Rachel Hurd Wood Bio | Wiki
Rachel Hurd Wood is an English actress. She is best known for her film roles as Wendy Darling in Peter Pan in 2003 and for her television role as Rachel Maddox in Clique from 2017 to 2018.
Rachel was a member of the international expert jury panel for “European debuts” at the “52nd International Film Festival for Children and Youth” at the Zlin Film Festival held from 27 May 2012 to 3 June 2012 at Zlin in the Czech Republic.
She signed for World Famous StarCards, a charity supporting the Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) Children’s Charity, at the world charity premiere of the movie Peter Pan in London on 9 December 2003.
Rachel Hurd Wood Age
Rachel was born on August 17, 1990, in Streatham, London, United Kingdom. She is 32 years old.
Rachel Hurd Wood Height
She is a woman of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 7 in (Approx. 1.70 m).
Rachel Hurd Wood Parents
She was born in the Streatham district of South London, England, to her parents Philip and Sarah Hurd-Wood. Rachel lived in London till the age of eight, when she and her family moved to a Victorian cottage in Godalming, Surrey.
Her father’s work involves performing, writing scripts, and doing voice-overs for commercials. He appears in one of her films, An American Haunting, as one of the guests in the Christmas party scene towards the beginning of the film.
Rachel Hurd Wood Brother
Rachel has a younger brother, Patrick who appeared with her in Peter Pan as one of the sleeping children in the “I Do Believe In Fairies” scene. He also plays the role of Samuel Crowthorn alongside his sister in her later film, Solomon Kane in which she plays Meredith Crowthorn.
Rachel Hurd Wood Husband
Rachel is married to her husband Scottish actor Russ Bain. The couple celebrated their wedding in Camden Town in November 2017. Together, they welcomed their son Liam in May 2018. Their daughter Stella was born in April 2021. Previously based in North London, they have since moved out to Oundle, Northamptonshire.
Rachel Hurd Wood Education
She attended Rodborough Technology College in Milford, Surrey from 2001 to 2006. Rachel tutored lessons during the filming of Peter Pan in Australia from 2002 to 2003 as her work lasted for a span of 8 to 9 months. Later, she attended Godalming College from 2006 to 2008 to study for her A-Levels in Art, English Literature, Psychology, and Philosophy.
Rachel became interested in working with children who have special needs or disabilities. She began studying linguistics at University College London in 2008, but left the course after a year, before traveling to Australia for the filming of Tomorrow, When the War Began, when she decided to focus entirely on her career in acting.
Rachel Hurd Wood Perfume
In 2005 Rachel appeared in an adaptation of the best-selling novel by German writer Patrick Süskind, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer. Set in 18th century France, she portrayed Laura Richis, the red-headed virgin daughter of a politically connected merchant played by Alan Rickman.
Rachel had her brunette hair dyed red. She was nominated for the “Best Supporting Actress” award at the 33rd Saturn Awards by The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films for her role.
Rachel Hurd Wood Peter Pan
Rachel’s career in acting commenced in 2002 when she was picked for the role of Wendy Darling after her grandparents spotted a television clip that said P.J. Hogan was searching for a “young English rose” for the feature film Peter Pan. She traveled to Gold Coast, Australia for eight months of filming.
Her performance received good reviews and was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor, and a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actress. Rachel’s brother Patrick appeared with her in Peter Pan as one of the sleeping children in the “I Do Believe In Fairies” scene
Rachel Hurd Wood Jeremy Sumpter
Rachel and Jeremy starred in Peter where she played Wendy and Jeremy played peter. The two actors seemed to have actually been in love on set–at least according to Jeremy. And maybe it’s those real-life feelings of the young and brash first love that really set the romantic tone of the two characters.
Jeremy highlights that when you see it in both his and Rachel’s eyes, that love that Peter and Wendy had, “you know it’s coming from a real place.” It took him years to realize it, but now he was fully certain that he was. He had tried his hand with another girl, which didn’t quite work out. They had gotten engaged, but they broke it off in 2015.
Rachel Hurd Wood Solomon Kane
In the 2008 film Solomon Kane, she played Meredith Crowthorn, a Puritan captured by a band of marauders who killed her family and whom Kane sought to rescue. Rachel’s younger brother Patrick appears in the film as her brother Samuel.
Later in the year, she acted in the film Dorian Gray based on the Oscar Wilde novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray. Rachel was in the small but key role of the young budding actress Sibyl Vane, with whom Gray falls in love. She was studying in the first year of the linguistics course at UCL while working on this film.
Rachel Hurd Wood Net Worth
She earns her wealth from her career, therefore, she has amassed a fortune over the years. Rachel’s estimated net worth is $2 million.
Who Is Rachel Hurd Wood
Rachel is an English actress. She became known for her film roles as Wendy Darling in Peter Pan in 2003. She also had her television role as Rachel Maddox in Clique from 2017 to 2018.