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Rachel Shelley

Highest Rated: 95% Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001)

Lowest Rated: 0% The Bone Snatcher (2003)

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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Highest rated movies

95% 93% Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
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88% 67% Blank
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82% 74% Photographing Fairies
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75% 50% The Children
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20% 37% Lighthouse
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8% 45% Gray Matters
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0% 19% The Bone Snatcher
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The Lighthouse
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Sparkling Cyanide
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81% Canone Inverso: Making Love
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
88% 67% Blank Claire Rivers (Character) - 2022
75% 50% The Children Chloe (Character) - 2008
8% 45% Gray Matters Julia Bartlett (Character) $59.6K 2006
0% 19% 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
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Lighthouse Unknown (Character) - 1999
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

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100% 83% Kohrra Unknown (Character) 2023
55% 51% Deep State Elliot Taylor (Character) 2018
78% 78% Once Upon a Time Unknown (Guest Star) 2012-2013 2016
No Score Yet 85% Rogue Shelley (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 97% Coupling Samantha (Guest Star) 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Heartbeat Unknown (Guest Star) 2002