Rachel Friend

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OccupationTemplate:Pluralize from textActress, journalist, communications consultant
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Rachel Amanda Friend (born 8 January 1970) is an Australian actress and journalist.

Early life

Friend was born on 8 January 1970. She has an older brother and a younger sister.[1] She completed her HSC at Sacré Cœur School, in Melbourne's eastern suburbs, and deferred a commerce course at University of Melbourne.

Career

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.[2]

Friend joined the cast of the soap opera Neighbours in 1988, when she was eighteen.[3] Friend chose to postpone her university degree to join the show as Bronwyn Davies.[3] Friend quit Neighbours in 1990.[4] That same year saw her win the Logie Award for Most Popular Actress.[5][6]

After leaving Neighbours, Friend starred as Annette in the telemovie Mission Top Secret, alongside Beth Buchanan.[7] Other roles include Golden Fiddles (1991), and a brief appearance in Round The Twist as a mermaid.

Friend then moved into TV journalism.[8] In 1991, she became a reporter for Midday with Ray Martin.[9] She was a reporter for A Current Affair for seven years, until her departure in 2001.[8] Friend co-hosted the Seven Network show Saturday Kitchen with her husband Stuart MacGill.[10]

In 2003, Friend established her own PR agency, Media Friendly.[11] 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]Page Module:Message box/ambox.css has no content.

Personal life

In 1993, Friend married Australian actor-singer Craig McLachlan whom she had met on the set of Neighbours.[12] They divorced the following year.[12] McLachlan's hit song "Amanda" was about Friend, which is her middle name.

Friend married Australian cricketer Stuart MacGill in Melbourne in October 2000,[8] after meeting in 1999 when she interviewed him for A Current Affair.[13] They have two children together – a son born in 2003 and a daughter born in 2006. The pair separated and subsequently divorced in 2013.[11]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1985 Zoo Family Susie's friend Episode: "The Good, The Bad and Martin"
1986 Frog Dreaming Wendy aka The Quest (US) and The Go Kids (UK)
Prime Time
1988 The Bartons Miranda Episode: "Bartons on the Beach"
1988–1990 Neighbours Bronwyn Davies Series regular
Round The Twist Mermaid
1991 Golden Fiddles Kitty Balfour Miniseries
Midday Reporter
1992 Mission Top Secret Annette TV movie / pilot
1993 London Tonight Reporter
1996 Wild Life Presenter Also writer
1999 A Current Affair Reporter
Saturday Kitchen Co-host (with husband Stuart MacGill)
2001 A Current Affair Reporter Episode: "Vaccination: A Stab in the Dark?"
2005 Under the Grandstand Guest Episode: #1.4
2007 Mums and Bubs Presenter Also producer
2009 New Idea TV Host
2018 The Go Kids: Looking Back on Frog Dreaming Self TV special (short)

Awards and nominations

Year Association Category Work Result Ref
1989 Logie Awards Most Popular New Talent Neighbours Nominated [14]
1990 Most Popular Actress Won [15]
1992 Most Popular Actress in a Telemovie or Miniseries Golden Fiddles Nominated [16]

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Meet the new breed heart-throbs". Sunday Mail TV Plus. 21 August 1988. p. 5.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Devlyn, Darren (2 July 1988). "A Friend & neighbor". TV Week. p. 25.
  3. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Your New Neighbour". The Sun-Herald. Fairfax Media. 25 June 1988. p. 51. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Idato, Michael (14 March 2005). "Role of honour". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."1990 TV Week Logie Awards". TV Week. tvweek.ninemsn.com.au. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lewis, Rachel (9 October 2019). "The Cast of Neighbours: Where Are They Now?". Pens & Patron. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Brown, David (5 May 1990). "Rachel goes rustic!". TV Week. pp. 4–5.
  8. ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Holder, Peter; Casamento, Jo (7 February 2001). "Sydney Confidential". The Daily Telegraph. p. 28. Retrieved 15 September 2025 – via Gale.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Cooney, Jenny (27 April 1991). "Rachel faces up to life on the road... It's a jungle out there!". TV Week. p. 2.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Schwartz, Larry (6 December 2007). "Wined, dined, bowled over by MacGill". The Age. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  11. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Domjen, Briana (30 August 2014). "MacGill and Friend pull up stumps". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  12. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sharp, Annette (15 October 2000). "The Diary". The Sun-Herald. Fairfax Media. p. 26. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Rachel Friend confirms a split from former cricketer Stuart MacGill". 31 August 2014.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Logies '89 Nominations". TV Week. 18 March 1989. p. 13.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Oliver, Robin (10 March 1990). "Five top Logie awards go to two soap operas". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 October 2025 – via Newspapers.com.Template:Free access
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Logies '92 Nominations". TV Week. 7 March 1992. p. 12.

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