Biography
Rachel Hayward (born August 7, 1968) is a Canadian actress, known for her work as a series regular in Chris Carter's Harsh Realm (1999) for FOX and her leading role in the 2015 made for TV movie, Stolen Daughter (2015). She landed her first acting role in the feature Breaking All the Rules (1985) at the age of 17. Her feature film and TV movie credits include Stranger in the Mirror, Under the Gun, Breaking All the Rules, Deadfire, She Woke Up Pregnant, Convergence, Knight Moves and the romantic...
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Complete Filmography

A Reason for the Season
2024
as Claire Bedford
In order to earn her trust fund, Evie is tasked with granting Christmas wishes to the people who saved her life on the night of her birth. To aid in h...

Buddy Games
2019
as Cougar
After six lifelong friends have a five-year falling out, “The Bobfather”, reunites his pals for the Buddy Games, an insane competition of absurd physi...

Over the Moon in Love
2019
as Charlotte Moore
With her match-making business on the verge of closing, Brooklyn finds herself in the unique position to be featured in a magazine, but has to set up ...

Ruby Herring Mysteries: Her Last Breath
2019
as Natalie Billings
Ruby and Detective Killian investigate a suspicious fatal car accident. With their yin and yang relationship, they solve the case, until Ruby finds ne...

Made for You with Love
2019
as Katie's Mom
The owner of a secondhand wedding dress business breathes new life into used dresses, making dreams come true for brides unable to afford pricey gowns...

Hailey Dean Mysteries: A Prescription for Murder
2019
as Erica
Psychologist and former prosecutor Hailey Dean aids her friend Detective Garland Fincher in investigating a rapidly growing string of murders at Atlan...

Wonder
2017
as Miranda's Mom
The story of August Pullman – a boy with facial differences – who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.

Hearts of Christmas
2016
as Kate Miller
When Alice, a beloved neonatal intensive care unit supervisor, is forced to take early retirement, her young colleague Jenny decides to turn the upcom...

A Firehouse Christmas
2016
as Lori Lawrence
With Christmas approaching, life appears to be good for Tom, an ex-Olympic hockey star, and his girlfriend, Jenny, a firefighter -- at least until Mar...

Autumn Dreams
2015
as Jessica Hancock
With plans to leave their small town, teenage loves Annie and Ben elope. Their big city plans are halted, though, when Annie's parents have the marria...

Driven Underground
2015
as Molly Sanders
Single mother Sarah Palmer hides her family in Oregon when her daughter Christy becomes a key witness in a murder against the mob.

Stolen Daughter
2015
as Martha Dixel
A female police detective returns to work after suffering PTSD from a previous case, only to have her teenage daughter kidnapped by an emotionally dis...

Jingle All the Way 2
2014
as Maggie
Larry's daughter wants only one thing for Christmas - a talking bear. His daughter's step-dad intends to make sure that Larry can't get one.

My Mother's Future Husband
2014
as Mitzi
Headly, a 15-year-old teenager, thinks her mother, Rene, has mourned her father's death long enough, so she decides to find her a new husband by the e...

Garage Sale Mystery
2013
as Customer
Jennifer Shannon can always find a diamond in the rough, when it comes to garage sales, that is. Whether it's a new antique to sell at her consignment...

12 Rounds 2: Reloaded
2013
as Roberta Shaw
Nick Malloy portrays an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) who finds himself caught in a deadly 12-round game of cat and mouse with a vigilante tied t...

She Made Them Do It
2012
as Julia Rogers
"She Made Them Do It" follows the twisted life of Sarah Pender, a charismatic, intelligent young woman who would become one of the country’s most soug...

Comforting Skin
2011
as Tammie
A lonely young woman's desperate need for emotional and sexual companionship draws her into a surreal and ultimately destructive relationship with a s...

A Trusted Man
2011
as Laura Whiting
Sonia Patton accepts a huge job promotion. Accepting this promotion means she must leave her home in New York City and move to a small town near Bosto...

Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods
2009
as Sgt. Carol Weterings
An alien similar to Ra appears out of the Stargate, killing five soldiers and kidnapping another, a year after the original Stargate mission. A new te...

The Christmas Clause
2008
as Marcie
A stressed out lawyer and mother of three gets her yuletide wish when she wishes to see what her life would be like if she had chosen to pursue her ca...

While She Was Out
2008
as Lynn
Della Myers, a suburban housewife, lives with her twin children and her abusive husband, Kenneth. On Christmas Eve, she drives to the local mall to bu...

The Art of War II: Betrayal
2008
as Carlson
Agent Neil Shaw is called out of retirement and finds himself in the midst of a plot to assassinate several leading Senators with himself set-up to ta...

Christmas in Wonderland
2007
as Judy Saunders
Three kids and their Dad move from L.A to Edmonton. When they go shopping at West Edmonton Mall they find counterfeit cash. They inadvertently help ca...

Perfect Child
2007
as Dr. Ferrel
Brilliant software entrepreneur Paul Jacobs meets PR agent Sarah Daniels at his spoiled rotten daughter Lily's tennis club. First Sara seduces Paul to...

Numb
2007
as Spinning Instructor
Hudson Milbank is a successful Hollywood screenwriter who suddenly and strangely finds himself without any emotional feelings. He tries doctor after d...

