Rachel Hurd-Wood

Rachel Hurd-Wood

Active - 2003 - 2019  |   Born - Aug 17, 1990 in Streatham, London, England  |   Genres - Drama, Thriller, Fantasy

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  • Having only performed in a couple of school plays, she was cast, at age 11, as Wendy in P.J. Hogan's movie adaptation of Peter Pan after she attended an open-call audition.
  • Described by her Perfume director Tom Tykwer as "an old soul in a young body."
  • Told England's The Observer newspaper in 2006: "I'd never do a film just for money or because somebody famous was in it. I think that's stupid."
  • At University College London, pursued a linguistics degree in hopes of becoming a teacher or speech therapist, but dropped out to focus on acting.
  • In the 2010 action film Solomon Kane, acted opposite her brother, Patrick, who also appeared in 2003's Peter Pan as a sleeping child.