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Australian actress and film director (born 1957)
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Ward was born in Oxfordshire near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, the daughter of Claire Leonora (née Baring) and the Hon. Peter Alistair Ward. Her grandfathers were William Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley and the cricketer Giles Baring. Ward is also the great granddaughter of William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley, Governor General of Australia 1908–11, and sister of environmental campaigner and former actress Tracy Louise Ward, Duchess of Beaufort. She attended Hatherop Castle School, Hatherop, Gloucestershire, then the Byam Shaw School of Art in Kensington, West London. She left school at age 16 to become a fashion and photography model. She briefly dated David Kennedy, son of Robert F. Kennedy.

During her modelling career, she was featured on the covers of Vogue, Harper's & Queen, and Cosmopolitan magazines. After moving to the United States in 1977, she appeared in television advertisements such as the Lincoln Mercury "Cougar Girl" and Revlon's "Scoundrel Girl". In 1981, she received a Golden Globe Award nomination for "New Star of the Year" for her role in the film Sharky's Machine starring with Burt Reynolds. The following year, she starred in Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid with Steve Martin. Her big break came in 1983, when she starred opposite Richard Chamberlain as the lead role portraying Meggie Cleary in the television miniseries The Thorn Birds, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film. Ward assigns much of the credit for this breakthrough performance to acting coach Sandra Seacat, first for simply helping her get the job (after her disastrous first reading) and then for the quality of the finished performance, assembled over the course of a grueling five month shooting schedule, while undergoing a simultaneous and no less grueling makeover program at the hands of Seacat. Also in 1983, U. S. audiences voted Ward one of the world's 10 most beautiful women. and Best Australian Film at Flickerfest. The film also won the Film Critics Circle of Australia award, as did her 2003 film Martha's New Coat. That film also won the 2003 ATOM Award. In 2003, a portrait of Ward by artist Jan Williamson won the Packing Room Prize at the Archibald Prize competition. In 2005, Ward was made a Member of the Order of Australia "for service to raising awareness of social justice through lobbying, mentoring and advocacy for the rights of disadvantaged and at risk young people, and support for the Australian film and television industry". In 2006, Ward acted in Kevin Connor's mini series Blackbeard, made for the Hallmark Channel. In 2007, Ward returned to television, headlining the new ABC drama Rain Shadow. She played a country veterinarian named Kate McDonald, a free spirit who confronts personal and professional obstacles in a rural, drought affected town. In 2009, she directed her first feature length film titled Beautiful Kate, adapted by Ward from a 1982 Newton Thornburg novel, and premiered at the Sydney Film Festival.

Ward has been married to the Australian actor Bryan Brown since 1983. They have three children: Rosie, Matilda and Joe.

Year Title Role Type1981Night School (aka Terror Eyes)Eleanor AdjaiFeature film, US1981Sharky's MachineDominoe BrittainFeature filmNominated – Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress1982Dead Men Don't Wear PlaidJuliet ForrestFeature film1983MargaretFeature film1984Against All OddsJessie WylerFeature film1985FortressSally JonesTV film1987Hotel ColonialIrene CostaFeature film1987Marge HillsFeature film1989How to Get Ahead in AdvertisingJulia BagleyFeature film1990After Dark, My SweetFay AndersonFeature film1991And the Sea Will TellJennifer JenkinsTV film1992Black MagicLillian BlatmanTV film1992Double JeopardyLisa Burns DonnellyTV film1992Christopher Columbus: The DiscoveryIsabella I of CastileFeature film1992Double ObsessionGrandmotherFeature film1993Wide Sargasso SeaAnnette CoswayFeature film1994PatriciaFeature film1994All You Need To KnowTV film1997My Stepson, My LoverCaitlin Cory / WifeTV film2001And Never Let Her GoChristine SheveTV film2002Bobbie's GirlRoberta LanghamTV film, US2002Johnson County WarQueenieTV film2007Shotgun! [An Opening Sequence]AdriannaFilm short2011Free RainHerselfFilm documentary2013The Last Impresario Interviewee Documentary film2016Dr. Ada FitzgeraldFeature film2018Peter RabbitJosephine Rabbit (voice)Animated feature film2020I Am Burt ReynoldsHerself Documentary film

