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English actress (born 1990)

Rachel Hurd Wood (born 17 August 1990) is an English actress. She is known for her performances in the fantasy adventure film Peter Pan (2003) and the thriller film Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006).

Hurd Wood attended Rodborough Technology College in Milford, Surrey from 2001 to 2006. She had tutored lessons during the filming of Peter Pan in Australia during 2002 to 2003 as her work lasted for a span of 8 to 9 months. Hurd Wood had considered becoming a marine biologist because of her love for dolphins. She gave up on the idea when she discovered that it would require studying science because she thought she was not very good at it. Hurd Wood became interested in working with children who have special needs or disabilities. Hurd Wood began studying linguistics at University College London in 2008, but left the course after a year, before travelling to Australia for the filming of Tomorrow, When the War Began, when she decided to focus entirely on her career in acting.

Hurd Wood's career in acting started 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 travelled 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. Hurd Wood portrayed the character Imogen Helhoughton in the 2004 TV film Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking, as a 13 year old victim of a serial killer. Also in 2004, she had a major role of Betsy Bell in the thriller An American Haunting, as a girl who is haunted and tormented by an unrelenting demon. Her performance came in for some praise, one critic remarking, "The actors are the saving grace Hurd Wood a mix of radiant approaching womanhood and animal terror. Their impassioned performances make you really care what happens to these people "; another reviewer comments, "Rachel Hurd Wood delivers a fantastic and nuanced performance as Betsy Bell, the very central role that essentially carries the entire movie." In 2005 she 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, Hurd Wood portrayed Laura Richis, the red headed virgin daughter of a politically connected merchant played by Alan Rickman. She 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. The year 2007 saw Hurd Wood starring as a waitress in the music video for the song "A Little Bit" by Madeleine Peyroux. She appeared alongside the musicians in the music video for "Fatherhood/Motherhood" by Ox. Eagle. Lion. Man. 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. Her 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. She 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 in this film. (The novel was one of the books she read while being tutored for the filming of Peter Pan.) She learned an Australian accent for the role. and " the heart and soul of the film, the one the girls will relate to and the guys are going to love ". Another reviewer commented, "When the light hits Mae's eyes, it's like you can see whole worlds being born and being destroyed ad infinitum Hurd Wood's chemistry with Treadaway is instant, the two are a joy to watch, and their romance is the heart of the film [Rachel's and Harry's] two great central performances". Later in the year, she played the younger version of the character Isabel, played by Jenny Agutter, in the short film The Mapmaker. Also in the same year, she was featured in the music video for "Revolver" by Warehouse Republic. She played the role of the babysitter in the 2011 teaser for a proposed feature length film, Let's Go Play at the Adams, based on the book of the same name by Mendal Johnson. She next played the role of the daughter of the character Teddy, in the short film It Ends Here, directed by her friend Zimon Drake. In 2012, Hurd Wood played the female lead role of Elisabeth James in the film Highway to Dhampus, a story about the effect foreigners in Nepal and Nepali expatriates have on the locals. Later in the year, she narrates the words of her fashion designer friend, Matthew Williamson, in an advertisement/mini film. She next starred alongside the singers Tyler James and Kano in the music video for the single "Worry About You" (feat. Kano) by Tyler James.

Hurd Wood posed for the publicity and poster material for Volstead Putsch, an underground bohemian party organised by The Triumvirate of Fez at the London's Volstead Club in 2008. The same year she posed for Raw Riddim Records promoting their merchandise such as chains, T shirts, hoodies, etc.

Hurd Wood 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. Her autographed card was auctioned in 2009. It tops the chart for the most popular signing, according to Paul Brett, founder of the StarCards charity. Hurd Wood along with other celebrity supporters of the charity Shooting Star CHASE, Keeley Hawes, Matthew MacFadyen and Max Clifford joined more than 50 children with life limiting illnesses and their families for the event on Sunday, 20 December 2009. The charity worked with Coca Cola and the Merlin Group, which runs Alton Towers, Chessington World of Adventures and the London Eye, to transform Christopher's (CHASE) Hospice in Guildford, Surrey into a winter wonderland and gave the children at hospice a wonderful Christmas surprise.

During filming for Peter Pan, Hurd Wood briefly shared a childhood crush with co star Jeremy Sumpter. Hurd Wood married Scottish actor Russ Bain in Camden Town in November 2017. She gave birth to their son in May 2018. Previously based in North London, they have since moved out to Oundle, Northamptonshire. She gave birth to their daughter in April 2021.

Year Title Artist Notes 2006 "A Little Bit" Madeleine Peyroux Appeared as a waitress 2007 "Fatherhood/Motherhood" Ox. Eagle. Lion. Man Appeared with L. S. C. Oakeshott 2010 "Revolver" Warehouse Republic Appeared with Henry Leroy Salta 2013 "Worry About You" Tyler James Appeared as James' girlfriend