Windland Smith Rice

Sandra Windland " Wendy " Smith Rice ( * 1970, † 2005 in Memphis, Tennessee) was an American photographer and actress.

Life and career

Windland " Wendy " Smith Rice was born as the eldest child of Frederick W. Smith, founder of FedEx, and Linda Grisham Smith McFarland. She had five sisters and three brothers. Her father named in 1973 his first FedEx plane " Wendy " after her.

Windland Smith attended the St. Mary's Episcopal School in Memphis, Tennessee, which has now appointed a school building complex for her. In 1992, she graduated from Duke University with her ​​drama studies.

Your photographic talent for animal and nature photography has been recognized by organizations such as Fujifilm, the National Geographic Society and prominent magazines for nature and animal photography. Her work has won several awards and have been to the Smithsonian Museum belonging to the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC issued. The awarded annually by Nature's Best Photography Windland Smith Rice International Awards were named after her.

In the 1990s, she worked under the alternative name Windlind Smith as an actress in small supporting roles in several films and series such as New York Cops - NYPD Blue, Highway Heat and Love Is All There Is with.

Windland Smith Rice died in 2005 unexpectedly on QT syndrome, a genetic disease of the heart. The avid triathlete and marathon runner was married to Jeffrey Scott Rice and mother of two sons born 2003 and 2004. The family lived in Jackson Hole, a valley in the U.S. state of Wyoming.

Trivia

A few weeks after Windland Smith Rice's death her ​​sister Molly Smith read the bestselling novel PS I love you, the Irish writer Cecelia Ahern. She read the novel several times and decided to produce a film adaptation. Her father wore a share to the financing. The film was released in 2007 P. S. I Love You starring Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler and Kathy Bates in the lead roles Windland Smith Rice was dedicated.