Get a closer look at some of Hollywood's perfect pairs.

Hollywood Power Couples

Get a closer look at some of Hollywood&#39;s perfect pairs.

"The Gentlemen" and "Slow Horses" return this fall, while the "Reacher" spin-off series "Neagley" makes its debut. See our guide of the biggest Fall TV and streaming releases.

2026 Fall TV and Streaming Watch Guide

&quot;The Gentlemen&quot; and &quot;Slow Horses&quot; return this fall, while the &quot;Reacher&quot; spin-off series &quot;Neagley&quot; makes its debut. See our guide of the biggest Fall TV and streaming releases.

Get a closer look at these actors from their many TV and streaming series roles.

Streaming Stars, Then and Now

Maitland Ward (born Ashley Maitland Welkos, on February 3, 1977 in Long Beach, California). She began her career as "Jessica Forrester" on The Bold and the Beautiful (1987), where she appeared for three years. From there, she guest-starred on Home Improvement (1991).

Maitland is also well-known as "Rachel McGuire" from the hit prime-time series, Boy Meets World (1993). She starred on the ABC comedy for three years.

She also appeared in the independent film, Dish Dogs (2000), a romantic comedy in which she co-stars with Brian Dennehy, Matthew Lillard and Sean Astin.

In 2004, she starred in the comedy White Chicks (2004) with the Wayans Brothers.

Since 2004, Maitland has been seen in the CBS comedy Out of Practice (2005). Maitland was also the lead in the untitled Michael Jacobs pilot. In 2007, she guest-starred on Rules of Engagement (2007) on CBS, opposite David Spade.

In October of 2006, she married John T. Baxter and the wedding was profiled in the New York Times Society Pages. In 2007, Maitland was accepted to NYU and studied Theatre while pursuing roles on the stage. She lived in New York City for two years before relocating back to Los Angeles in the spring of '09.

[on co-starring in <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm2628347/?ref_=nmqu_qu">Kayden Kross</a>&#39; <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt11309414/?ref_=nmqu_qu">Drive (2019)</a>] I was blown away. I was like, this is nothing anyone in porn has seen before - and by a powerful female director. That&#39;s something a lot of people don&#39;t talk about: how many more female directors there are in porn than in Hollywood, and the women are the ones winning awards.

[about going all in with porn performing] I realized I had such a passion in me for doing sexual performance.

[how Disney treated young actresses] You had to be virginal, but you also had to be sexual. The issues mainly came from Disney, and that it wasn&#39;t so much with the cast members. It was more the whole Disney machine back then, especially back in the late &#39;90s and early 2000s when the girls were treated like meat.

Quotes

Maitland Ward

Contribute to this page

More from this person

More to explore

Recently viewed