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Rachel Friend
Rachel Amanda Friend (born 8 January 1970) is an Australian actress and journalist.
Friend was born on 8 January 1970. She has an older brother and a younger sister. She completed her HSC at Sacré Cœur School, in Melbourne's eastern suburbs, and deferred a commerce course at University of Melbourne.
Friend began her screen career with roles in Zoo Family, Prime Time and The Bartons. She also starred in the 1986 family adventure film Frog Dreaming.
Friend joined the cast of the soap opera Neighbours in 1988, when she was eighteen. Friend chose to postpone her university degree to join the show as Bronwyn Davies. Friend quit Neighbours in 1990. That same year saw her win the Logie Award for Most Popular Actress.
After leaving Neighbours, Friend starred as Annette in the telemovie Mission Top Secret, alongside Beth Buchanan. Other roles include Golden Fiddles (1991), and a brief appearance in Round The Twist as a mermaid.
Friend then moved into TV journalism. In 1991, she became a reporter for Midday with Ray Martin. She was a reporter for A Current Affair for seven years, until her departure in 2001. Friend co-hosted the Seven Network show Saturday Kitchen with her husband Stuart MacGill.
In 2003, Friend established her own PR agency, Media Friendly. In July 2007, she produced and presented the Seven Network parenting show, Mums and Bubs. In 2009, Friend began hosting a television show on the Seven Network called New Idea TV alongside Barbara Northwood, Tom Williams and a variety of other presenters. [citation needed]
In 1993, Friend married Australian actor-singer Craig McLachlan whom she had met on the set of Neighbours. They divorced the following year. McLachlan's hit song "Amanda" was about Friend, which is her middle name.
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Rachel Friend
Rachel Amanda Friend (born 8 January 1970) is an Australian actress and journalist.
Friend was born on 8 January 1970. She has an older brother and a younger sister. She completed her HSC at Sacré Cœur School, in Melbourne's eastern suburbs, and deferred a commerce course at University of Melbourne.
Friend began her screen career with roles in Zoo Family, Prime Time and The Bartons. She also starred in the 1986 family adventure film Frog Dreaming.
Friend joined the cast of the soap opera Neighbours in 1988, when she was eighteen. Friend chose to postpone her university degree to join the show as Bronwyn Davies. Friend quit Neighbours in 1990. That same year saw her win the Logie Award for Most Popular Actress.
After leaving Neighbours, Friend starred as Annette in the telemovie Mission Top Secret, alongside Beth Buchanan. Other roles include Golden Fiddles (1991), and a brief appearance in Round The Twist as a mermaid.
Friend then moved into TV journalism. In 1991, she became a reporter for Midday with Ray Martin. She was a reporter for A Current Affair for seven years, until her departure in 2001. Friend co-hosted the Seven Network show Saturday Kitchen with her husband Stuart MacGill.
In 2003, Friend established her own PR agency, Media Friendly. In July 2007, she produced and presented the Seven Network parenting show, Mums and Bubs. In 2009, Friend began hosting a television show on the Seven Network called New Idea TV alongside Barbara Northwood, Tom Williams and a variety of other presenters. [citation needed]
In 1993, Friend married Australian actor-singer Craig McLachlan whom she had met on the set of Neighbours. They divorced the following year. McLachlan's hit song "Amanda" was about Friend, which is her middle name.