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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 .

1 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 SeaWide Sargasso Sea is a 1966 novel, the most famous by Jean Rhys. A film adaption was released in 1993 starring Karina Lombard. The book is a "prequel" to Charlotte Bronte's novel, Jane Eyre focusing on Rochester's mad wife Bertha, here named Antoinette." (1993)
• " Christopher Columbus: The Discovery " (1992)
• " Double JeopardyDouble Jeopardy is a movie made in 1999 starring Tommy Lee Jones and Ashley Judd, about a woman who is framed for the murder of her husband. The movie explores the ramifications of the law regarding double jeopardy. One trailer for the movie shows someone" (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 OddsAgainst All Odds is a 1984 film, a remake of Out of the Past''. It was directed by Taylor Hackford and starred Rachel Ward, Jeff Bridges, James Woods, Alex Karras, Jane Greer, Richard Widmark and Dorian Harewood. The movie's soundtrack, nominated for a Gr" (1984)
• " The Final Terror " (1983)
• " Dead Men Don't Wear PlaidDead Men Don't Wear Plaid was a movie first released in 1982 directed by Carl Reiner and featuring the inimitable talents of comedian Steve Martin. It is both a pastiche of, and homage to film noir the pulp fiction detective movies of the 1940's and 1950'" (1982)
• " Sharky's Machine " (1981)
• " Night School " (1981)
• " Christmas Lilies of the Field " (1979)

2 External links

• Rachel Ward at the Internet Movie Database