Rachel Hurd-Wood made her professional acting debut at the age of 13 in Peter Pan opposite Jeremy Sumpter who played the title role. She was chosen for the part after attending and open casting session, before that her only acting experience was in a few school plays but she landed the role of "Wendy Darling" after a three continent search for the right girl. Her reaction to her first acting experience was "so that was just, incredible, I never 
thought that I'd get it, I really didn't. I still can't believe it - you know, it just seems so weird, and seeing it up on the big screen. I kind of disassociate the finished product to when we were actually filming because the two seem so different."

Her next role was in the television movie Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking for the BBC, she played Imogen. She is next set to be seen in the 2006 release of An American Haunting playing "Betsy Bell" the movie is based on true events validated by the State of Tennessee of the only case in US History where a spirit or entity caused the death of a man.

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Rachel was nominated for a Saturn Award and a Young Artist Award for her role in Peter Pan. When she was younger she was jealous of the Disney version of Wendy because she got to swordfight and fly. She likes listening to rap and hiphop music, as well as ice skating and art, She loves dolphins so much that she has her heart set on becoming a Marine Biologist. 

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