Rachel Ward’s extraordinary career is sure to give hope to every unsatisfied model and actor aspiring to move behind the camera – and also to inspire every creative mother of young children who is hoping to achieve later in life after the kids have moved out.
Now 55, Ward has worked hard over the last thirteen years to shift away from being the actress best known as Meggie Cleary in The Thorn Birds – and wife of Aussie acting legend Bryan Brown – to being respected and in-demand as the writer, director and producer of award-winning short films (Blind Man’s Bluff, The Big House), feature films (Beautiful Kate, Martha’s New Coat) as well as exciting television work like The Straits, Rake and the upcoming Foxtel series Return to the Devil’s Playground.
