Rachel Amanda Friend (born 8 January 1970) is an Australian actress and journalist.

Career

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 Bronwyn Davies is a fictional character from the Australian television soap opera '' Neighbours'', played by Rachel Friend. She made her first appearance during the episode broadcast on 7 July 1988. Bronwyn is the sister of Sharon Davies. Bronwyn ...

. Friend quit ''Neighbours'' in 1990. That same year saw her win the

Logie Award The Logie Awards (officially the TV Week Logie Awards; colloquially known as The Logies) is an annual gathering to celebrate Australian television, sponsored and organised by the magazine ''TV Week''. The first ceremony was held in 1959 as the ...

for "Most Popular Actress". Other roles include ''

Frog Dreaming ''Frog Dreaming'' is a 1986 Australian family adventure film written by Everett De Roche and directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith. It starred Henry Thomas, Tony Barry, Rachel Friend and Tamsin West. Plot An American boy, Cody (Thomas), whose pare ...

'' (1986) and ''Golden Fiddles'' (1991). She had a brief appearance in ''

Round The Twist ''Round the Twist'' is an Australian children's comedy television series based on stories by author Paul Jennings that follows the supernatural adventures of the Twist family. The series was created and produced by Patricia Edgar, and develope ...

'' as a

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. Friend hosted the

Seven Network The Seven Network (commonly known as Channel Seven or simply Seven) is a major Australian commercial free-to-air television network. It is owned by Seven West Media Limited, and is one of five main free-to-air television networks in Australia ...

show ''Saturday Kitchen'' with her husband Stuart MacGill on Saturday afternoons. In 2003, Friend established her own PR company, Media Friendly, and as of July 2007, is producing and presenting the Seven Network's new 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.

Personal life

In 1993, Friend married Australian actor-singer

Craig McLachlan Craig Dougall McLachlan (born 1 September 1965) is an Australian actor, musician, singer and composer. He has been involved in film, television, the music industry and music theatre for over 30 years. He is best known for appearing in the soap ...

whom she had met on the set of '' Neighbours''. They divorced the following year. Friend married Australian cricketer Stuart MacGill in 2000 and they have two children together. The pair separated in 2013.

References

External links

MediaFriendly website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Friend, Rachel 1970 births Australian film actresses Australian soap opera actresses Living people Logie Award winners Place of birth missing (living people)