Year Title Role Notes1979Christmas Lilies of the FieldJennyTV film1979FashionHerselfTV series, 1 episode1981DynastyEdna MacreadyTV series, 1 episode: "The Dinner Party"198239th Golden Globe Awards NomineeTV special198254th Academy AwardsPresenterTV special1982NBC Today Show GuestTV series, 1 episode1983Meggie ClearyTV miniseries, 4 episodes198441st Golden Globe AwardsHerself TV special19871987 Australian Film Institute AwardsPresenterTV special1988Mike Willesse's AustraliansVivian BullwinkleTV anthology series, episode 9: "Vivian Bullwinkle"1989The Arsenio Hall Show GuestTV series, 1 episode1989Shadow of the CobraChris RoystonTV miniseries, 2 episodes1989Down to EarthHerselfTV special199062nd Academy AwardsPresenterTV special19901990 MTV Video Music AwardsPresenterTV special199148th Golden Globe AwardsPresenterTV special199162nd Academy Awards PresenterTV special1991World Vision: The Silent TragedyHerselfTV special1992GetawayHerself TV series, 1 episode1992The Midday Show GuestTV series, 1 episode19921992 Australian Film Institute Awards Host TV special1993A Current AffairHerselfTV series, 1 episode1994In the Name of LoveHostessTV series1994MulrayGuestTV series, 1 episode1994 95World Vision Appeal: Vision for a Better WorldHerselfTV special1995, 1998, 2003Ten Eyewitness NewsHerselfTV series, 1 episode1995The Australia Remembers Gala TributeHerselfTV special1996Twisted TalesSaraTV film series, 1 episode 3: "Third Party"1996World Vision: Power of One PresenterTV special1996World Vision Appeal: A Christmas WishHerselfTV special1997Gary Sweet's WorldHerselfTV special1998Eleven A. M. GuestTV series, 1 episode1998; 2003Seven Nightly NewsHerselfTV series, 2 episodes1998; 2003National Nine NewsHerselfTV series, 2 episodes1998; 2003ABC NewsHerselfTV series, 2 episodes1998A Current AffairHerselfTV series, 1 episode1998LawsGuestTV series, 1 episode1998Midday with Kerri AnneGuestTV series, 1 episode1998; 2000Good Morning Australia GuestTV series, 2 episodes1999Seasons of LoveKate LinthorneTV miniseries, 2 episodes: "1.1", "1.2"2000On the BeachMoira DavidsonTV miniseries, 2 episodes2000The Big SchmoozeGuestTV series, 1 episode2003What's Going On?HerselfTV series 2003Enough Rope with Andrew DentonGuestTV series, 1 episode2003Sky NewsHerselfTV series, 1 episode2006BlackbeardSally DunbarTV miniseries, 3 episodes2006Monarch Cove Adrianna PrestonTV series, 14 episodes2007Rain ShadowKate McDonaldTV series, 6 episodes2009Kerri AnneGuestTV series2009The Chaser's War On EverythingHerself TV series, 1 episode2010Moving Pictures Live!HerselfTV series, 1 episode2010BreakfastGuestTV series, 1 episode2012Adam Hills in Gordon St. TonightGuestTV series, 1 episode2013Pioneers of TelevisionHerself TV series, 1 episode2019Studio 10 Guest (with Heather Mitchell & Jacqueline McKenzie)TV series, 1 episode2019Sunrise GuestTV series, 1 episode2019The Morning Show GuestTV series, 1 episode2019Today Extra GuestTV series, 1 episode2019News BreakfastHerself TV series, 1 episode2019Better Homes and Gardens Guest (with Bryan Brown)TV series, 1 episode2019The Living Room Guest (with Bryan Brown)TV series, 1 episode2022Darby and Joan English Sat NavTV series, 1 episode2024The Cook UpHerself with Matilda BrownSBS TV series, 1 episode