Unthinkable
2007
as Susan Shaw
Overdomineering female police detective Jamie McDowell still tries to run her 19-year old only son Peter's life although he is a builder who lives alo...

Cleaverville
2007
as Andi
A life-time criminal is on the run after completing a diamond theft gone wrong. She seeks her mother's help in staying on the run and resist the urge ...

Last Chance Cafe
2006
as Katie Stratton
After uncovering evidence that her stepfather was murdered by her D.A. ex-husband and a ring of corrupt cops, a young woman is forced to flee with her...

Augusta, Gone
2006
as Judy
Martha is a businesswoman and divorced mother of two children - Augusta and Jack. However, when docile Augusta becomes a teenager, feelings of anger a...

Deep Evil
2004
as Capt. O'Brien
An alien microbe lands in remote Siberia in the 1950's. In the year 2004, US scientist working at a top secret underground lab in Alaska clone the mic...

Devil Winds
2003
as Karen Sowells
A brilliant meteorologist returns to his hometown in Oklahoma to try to stop the biggest tornado ever.

Snow Queen
2002
as Amy
Since a bitter winter storm stole the life of Gerda's mother, she and her father have sadly continued to run the remote hotel they call home. Lonely a...

Sightings: Heartland Ghost
2002
as Jamie
The crew of a reality-TV show about the paranormal visits a small Kansas town to investigate a house that may be haunted.

Hellraiser: Hellseeker
2002
as Dr. Allison Dormere
When the puzzle box is once again solved, Pinhead and his legion demolish all who dare oppose them. But standing in his way is the only person who has...

Cruel and Unusual
2002
as Kate
A sleepy Oregon village turns deadly when Adam, introducing himself as an English professor working on his first novel, befriends Kate and Mike, a bro...

Cabin Pressure
2001
as Reece Robbins
A fully automated commercial jetliner is prepared to make its maiden voyage. Without an on-flight pilot, the craft relies on satellite linking for its...

The Operative
2001
as Sonya
As if eleven years in the toughest prison in a Soviet labor camp weren't enough, ex-CIA agent Alec Carville is forced to commit a crime after returnin...

Convergence
2000
as T.K. Wallace
A young journalist is assigned to work with a more experienced writer on a scandal paper. On an assignment to write about a mental-hospital patient wh...

The Call of the Wild
2000
as Adoley Thornton
Based on the classic novel by Jack London, Call of the Wild stakes its claim to being that rate breed of adventure that parents and kids can enjoy tog...

Apartment Hunting
2000
as Lola
A married journalist unexpectedly dials up true love over the telephone while doing research for a story.

The Fear: Resurrection
1999
as Trish
It's death-by-fear (aka scared-to-death) in this deceptively psychological thriller. The hero, Mike brings his friends to his grandparents' house for ...

Y2K
1999
as Panama
On the eve of the new millennium, a nervous military leader assembles a team to help him deal with an unforeseen problem, as they are being alerted of...

Voyage of Terror
1998
as Gina Reid
An infectious disease researcher is on a cruise with her daughter when an ebola-type virus attacks the ship's passengers and crew.

Dead Fire
1997
as Alexa Stant
A convict and his gang seize a space station in 2064, with plans to annihilate Earth's population in order to start anew with an entirely new society.

She Woke Up Pregnant
1996
as Jill Weitz
A sleazy dentist sexually assaults his patients while they are under heavy sedatives for dental surgery. One woman gets impregnated from such an incid...

Toe Tags
1996
The Valley Creek Apartments seem to be a magnet for rich, beautiful people. But the rent has just gone up and it is costing residents their lives. Det...

The Final Cut
1995
as Barmaid Gabby
A former bomb squad leader comes out of retirement to investigate a series of bombings plaguing Seattle.

Suspicious Agenda
1995
as Roxanne
Six veteran police officers all have a blemished record, but one of them tries to be judge, jury and executioner. Their superior has a plan to flush-o...

The Sea Wolf
1994
as Ann Treadwell
Jack London's brutal Wolf Larson brings a shipwrecked aristocrat and a con woman aboard his doomed ship, the Ghost.

A Stranger in the Mirror
1993
as Harriett
A naive young woman arrives in Hollywood to become a star, but after she gets drugged and raped during a shoot, she hardens quickly and catches the ey...

Just One of the Girls
1993
as Ms. Glatt
To save himself from the biggest bully in school, Chris Calder has to dress himself up like a girl to avoid Curt. When the disguise works, he is force...

Knight Moves
1992
as Last Victim
A chess grandmaster is in a big tournament, and when his lover is found painted up and the blood drained out of her body he becomes a chief suspect. A...

Whispers
1990
as Woman in Morgue (uncredited)
A woman is stalked by a psychopathic killer. She eventually kills him, only for the man to show up again, this time sane and without any knowledge of ...

Xtro 2: The Second Encounter
1990
as Dr. Myers
An underground government facility is locked down by its A.I.-controlled computer when an alien entity travels through a dimensional portal and threat...

Breaking All the Rules
1985
as Angie
Three robbers hide a stolen jewel inside a stuffed animal at one of the midway games in an amusement park. When Jack—a teen with a part-time summer jo...