Rachel Claire Heard-Wood is an actress and model of British descent. She was born in southern London on August 17, 1990 in the family of the famous screenwriter and actor Philip Heard-Wood. While her father was writing plays for performances and television films, his wife Sarah was involved in the household and raising two children - Rachel and her brother Patrick.
Childhood and youth
When the future actress was 8 years old, the family moved from London to Surrey. Rachel went to school at the Redbrow College of Technology. Her favorite subjects were literature, philosophy, and art history.
Rachel has been in films since the age of 12, although she was not going to connect her life with acting as a teenager. At 16, the girl dreamed of becoming a marine biologist and studying dolphins, but she soon had to admit that she lacked the knowledge for a successful career as a scientist. Therefore, Rachel Heard-Wood entered the Institute at the Faculty of Linguistics.
However, fate decided otherwise. Rachel received an invitation to a leading role in the large-scale project Invasion: The Battle for Paradise. She dropped out and went to Australia to shoot. Since then, the girl regularly appears on movie screens, while working as a model and photo model.
Movie career
Rachel's acting career began with the role of Wendy Darling in the fantasy film Peter Pan in 2002. Filming took place on the Gold Coast in Australia for 8 months. For the role in this film, the twelve-year-old actress received rave reviews from critics, she was also awarded the Saturn Award in the category "Best Young Actress."
The following year, Rachel Heard-Wood got a small role in the television series Sherlock Holmes and the Silk Stocking Case.
Soon she starred in an atmospheric thriller with elements of horror. The film "The Phantom of the Red River" required the actress to have acting skills and emotional distress, which she demonstrated on the screen with a childish skill.
Rachel Heard-Wood also starred in the films Perfumer: The Story of a Killer and Dorian Gray's Story. In both films, the girl got the roles of the victims who were killed. And only in the film "Solomon Kane" the heroine of Rachel, possessed by evil forces, was saved.
After that, the actress agreed only to the main roles. She took part in the fantastic action films “Battle for Paradise” and “Shelter”. This was followed by the main roles in the films "The Road to Dampus" and "Hearths". Also in 2015, the fantastic horror “The Second Origin” was released, and in 2017, viewers saw their favorite actress in the thriller “The Clique”. Currently, Rachel continues to act in films. In total, the girl took part in eighteen projects.
Personal life
In the photo - Rachel Hurd-Wood during a photo shoot.
The social life of the actress is always in sight. She is engaged in charity work and, together with other actors, gives fabulous performances for terminally ill children in Surrey. She also helps with London's Great Ormond Street Hospital.
The girl carefully hides her personal life from the public. However, her Isntagram account is regularly updated with photos with her husband, actor Russ Bane, who is known for his many roles in television projects. By the way, he recently starred in the movie "Mission Impossible: Consequences," starring Tom Cruise.