Maitland Ward: Rachel McGuire's Legacy

Maitland Ward: Rachel McGuire's Legacy Maitland Ward is best known for her role as Rachel McGuire on the classic 90s sitcom Boy Meets World. If you grew up watching the show, you probably remember her as the tall, red-haired beauty who joined the gang in the later seasons. And let’s be honest—she was kind of impossible to miss! Who Is Maitland Ward? Before Boy Meets World, Maitland Ward (whose real name is Ashley Maitland Welkos) had already been acting for a while. She got her start on the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful, where she played Jessica Forrester. But let’s face it, most of us remember her best from the hilarious (and sometimes totally bizarre) world of Cory, Shawn, and Eric.