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Rachel Ward Net Worth

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Rachel Ward Net Worth

Rachel Claire Ward net worth is
$1.6 Million

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Rachel Claire Ward, AM (born 12 September 1957) is an English actress, columnist, film director, and screenwriter who has primarily pursued her career in Australia. 
Full NameRachel Claire Ward
Net Worth$1.6 Million
Date Of BirthSeptember 12, 1957
Place Of BirthCornwell Manor, Cornwell, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Height5' 9" (1.75 m)
ProfessionActress, Director, Writer
SpouseBryan Brown
NicknamesRachel Ward, Rachel Claire Ward, Ward, Rachel Claire
Star SignVirgo
#Quote
1On Richard Chamberlain: I was very green and Richard was less green and incredibly supportive and darling to me. I'd been in love with Richard actually for years.
2I've been as critically rubbished as acclaimed and the worst thing about that is that it usually plays into your own self-criticism.
3Writers are very much undervalued in the creative process.
4On Richard Chamberlain: It feels like I'm still in The Thorn Birds (1983) because I was always waiting for Richard.
5I always tell young actors to have a back-up. You don't want to find yourself at the age of 30 still struggling to make a living out of acting.
6When I wanted to be an actress, I never wanted really to be the kind of actress I became.
7All anything takes, really, is confidence.
8Having done something like The Thorn Birds (1983) gives you enormous longevity. You can keep picking and choosing the roles for a bit longer.
9There's very little bohemia in Australia and it's one of the things I miss most about not living in Europe.
10I remember having to take detours around the Hollywood sign to avoid having to see this grotesque poster of myself on Sunset Boulevard.
11[on the intensive training received from Sandra Seacat over the course the 5½-month shoot of The Thorn Birds (1983)] She's extraordinary. She made me work in a totally different way than I'd ever worked before. For the first time, I really worked on technique... It was definitely not an easy five months. It was a lot of tying things together and understanding and confusion and frustration and anger. I asked a lot of questions about acting and about me and stuff, and Sandra just had these answers, and they were just like, of course, oh my God, of course!
12If you're going to be an actress in film, you can't be coy.
13Breasts are sexy. I want to see them and audiences want to see them . . . I've certainly had to do my fair share of it. If you're going to be an actress or a model, it's usually part of the package.
14We don't want to see willies because they're ugly.
15"I wish I had [done more nude scenes when I was younger.] I was just a prudish English girl and I wish I had been less prudish about it really. I don't think we have a hell of a lot to be serious about at this point.
16You're in a movie because you're appealing and because you represent the aspiration, the fantasy, the ideal. I resisted that but, when you're in the business, when you're making a film, one doesn't have to take it all too seriously. We're not curing cancer . . . it's entertainment. We want to get people into theatres.
#Fact
1Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia [January 2009]
2Longtime companion of Robert F. Kennedy's son David in the late 1970s.
3Attended the Byam Shaw School of Art in London.
4Voted one of the ten most beautiful women in the United States (1983).
5She was awarded the A.M. (Member of the Order of Australia) in the Queen's Birthday Honours List in June 2005 for "raising awareness of social justice through lobbying, mentoring and advocacy for the rights of disadvantaged and at-risk young people".
6Has two daughters, Rosie (born in 1984) and Matilda Brown (born in 1987), and a son, Joe Brown (born in 1992), with husband Bryan Brown.
7Rachel Ward met her husband, Bryan Brown, while working on The Thorn Birds (1983). She played the heroine, and he played the heroine's husband (who was not however the hero!).
8She is granddaughter of the 3rd Earl of Dudley and his first wife Lady Rosemary Leveson-Gower (once tipped as a possible bride for the future Edward VIII, later Duke of Windsor). Her uncle the Earl of Dudley is married to former actress Maureen Swanson; her sister Tracy-Louise Ward (now wife of the Marquess of Worcester, eldest son and heir of the 11th Duke of Beaufort) also acted, and her cousin the Honourable Leander Ward is also an actor.
9Born to Peter Alistair Ward, son of the 3rd Earl of Dudley, and his wife Claire Leonora Baring (born on 29 February 1936), daughter of first-class cricketer Giles Baring; her parents later divorced.
10As a young starlet shared a house with fellow model-actress Daryl Hannah.
11Has a sister, Tracy-Louise Ward (born in 1958), who married Henry Somerset, Marquess of Worcester in 1987, and a brother, Alexander Evelyn Giles Ward (born in 1961).
12Former model.

