If for some reason Rachel Hurd-Wood looks very familiar but you can’t seem to place yourself where you’ve seen her before, let me remind you. She is an English actress best known for her role in the television series Clique as Rachel Maddox. She became popular because she is super talented and knows her talents when it comes to acting. Like the chameleon that adapts to its surroundings by taking on its color, Hurd-Wood brings color to her characters and has played a variety of roles since 2002 when she made her screen debut.
She wowed us with her first role as Wendy Darling in the feature film Peter Pan for which she gained international fame. She has since taken on other notable roles, including as Sibyl Vane in Dorian Gray and Carrie McKenzie in the action film Tomorrow When the War Begins
Rachel Hurd-Wood Bio
Rachel Clare Hurd-Wood was born to parents of English and Irish descent, Philip and Sarah Hurd-Wood, in Streatham, South London, England on August 17, 1990. She has a younger brother named Patrick who is also an actor. At the age of 8, she moved with her family to a Victorian cottage in Godalming, Surrey, but returned to London 10 years later to attend university. She continued her studies in linguistics at University College London.
In Surrey she attended Rodborough TechnologyCollege in Milford from 2001 to 2006. Hurd-wood joined a drama club at her school where she took part in a number of plays including a stage production in her second year . She then spent eight months between 2002 and 2003 in Australia while filming the live-action film Peter Pan during which she conducted lessons.
Rachel Hurd-Wood then enrolled at GodalmingCollege, Surrey in 2006 where she studied for her GCE Advanced Levels. Although she did a lot growing up, she considered becoming a marine biologist for her love of dolphins, but gave up the idea when she found out she must be very good at science. Then her interest turned to working with children with special needs or disabilities, but she eventually decided to focus on her acting career after studying linguistics for a year. She left university to travel to Australia to film Tomorrow When War Begins in 2010. The film became the highest-grossing film of that year in Australia.
Her career would continue from 2002 beginning with Peter Pan to span many years which would see her starring in movies and TV shows while modeling, appearing in music videos and also doing a bit of charity. Rachel Hurd-Wood writes and has also written for publications like The London Magazine. Among the works in which she participated are Perfume: the story of a murderer (2006), Solomon Kane (2009), Dorian Gray (2009), Hideaways (2011), Highway to Dhampus (2014) and television series Clique (2017 -present) as Rachel Maddox, Holly’s slightly creepy obsessive friend.
Rachel Hurd-Wood earned critical acclaim and was nominated for several awards for her starring role, including the Saturn Award for Best Young Actor and a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actress. His later performances also received similar recognition. For her role as the girl haunted and tormented by a relentless demon in An American Haunting, she was nominated for the 2006 Teen Choice Awards: Choice Movie Scream Award Movie with positive reviews. Then, in 2006, she earned another Saturn Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Perfume: A Murderer’s Story
Family – husband, children
The Hurd-Wood family is well versed in the art of entertainment. After her grandparents saw a TV commercial for a quintessential “English rose” to play her eventual role in the story of the boy who refused to grow up, Peter Pan, she auditioned and outright impressed the casting agents.
Besides Rachel, her brother is also acting and appeared with her in her first movie as one of the sleeping children in I Believe in Fairies scene and also as her brother, Samuel in Solomon Kane where she plays Meredith Crowthorn. Her father is a screenwriter, performer and voiceover for commercials. He was also featured as one of the Christmas party stage guests in another of his films, An American Haunting
At one point, British actor and comedian Hugh Laurie was thought to be her uncle, but she refuted the claims in a 2009 interview. However, she has an uncle who is an artist and lives in Wales.
In 2018, she married Russ Bain, who is also an actor. They have a son, Liam born in May 2018.
Rachel Hurd-Wood Height
Hurd-Wood is a very pretty woman and has been named one of the most beautiful famous faces for three consecutive years by the Independent Critics’ annual list. She also has an appearance and height of 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) with a weight of 53 kg (117 lb).