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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Inga Parkel

Eighties film star, 68, hits back at trolls saying she’s ‘aged really bad’

Rachel Ward, best known for her role in the 1983 drama miniseries The Thorn Birds, is brushing off online criticism of her appearance.

The former British-Australian actor, 68 — whose last major film role was in 2016’s The Death and Life of Otto Bloom — has since traded Hollywood for a quiet life in New South Wales, Australia, where she runs a regenerative beef cattle farm with her husband, actor Bryan Brown.

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