Short Biography

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

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

She also appeared in the independent film, Dish Dogs, 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 with the Wayans Brother`s.

Since 2004 Maitland has been seen in the CBS comedy Out of Practice. Maitland was also the lead untitled Michael Jacobs Pilot. In 2007 she guest-starred in Rules of Engagement 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 NYC 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.

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