Rachel Shelley was born on 25 August 1969 and is an English actress, audio producer and model.
15 Facts About Rachel Shelley
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Rachel Shelley is best known for playing Helena Peabody in the Showtime series The L Word and Elizabeth Russell in the Oscar-nominated Bollywood epic Lagaan.
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Rachel Irene Shelley was born on 25 August 1969 in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, and was brought up primarily in Cambridgeshire.
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Rachel Shelley is the youngest of four children, she has an older sister and two older brothers.
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Rachel Shelley is perhaps best known for playing Helena Peabody in the Showtime series The L Word.
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Rachel Shelley played a pivotal role in the very first episode of the long-running ITV series Grantchester, opposite James Norton, and featured in the first series of the highly acclaimed Showtime series Episodes opposite Matt LeBlanc.
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Apart from acting, Rachel Shelley has written articles for The Guardian, ELLE magazine, The Big Issue and DIVA Magazine.
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Rachel Shelley was a columnist for several years for DIVA magazine.
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Rachel Shelley graduated from Goldsmiths University with an MA in Radio Production.
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Rachel Shelley has produced and edited a documentary for BBC Radio 4 called What We've Learnt About Grief, presented by Cariad Lloyd.
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Rachel Shelley hosted the very first DIVA Awards in 2017, and went on to host two more times after this with co-host Victoria Broom.
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Rachel Shelley has been nominated several times for Ally of the Year at the DIVA Awards.
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Rachel Shelley was awarded the IOWF Award for Best Actress in 2017 and jointly won the 2024 OTT Award for Best Ensemble Cast.
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Rachel Shelley was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 2002 Popular Awards for Lagaan and for Best Actress in a feature film at the Genre Blast Film Festival 2021.
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Rachel Shelley lives in Notting Hill, London, with her partner since 1995, Matthew Parkhill, who is a TV writer, director and producer.