Rachel Shelley
Rachel Shelley (born on 25 August 1969) is an English actress and model. She was born in Swindon, Swindon[1] and graduated from Sheffield University with a B.A. Hons in English and Drama.
She played Elizabeth Russell in the Indian Hindi film Lagaan and Helena Peabody on the television show The L Word.
Shelley lives in Notting Hill, grew up in London and moved from Swindon at the age of only one.
In her personal life, she had been in a relationship with Mathew Parkhill, with whom she had a child, born in 2009.[citation needed]
Filmography
| Year | Film / TV | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | TV | Broken Heart | Isabel | |
| 1994 | Film | Royce | Alana Maxwell | |
| 1997 | TV | The New Adventures of Robin Hood | Boadicea | aka Nouvelles aventures de Robin des bois, Les (France), The Birthday Trap (1997) TV Episode, Heroes (1999) TV Episode .... Boadicea |
| 1997 | TV | Wycliffe: Dance of the Scorpions | Sarah | |
| 1997 | TV | Bugs | Jenna Spinks | Renegades (1997) TV Episode |
| 1997 | TV | Highlander: The Series | Sophie Baines | aka Highlander (France), Avatar (1997) TV Episode |
| 1997 | Film | Photographing Fairies | Mrs. Anne-Marie Castle | aka Apparition (Australia: video box title) |
| 1998 | TV | The Bill | Maggie Hamilton | For Your Love, parts 1 & 2 |
| 1999 | Film | Everybody Loves Sunshine | Clare | aka B.U.S.T.E.D. (USA: video title) |
| 2000 | Film | Lighthouse | Dr. Kirsty McCloud | aka Dead of Night (USA: video title) |
| 2000 | Film | Canone Inverso - making love | Mrs. VargaAdd name of | |
| 2000 | Film | The Calling | Shelly Woodcock | |
| 2001 | TV | Baddiel's Syndrome | Marcia | Hair Today TV Episode, Huffa TV Episode |
| 2001 | Film | Lagaan | Elizabeth Russell | Once Upon a Time in India (India: Hindi title: short title) aka Land Tax (International: English title: informal literal title) |
| 2001 | Film | Jack and the Beanstalk | Harmonia | Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story |
| 2002 | TV | Heartbeat | Sue Dixon, aka Denise Hurley | aka Classic Heartbeat (UK: rerun title), Sympathy for the Devil (2002) TV Episode |
| 2002 | TV | The American Embassy | Mandy | Long Live the King (2002) TV Episode |
| 2002 | TV | Coupling | Samantha | Remember This (2002) TV Episode |
| 2002 | Film | Cruise of the Gods | Yasmina | |
| 2003 | TV | Miss Match | Rebecca Hanley | Something Nervy (2003) TV Episode |
| 2003 | TV | Licensed by Royalty | Linda Kubrick | TV Series (voce: versione inglese) |
| 2003 | Film | Sparkling Cyanide | Rosemary Barton | |
| 2003 | Film | The Bone Snatcher | Mikki | |
| 2004 | TV | Seeing Other People | Lauren | |
| 2005–2008 | TV | The L Word (46 episodes) | Helena Peabody | |
| 2006 | Film | Gray Matters | Julia Barlett | |
| 2007 | TV | Ghost Whisperer (4 episodes) | Kate Payne | |
| 2008 | Film | The Day | ||
| 2008 | Film | The Children | Chloe | |
| 2011 | TV | Episodes (1 episode) | Kendra | |
| 2011 | TV | Strike Back: Project Dawn | Maggie | |
| 2012 | TV | Casualty | DCI Rippon[2] |
References
- ^ (27 March 2005). Tinseltown Spywitness, Los Angeles Daily News ("Shelley, a stage trained actress born in Swindon England")
- ^ Casualty at BBC
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