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.
Rachel Hurd-Wood
August 17, 1990 (age 34)
London, England, UK
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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.