Rachel Ferrier

Rachel Ferrier is the deuteragonist of Steven Spielberg's 2005 science-fiction film War of the Worlds. She is Ray Ferrier's 10-year old daughter, who suffers anxiety disorder and struggles to survive the alien invasion with him. 
She was portrayed by Dakota Fanning who also played Sally Walden from The Cat in the Hat live-action film, Coraline Jones in Coraline, and Emma Collins-Plummer in The Equalizer 3. 
==History==
Rachel is first seen arriving at Ray's house with her brother Robbie. She greets Ray, but seems distant and gives him a half-hearted hug, then insists on carrying her suitcase in herself. She is shown looking concerned when seeing Ray is out of food. She seems very close to her mother, Mary Ann, and stepfather Tim, showing more affection to her stepfather when he leaves. When Ray and Robbie argue while playing baseball, Rachel tries to make jokes and defuse the tension. When Robbie storms off, she calmly tells Ray to try to get through to him. Ray has to return to work, and when Rachel asks what they should eat, he tells her to order, so she orders health food. 
Later, as Rachel watches TV, she sees some news reports of the electrical storms, before watching a cartoon. She shows Ray a splinter in her hand, calmly telling him that her body will push it out when it's ready, saying she read that. She also tries to get him to notice an award that she won in a horse show. She mischievously tells him that Robbie went out in Ray's car, alarming him. A fierce lightning storm then appears, with Ray and Rachel taking cover under a table, and the power goes out. A petrified Rachel asks Ray if they're going to be okay, but he doesn't know. He goes out to investigate, telling her to stay there. 
When Ray returns, having seen the start of the alien attack, he tells them urgently that they're leaving, and Rachel becomes increasingly panicked. When they find a car they can use, Rachel watches Ray trying to convince his friend Manny to get in with them. When Ray tells him that he'll die if he doesn't get in, Rachel becomes hysterical and starts crying. As they drive away, she watches in horror as the aliens destroy the area. She starts to scream and hyperventilate, with Robbie managing to calm her down. When they arrive at Mary Ann's house, nobody is home. Rachel fears that her mother is dead, but Ray assures her that they're okay. Ray tries to make dinner, with Rachel having to remind him that she's allergic to peanut butter.
That night, a downed plane crashes through the house, with the three of them barely making it to safety. The next morning, Ray tells Rachel to keep her eyes only on him as he carries her out, so she won't see the wreckage around them. Rachel stays calm and agrees, starting to trust her father. As they drive, Rachel has to use the bathroom, so they stop. She makes her way to a river, and is shocked to discover dozens of dead bodies floating there. She starts to panic, and Ray covers her eyes and takes her back to the car, telling her to stay where he can see her. She then witnesses Robbie trying to join a military unit that is going to fight the aliens. She tearfully manages to dissuade him, asking who will take care of her without him. 
That night, a mob of people attacks their car. Ray manages to get Rachel out of the car, but is forced to turn the car over at gunpoint. The three take shelter in a diner, where they sit despondent. They later make it to a ferry, but Rachel sees a group of birds acting oddly, and realizes that an attack is imminent. She quietly takes Ray's hand and alerts him to this, and the crowd starts to run. Ray, Rachel, and Robbie make it onto the ferry, but it is attacked and capsized. They swim to shore, and see other passengers being massacred. 
The following night, they discover a battle between an army unit and the aliens. Robbie tries to join them, and Ray tries to talk him down. A stranger tries to take Rachel with her, thinking she's been left alone, and Ray has to let Robbie go in order to save her. As they witness a giant explosion, Ray and Rachel fear Robbie has been killed. They then run into Harlan Ogilvy, who offers them shelter in his house. Rachel tearfully asks Ray about Robbie, and he tries to comfort her by saying he'll meet them in Boston. Rachel shows Ray her horse ribbon, and she asks him for a lullaby. He sings her to sleep and kisses her on the head. 
Later, Ogilvy tells Rachel that he'll take care of her if something happens to her father, which angers Ray. He tells Ogilvy that he is not to talk to Rachel. An alien probe then comes down, and they hide. As Ray holds Rachel, her foot moves by accident and alerts the probe. They leave her shoe behind to trick the probe, and then the aliens themselves come down. Rachel stays quiet in a chair, which the aliens move, but they don't see her. Rachel then watches silently as Ray and Ogilvy fight over a shotgun, and watches the aliens as they explore the basement. As the aliens leave, Ogilvy menacingly tells Ray that they're not "on the same page", while Rachel looks on obliviously. 
The next day, Ray discovers the aliens are harvesting humans for their blood. Rachel sees him and looks concerned about him, but he doesn't tell her about this. Ogilvy becomes unhinged, and his shouts threaten to alert the aliens. Ray tries to get Ogilvy to calm down, as Rachel watches with increasing fear. Ray then goes back to Rachel and hugs her, then blindfolds her and tells her to sing a lullaby, before folding her hands over her ears. As Rachel tearfully sings her song, Ray kills Ogilvy off-screen. Rachel takes off her blindfold, sensing that her father has prevailed, and tenderly embraces him. They fall asleep together.
That night, Rachel is startled awake when the alien probe returns, and runs out of the house in a panic. When Ray is then attacked by a tripod, Rachel screams to get its attention. She is then abducted by the tripod. When Ray allows himself to be taken, he and Rachel reunite in the basket. When a tentacle tries to grab Ray, Rachel throws her arms around him to try to save him. Ray is sucked up, but uses a grenade to free himself and destroys the tripod, while Rachel watches in awe. 
When they make it to Boston, Rachel sees that the aliens' red weed is sick, asking Ray why it's dying, but he doesn't know. They watch as the last tripod is brought down by the military, as Ray holds Rachel and tells her that it's okay. They walk over and witness the death of the alien pilot. Later, they finally make it to Mary Ann's house, as Rachel calls to her mother in relief and embraces her.
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