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Rachel Ward Urges Embrace Aging After Makeup-Free Video

5/27/2026

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In a January 2026 Instagram video, Rachel Ward urged viewers not to fear aging.
A makeup-free video she posted in December 2025 sparked comments calling her “ravaged” and “very ill.”
She told ABC News trolls were shocked by her gray hair, lives on an 865-acre cattle farm in New South Wales promoting regenerative farming, and received supportive messages from Kyle Richards, Sharon Stone, Frances Fisher and Lesley Ann Warren.

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In a January 2026 Instagram video, Rachel Ward urged viewers not to fear aging.
A makeup-free video she posted in December 2025 sparked comments calling her “ravaged” and “very ill.”
She told ABC News trolls were shocked by her gray hair, lives on an 865-acre cattle farm in New South Wales promoting regenerative farming, and received supportive messages from Kyle Richards, Sharon Stone, Frances Fisher and Lesley Ann Warren.