First female composer to win an Oscar and an Emmy for music score.
Composed the music to a successful student film, Privileged (1982), which starred
fellow Oxford student Hugh Grant.
Rachel Portman has composed an opera, "The Little Prince", based on the
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry story. The world premier is being given by Houston Grand Opera
starting 31 May 2003.
Chooses not to conduct her music.
Started composing on the piano at age 13.
She was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2010 Queen's New Years Honours List for her services to the film industry.
Has three daughters with her husband Uberto Pasolini - Anna Pasolini (b.1995), Giulia Pasolini (b.1998) and Niky Pasolini.
Rachel Portman became the first female composer to win an Academy Award, which she received for the score of Emma (1996).
Rachel was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2010 and is an honorary fellow of Worcester College, Oxford.