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.

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Chipping Norton - Oxfordshire - September 12 - 1957 - 3rd Earl of Dudley - English - Australia

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She attended the Byam Shaw School of Art 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.

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Byam Shaw School of Art - London - 1983 - United States

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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 Thorn Birds), in The Good Wife.

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Richard Chamberlain - The Thorn Birds - 1987 - Bryan Brown - The Good Wife

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In 2003, a portrait of Rachel Ward by artist Jan Williamson won the Packing Room award at the Archibald Prize.

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