Former Disney Actress Maitland Ward “Feels More Respected As A Porn Filmmaker”​on March 16, 2025 at 2:40 pm

Maitland Ward, who made her name on the 1990s Disney-produced sitcom Boy Meets World, says she enjoys more industry respect now that she has branched out into pornographic filmmaking.

The former starlet found success in seasons six and seven of Boy Meets World, where she played Rachel Maguire. Previously she had broken through on CBS TV soap The Bold and the Beautiful in the mid-1990s.

Ward has since moved into a different field, and she told Fox News Digital of the empowerment she now feels in her new career.

She told the news outlet:

“I really think people treat me with more respect now, honestly, especially even in Hollywood right now. I’m pitching my memoir into a TV format and talking with people. They’re so respectful, and they’re so positive about my story, especially younger people and different people that I speak to in Hollywood and stuff. They’re just much more receptive to the story. And I really feel like I have a lot of positivity around it. I’m able to create my own brand, my own content, the way I want to create it.”

She said:

“I’m creating full-length movies. I’m doing things like making projects that I really feel passionate about. I work with a female director, who has been amazing. And I think people are always surprised by that, that two women are creating these long erotic, pornographic art pieces. And I think that’s really special.”

Ward’s acting career includes appearances on ABC’s Home Improvement, and films Killing Mr Griffin (1997), Dish Dogs (2000) and White Chicks (2004).