's Machine" (1981). Toys (1992) - Gwen Tyler.

"Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" (1982). The Playboys (1992) - Tara Maguire. "The Final Terror" (1983). The Princess Bride (1987) - Buttercup. "Against All Odds" (1984). "Fortress" (Made for TV) (1986).

"The Good Wife" (1987). "Hotel Colonial" (1987). "Shadow of the Cobra" (Made for TV) (1989). "How to Get Ahead in Advertising" (1989).

"After Dark, My Sweet" (1990). "And the Sea Will Tell" (Made for TV) (1991). "Black Magic" (Made for TV) (1992). "Double Jeopardy" (Made for TV) (1992).

"Christopher Columbus: The Discovery" (1992). "Wide Sargasso Sea" (1993). "The Ascent" (1994). "Double Obsession" (1994).

"My Stepson, My Lover" (Made for TV) (1997). "On the Beach" (Made for TV) (2000). "And Never Let Her Go" (Made for TV) (2001). "Johnson County War" (2002).

"Bobbie's Girl" (2002). "Martha's New Coat" (2003).