Rachel Portman (born December 11, 1960 in Haslemere, England) is a British composer, best known for her film work. She was the first female composer to win an Academy Award (for "Emma" in 1996), and went on to be nominated for the critically acclaimed "The Cider House Rules" in 1999 and "Chocolat" in 2000. For television, she composed the score for all thirteen episodes of Jim Henson's "The Storyteller", … Wikipedia
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Has a daughter named Anna (born 1995) and a second daughter born in 1998. First female composer to win an Oscar. Started composing on the piano at age 13. Composed the music to a successful student film, Privileged (1982), which starred fellow Oxford stud www.imdb.com/name/nm0006235/