Rachel Ward

stars  Rachel Ward met her husband, Bryan Brown, while working on "The Thorn Birds" (1983) (mini). She played the heroine, and he played the heroine's husband (who was not however the hero!).

stars  Longtime companion of Robert F. Kennedy's son David in the late 1970s.

stars  Appointed Member (AM) of the Order of Australia in the Queen's Birthday Honours List in June 2005 for "raising awareness of social justice through lobbying, mentoring and advocacy for the rights of disadvantaged and at-risk young people".

stars  Attended the Byam Shaw School of Art in London.

stars  Voted one of the ten most beautiful women in the United States (1983).