English actress Rachel Clare Hurd-Wood is best known for her role in the television series, Clique as Rachel Maddox. She gained popularity because of her super talent and hard work.
Rachel has played a variety of characters while taking the roles very seriously. She first caught the eye of the audience with her role as Wendy Darling in the feature film, Peter Pan through which she gained international stardom.
Rachel Hurd-Wood Wiki / Age
Rachel Hurd-Wood's wiki reveals that she was born on 17 August 1990 in Streatham, London, England.
Speaking about her family, her parents Philip Hurd-Wood and mother Sarah Hurd-Wood moved to a Victorian cottage at the edge of a leafy forest in Godalming, Surrey where Rachel was raised alongside her younger brother Patrick. Her father's work included performing, writing scripts, and doing voice-overs for commercials.
Later, when Rachel turned eighteen, she moved back to London to pursue her degree in Linguistics and attended University College London. For her further studies, she joined Rodborough Technology College in Milford, Surrey where she chose Art, English Literature, Psychology, and Philosophy as her subjects.
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While she was studying, she got the role in the movie Peter Pan, and Rachel moved to Australia for shooting which took 8 to 9 months during which she had tutoring lessons.
Then, Rachel attended Godalming College where she took GCE Advanced Levels. Even though she did acting while growing up, she had initially considered becoming a marine biologist because of her love for dolphins; Rachel dropped the idea when Rachel found out she needed to study science.
After that, she studied Linguistics from the University College London for a year and left to travel to Australia for the filming of Tomorrow When the War Began. That was when she decided to focus entirely on her acting career.
Acting Career - Movies, Modeling & Net Worth
Rachel, with an outstanding height of 5 feet 7 inches (1.73 meters), grabbed the attention of the audience from her first debuted role as Wendy Darling from the movie, Peter Pan. Her brother Patrick also appeared with her in Peter Pan as one of the sleeping children in the "I Do Believe in Fairies" scene.
For her role, Rachel was nominated for Saturn Award for Best Performance by a younger actor and a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a feature film-Leading Young Actress.
In 2004, the actress got her major role of Besty Bell in the thriller, An American Haunting where her father also made his appearance as one of the guests in the Christmas party scene at the beginning of the movie.
Throughout her career, Rachel played in movies like Choice Scream, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, Solomon Kane, Dorian Gray, Hideaways, The Mapmaker, Highway to Dhampus and many more.
Besides acting, Rachel is also active in the modeling field. She posed for the publicity and poster material for Volstead Putsch. She even modeled for Raw Riddim Records, promoting their merchandise.
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With her all hard work and dedication it is entirely known that she has made herself financially stable. The actress has garnered a total net worth of $2 million.
Rachel Hurd-Wood Married, Husband Plus Baby
While it comes to her personal life, Rachel is a married woman. But before coming across her lovely husband, she went through different affairs in the past.
Previously, Rachel dated Jeremy Sumpter who played the role of Peter Pan. They became close friends while shooting for the movie and started dating after the release of the film. However, they soon broke up; the reason behind their separation is unknown.
Fifteen years later, Rachel met Jeremy Sumpter in Disneyland unexpectedly, and she even posted a picture with him on her Instagram account, suggesting that they were still close.
Rachel was also engaged to DJ Ben Westbeech. However, she never disclosed much about her relationship with Ben.
After going through different failed relationships, the actress finally found the love of her life and got married to Russ Bain in 2017. She flaunts her social media account with her and her husband's photos, where both of them look happy and close together.
It didn't take long for Rachel to take a step further in her married life and prepare herself to be a loving mother. After finding out about her pregnancy, she proudly flaunted her baby bump on her Instagram account.
Rachel Hurd-Wood flaunts her baby bump and poses with her husband Russ Bain on 7 April 2018 (Photo: Rachel Hurd-Wood's Instagram)
She and her husband finally welcomed their baby boy Liam on 18 August 2017. Since then, both of their Instagram feeds have been filled with adorable pictures with their baby.
Rachel Hurd-Wood spends family time with her husband and her baby boy on 3 September 2018 (Photo: Russ Bain's Instagram)
Rachel has well managed her schedule to balance her family life and professional life.
