Rachel Shelley
Highest Rated: 95% Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001)
Lowest Rated: Not Available
Birthday: Aug 25, 1969
Birthplace: Swindon, England, UK
Born in Swindon and raised in London, British actress Rachel Shelley is best known for her role on the Showtime drama "The L Word." Shelley studied theater while attending Sheffield University, and began winning screen roles during the mid-1990s. Appearing on episodes of the TV series "The New Adventures of Robin Hood," Shelley went on to a supporting part in the '97 English feature drama "Photographing Fairies" and was featured in a starring role in the well-received 2001 period film "Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India." In '05, she joined the cast of the lesbian TV drama "The L Word" as socialite Helena Peabody, and remained on the lauded American series as a regular until its conclusion four years later. Shifting between TV and film productions, Shelley also appeared on a few episodes of the supernatural show "Ghost Whisperer" and played a major character in the chilling British horror movie "The Children."
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 70% | Blank | Claire Rivers (Character) | - | 2022 |
| 76% | 50% | The Children | Chloe (Character) | - | 2008 |
| 8% | 45% | Gray Matters | Julia Bartlett (Character) | $59.6K | 2006 |
| 0% | 18% | The Bone Snatcher | Mikki (Character) | - | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sparkling Cyanide | Unknown (Character) | - | 2003 |
| 95% | 93% | Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India | Elizabeth Russell (Character) | $905.9K | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Calling | Shelly Woodcock (Character) | - | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | 81% | Canone Inverso: Making Love | Jeno's Mother (Character) | - | 2000 |
| 20% | 37% | Lighthouse | Dr. Kirsty McCloud (Character) | - | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | 56% | Everybody Loves Sunshine | Clare (Character) | - | 1999 |
| 82% | 74% | Photographing Fairies | Mrs. Anne-Marie Castle (Character) | - | 1997 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55% | 52% | Deep State | Elliot Taylor (Character) | 2018 |
| 78% | 78% | Once Upon a Time | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012-2013 2016 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | Rogue | Unknown (Character) | 2014 |
| 57% | 76% | The L Word | Helena Peabody (Character) | 2005-2009 |
| No Score Yet | 87% | Ghost Whisperer | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007-2008 |
| 83% | No Score Yet | Miss Match | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 73% | Heartbeat | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |