14 Facts About Rachel Pickup

Rachel Pickup is a British actress, best known for her work on stage.

Rachel Pickup earned a Critics' Circle Theatre Award nomination for her titular performance in the 2009 revival of Miss Julie at the Rose Theatre Kingston.

Rachel Pickup was born in London, England to actors Lans Traverse and Ronald Rachel Pickup.

Shortly before graduating from RADA, Rachel Pickup was cast as Kaye Bentley BBC miniseries No Bananas.

In 2000 Rachel Pickup made her Off West End debut as Corrie in Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park at Jermyn Street Theatre.

In 2002, Rachel Pickup appeared as Cordelia in the English Touring Theatre's production of King Lear directed by Stephen Unwin.

In 2003 the production transferred The Old Vic in London, with Rachel Pickup reprising her role.

In 2010 Bedroom Farce transferred to the West End, where Rachel Pickup reprised her role as Susannah.

In 2011, Rachel Pickup moved to the United States to appear as Lady Chiltern in the Shakespeare Theatre Company's production of An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde.

In 2014, Rachel Pickup appeared as Goneril at Theatre for a New Audience, playing opposite Michael Pennington's King Lear.

In 2017 Rachel Pickup made her Broadway debut in Noel Coward's Present Laughter at the St James Theatre, understudying the roles Liz Essendine, Monica Reed, and Lady Saltburn.

In 2019 Rachel Pickup appeared in Intelligence a new play by Helen Banner at New York Theatre Workshop.

Rachel Pickup then returned to London to appear as Eva Ardsley in W Somerset Maugham's For Services Rendered at Jermyn Street Theatre.

In 2021 Rachel Pickup portrayed Miranda in The Tempest, at Jermyn Street Theatre.