Ward Rachel: film career, personal life and "The Thorn Birds"

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:41

Rachel Ward is the same Maggie from the Thorn Birds that so many fans of television soap operas sympathized with. At one time, the serial picture "The Thorn Birds" occupied the very first lines in TV ratings and collected all possible awards and honors, including the Golden Globe, Eddie, Emmy. Well, for the actress herself, the role of Maggie, perhaps, became the brightest and only worthwhile role in her film career.

And how the formation of the actress went, and what happened on the set of "The Thorn Birds", you can find out in the article below.

Young years of the beautiful actress

Baby Rachel was born in the country of high rules and traditions - Great Britain. On September 12, 1957, the future actress Rachel Ward was born. While still very young, the girl sought to knowcinema and everything connected with it. Therefore, she graduated with honors from the London Drama School and went to conquer the world of show business in the United States. Arriving in New York, the girl without much effort began to appear for glossy magazines as a model. I would like to note that Rachel was incredibly pretty, so the modeling career began to develop rapidly.

Soon, Ward signed very lucrative contracts with such well-known brands as Revalon and Faberge. And since the girl was distinguished by her exceptional appearance and grace, offers of cooperation poured in from everywhere. Having escaped from parental care, Rachel went into all serious trouble, and when, after long and exhausting shootings, most of the models went to take a break from the heavy glossy everyday life, our heroine managed to visit many bars and restaurants, coming off to the fullest. Until one day, the case did not lead her to the shooting of the future cult picture "The Thorn Birds".

The beginning of a film career and the first steps towards fame

In 1983, the serial film "Singing in the Blackthorn" was released on TV screens. This is a story about a young girl and a clergyman who fell in love with each other from the first moments, and who went through many trials on the path of life. Rachel Ward was offered the lead role and she happily accepted the offer. However, at first she felt uncomfortable and insecure, because she did not have the proper acting experience. She doesn'tI liked everything about myself: how she behaves in front of the cameras, how she plays and the like. But very soon, to the surprise of the crew, everything magically returned to normal.

As it turned out later, her acting work was influenced by the already well-known actor Brian Brown, who, according to the plot, played the role of Maggie's husband. Someone noticed the kissing actors, and very soon it became clear to everyone that the couple began a romantic relationship. Everyone was happy about this, because further shooting went like clockwork.

Pictured above is Rachel Ward and actor Richard Chamberlain, many years after filming The Thorn Birds.

Before and after the film "The Thorn Birds" the actress appeared in several TV projects, but for all she remained Maggie's sweet girl.

Rachel Ward's personal life

As mentioned above, the actress met her future husband on the set of the picture "The Thorn Birds". Brian was already known at the time for several films, and, having no shortage of female fans, he was famous for lighthearted novels without commitment. However, their meeting on the set was fateful for both. Rachel was madly in love with Brian, well, the man himself did not hesitate for a long time and decided to immediately offer the beauty a hand and heart, although he himself was madly worried as a teenager, because he is the son of an ordinary laundress, and she is a girl from a family with a great history.

But the happy ending did happen. In 1983, the couple got married, and a year later they had a beautiful daughter, Rosie. By the way, the couple is still together. For the past 35 years, the Ward-Browns have been happy together, have three adult children: Rosie, Matilda and Joe. Periodically removed in various television projects. A long time ago, a loving wife followed her husband to Australia, where they are now living peacefully and happily on their farm.

Interesting about the actress

• Rachel had no end to fans and they say that once she provoked a conflict between the son of Robert Kennedy - David and the husband of the Princess of Monaco - Philippe Junot.



• A young and spoiled aristocrat was too bored in her castle, so at the age of 16 she stunned her parents with the news that she was quitting her studies and going to the USA to build a modeling career.
• The girl was born and raised in one of the counties in Oxfordshire. The famous Earl William Ward is her great-grandfather.
• In 1983, Rachel Ward was one of the ten most beautiful women in the US.
• Ward has worked on over fifty different film and television projects and is known for her work as a screenwriter, director and producer.