Maitland Ward first became a household name through her work on popular television series. These roles established her as a recognizable figure in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

She began her career on the long-running soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful before landing the role of Rachel McGuire on the sitcom Boy Meets World .

By publishing an autobiography, she provided a first-person perspective on the internal workings of different branches of the entertainment world.