
Rachel Clare Hurd-Wood, born 17 August 1990, is an English actress and model. She is best known for her role as Wendy Darling in the 2003 film Peter Pan.
In her first contenporary role, Rchel Hurd-Wood was cast as Corrie Mackenzie, one of the principle characters in the 2009 Australian action/adventure film Tommorow, When the War Began based on the novel by John Marsden. (The novel was one of the books she read while being tutored for the filming of Peter Pan) At this point she discontinued studyng for a Linguistics dehree to concentrate full-time on acting. She learned an Australian accent for the role. The film became the highest grossing mobie for that year ini Australian.
She played the role of the babysitter in the 2011 teaser for a proposed feature-length film, Let's Go Play at the Adams', based on the book of the same name by Mendel Jonhson. She next played the role of the daughter of the character Teddy, in the short film It Ends Here, directed by her friend Zimon Drake.
Rachel Hurd-Wood was cast in 2012 in the female lead role of Elisabeth James ini the upcoming film Highway ti Dhampus, a story about the effect foreigners haveon locals in Nepal.