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Actress

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Death and Life of Otto Bloom2016Ada
Rain Shadow2007TV Mini-SeriesKate McDonald
Shotgun! [An Opening Sequence]2007ShortAdrianna
Monarch Cove2006TV SeriesArianna Preston
Blackbeard2006TV Mini-SeriesSally Dunbar
Johnson County War2002TV MovieQueenie
Bobbie's Girl2002TV MovieRoberta Langham
And Never Let Her Go2001TV MovieChristine Sheve
On the Beach2000TV MovieMoira Davidson
Seasons of Love1999TV SeriesKate Linthorne
My Stepson, My Lover1997TV MovieCaitlin Cory
Twisted Tales1996TV SeriesSara
The Ascent1994Patricia
Wide Sargasso Sea1993Annette Cosway
Double Jeopardy1992TV MovieLisa Burns Donnelly
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery1992Queen Isabella
Black Magic1992TV MovieLillian Blatman
Double Obsession1992Grandmother
And the Sea Will Tell1991TV MovieJennifer Jenkins
After Dark, My Sweet1990Fay Anderson
Shadow of the Cobra1989TV MovieChris Royston
How to Get Ahead in Advertising1989Julia Bagley
Peter Kenna's The Good Wife1987Marge Hills
Hotel Colonial1987Irene Costa
Fortress1985Sally Jones
Against All Odds1984Jessie Wyler
The Final Terror1983Margaret
The Thorn Birds1983TV Mini-SeriesMeggie Cleary
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid1982Juliet Forrest
Sharky's Machine1981Dominoe
Dynasty1981TV SeriesEdna MacReady
Night School1981Eleanor Adjai
Christmas Lilies of the Field1979TV MovieJenny

Director

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Devil's Playground2014TV Mini-Series 3 episodes
An Accidental Soldier2013TV Movie
The Straits2012TV Series 3 episodes
My Place2011TV Series 3 episodes
Rake2010TV Series 2 episodes
Beautiful Kate2009
Two Twisted2006TV Series 1 episode
Knot at Home Project2006TV Series documentary
Martha's New Coat2003
The Big House2001Short
Blindman's Bluff2000Short

Writer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Beautiful Kate2009screenplay
The Big House2001Short
Blindman's Bluff2000Short

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
How God Works2010Short big thanks to

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Last Impresario2013DocumentaryHerself - Interviewee
Pioneers of Television2013TV Mini-Series documentaryHerself
Adam Hills in Gordon St Tonight2012TV SeriesHerself
Free Rein2011Documentary
Breakfast2010TV SeriesHerself - Guest
Moving Pictures Live!2010TV SeriesHerself
The Chaser's War on Everything2009TV SeriesHerself
The Thorn Birds: Old Friends New Stories2003VideoHerself
Enough Rope with Andrew Denton2003TV SeriesHerself - Guest
What's Going On?2003TV Series documentary
The Big Schmooze2000TV SeriesHerself
In the Name of Love1994TV SeriesHerself - Hostess (1994)
The 48th Annual Golden Globe Awards1991TV SpecialHerself - Presenter
MTV Video Music Awards 19901990TV SpecialHerself - Presenter
The 62nd Annual Academy Awards1990TV SpecialHerself - Presenter Best Sound and Sound Effects Editing
The Arsenio Hall Show1989TV SeriesHerself - Guest
The 41st Annual Golden Globe Awards1984TV SpecialHerself
Today1982TV SeriesHerself - Guest
The 54th Annual Academy Awards1982TV Special documentaryHerself - Presenter: Best Cinematography
The 39th Annual Golden Globe Awards1982TV Special documentaryHerself

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Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2010Jury Grand PrixRencontres Internationales du Cinema des AntipodesBest Feature FilmBeautiful Kate (2009)
2001AFI AwardAustralian Film InstituteBest Short Fiction FilmThe Big House (2001)
1987Best Actress AwardTokyo International Film FestivalThe Umbrella Woman (1987)

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2014ADG AwardAustralian Directors GuildBest Direction in a TelemovieAn Accidental Soldier (2013)
2014AACTA AwardAustralian Film InstituteBest Direction in a Television Drama or ComedyAn Accidental Soldier (2013)
2012ADG AwardAustralian Directors GuildEsben Storm Award for Best Direction in a Children's TV ProgramMy Place (2009)
2010FCCA AwardFilm Critics Circle of Australia AwardsBest DirectorBeautiful Kate (2009)
2010New Voices/New Visions Grand Jury PrizePalm Springs International Film FestivalBeautiful Kate (2009)
2009ADG AwardAustralian Directors GuildBest Direction in a Feature FilmBeautiful Kate (2009)
2009AFI AwardAustralian Film InstituteBest DirectionBeautiful Kate (2009)
2009AFI AwardAustralian Film InstituteBest Screenplay - AdaptedBeautiful Kate (2009)
2009IF AwardIF AwardsBest DirectionBeautiful Kate (2009)
2009Sydney Film PrizeSydney Film FestivalBest FilmBeautiful Kate (2009)
2003IF AwardIF AwardsBest Short FilmMartha's New Coat (2003)
2001Golden GlobeGolden Globes, USABest Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for TelevisionOn the Beach (2000)
2001AFI AwardAustralian Film InstituteBest Screenplay in a Short Fiction FilmThe Big House (2001)
1984Golden GlobeGolden Globes, USABest Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for TelevisionThe Thorn Birds (1983)
1982Golden GlobeGolden Globes, USANew Star of the Year in a Motion PictureSharky's Machine (1981)

2nd Place Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1985Bravo Otto GermanyBravo OttoBest Female TV Star (TV-Star w)

Known for movies

Jessie Wyler

Against All Odds (1984)
as Jessie Wyler

Juliet Forrest

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
as Juliet Forrest

Moira Davidson

On the Beach (2000)
as Moira Davidson

Julia Bagley

How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989)
as Julia Bagley