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Rachael Carpani

Rachael Ann Carpani (1980–2025), Australian actress best known as Jodi Fountain McLeod in McLeod's Daughters (2001–2009); led Lifetime's Against the Wall, appeared in NCIS: Los Angeles and The Way Back, and joined Home and Away in 2024.

Rachael Harris

Rachael Harris (born 1968) is an American actress and comedian, a Groundlings alumna known as Dr. Linda Martin on Lucifer, Susan Heffley in Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Melissa in The Hangover, and Sheila Sazs on Suits.

Rachael Leigh Cook

Rachael Leigh Cook (born 1979, Minneapolis) is an American actress known for Laney Boggs in She's All That (1999), Josie and the Pussycats, and a Hallmark and Netflix producing career; not the Rachel Leigh of other credits.

Rachael MacFarlane

Rachael Ann MacFarlane (born 1976, Kent, Connecticut), American voice actress and singer; sister of Seth MacFarlane; voice of Hayley Smith on American Dad! since 2005, original Meg Griffin in the Family Guy pilot, and 2012 jazz album Hayley Sings.

Rachael Ray

Rachael Ray (b. 1968), American TV cook and author of 30 Minute Meals and $40 a Day, hosted the syndicated Rachael Ray show 2006-2023, founded Yum-o! and Free Food Studios, coined EVOO.

Rachael Stirling

Rachael Stirling (Rachael Atlanta Stirling), English actress born 1977, daughter of Diana Rigg; star of Tipping the Velvet, two-time Olivier nominee, and Broadway Giant cast member.

Rachael Taylor

Rachael Taylor (Rachael May Taylor, born 1984) is an Australian actress from Launceston, Tasmania, known for Transformers (2007) and as Trish Walker in Marvel's Jessica Jones; distinct from the casting-department, designer, and rugby-coach namesakes.

Rachanun Mahawan

Rachanun Mahawan (รชานันท์ มหาวรรณ์), nicknamed Film, Thai GMMTV actress born 2000; rose from 2gether's Earn to GL lead May in Pluto, winning the 2025 Seoul International Drama Awards' Outstanding Asian Star, and stars in Girl Rules (2026).

Rachel Ames

Rachel Ames (Rachel Kay Foulger, born November 2, 1929) is an American actress who played Audrey Hardy on ABC's General Hospital from 1964 to 2007, with returns in 2009, 2013, and 2015, and earned three Daytime Emmy nominations.

Rachel Bilson

Rachel Bilson (born 1981) is an American actress known as Summer Roberts on The O.C. and Dr. Zoe Hart on Hart of Dixie, with films Jumper and The To Do List and the podcasts Broad Ideas and Welcome to the OC.

Rachel Blanchard

Rachel Louise Blanchard (born 1976, Toronto) is a Canadian actress known as Cher in the Clueless TV series, Nancy in Peep Show, Kitty Nygaard in Fargo, and Susannah in The Summer I Turned Pretty.

Rachel Bloom

Rachel Bloom (born 1987) is an American actress, comedian, and songwriter, co-creator and star of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, winner of a 2016 Golden Globe and 2019 Emmy, author of I Want To Be Where The Normal People Are, and 2026 Broadway debutant in The Imaginary Invalid.

Rachel Boston

Rachel Boston (Rachel Elizabeth Boston, born 1982) is an American actress and producer from Signal Mountain, Tennessee, known for Beth Mason on American Dreams, Ingrid Beauchamp on Witches of East End, award-winning lead in The Pill, and numerous Hallmark television movies.

Rachel Brosnahan

Rachel Brosnahan, American actress born 1990 in Milwaukee, known as Midge Maisel in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Emmy 2018, two Golden Globes), Rachel Posner in House of Cards, and Lois Lane in Superman (2025).

Rachel Dretzin

Rachel Dretzin, American documentary filmmaker and founding partner of Ark Media in Brooklyn, longtime FRONTLINE producer (Growing Up Online, Digital Nation), director of Far From the Tree and Netflix's Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey.

Rachel Griffiths

Rachel Griffiths (b. 1968, Melbourne) is an Australian actress, not the poet Rachel Eliza Griffiths or the economist Rachel Griffith; known for Muriel's Wedding, Hilary and Jackie, Six Feet Under, and directing Ride Like a Girl.

Rachel Hunter

Rachel Hunter is a New Zealand model, actress, and television presenter who appeared on the 1994 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover and fronted Revlon and CoverGirl campaigns.

Rachel Hurd-Wood

Rachel Hurd-Wood (born 1990) is an English actress, not to be confused with Evan Rachel Wood, known for Wendy Darling in Peter Pan (2003), Perfume, Dorian Gray, Clique, and The First Omen (2024).

Rachel Kempson

Rachel Kempson, Lady Redgrave (1910-2003), English RADA-trained stage and screen actress, matriarch of the Redgrave dynasty: wife of Sir Michael Redgrave, mother of Vanessa, Corin, and Lynn, debut Hero at Stratford 1933.

Rachel Lindsay (television personality)

Rachel Lindsay, American attorney and media personality, first Black lead of ABC's Bachelor franchise as season 13 Bachelorette (2017); later Extra correspondent, Higher Learning podcast co-host, author of Miss Me With That, and prominent franchise critic.

Rachel Luttrell

Rachel Luttrell (Rachel Zawadi Luttrell), born 1971 in Tanzania, is a Canadian actress and singer known for Teyla Emmagan in Stargate: Atlantis (2004–2009), plus stage roles, Street Legal, and the 2011 album I Wish You Love.

Rachel Marsh

Rachel Marsh (born 1992) is an American actress and comedian from Bothell, Washington, known as Luna Castillo in Netflix's Unstable and Anh Pham in The Love Hypothesis (2026), with roles in Fallout, The Morning Show, and Adults.

Rachel McAdams

Rachel McAdams (born 1978, London, Ontario) is a Canadian actress known for Mean Girls, The Notebook, Wedding Crashers, Spotlight (Oscar-nominated), and Broadway's Mary Jane.

Rachel Miner

Rachel Miner (born 1980, New York City) is an American actress known for Michelle Bauer on Guiding Light, Lisa Connelly in Bully, and the demon Meg on Supernatural seasons 5-8.

Rachel Nichols (actress)

Rachel Emily Nichols (born 1980, Augusta, Maine) is an American actress and model, lead as Kiera Cameron in Continuum (2012–2015) and known for G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Star Trek, and Alias; distinct from the sports journalist of the same name.

Rachel Reilly

Rachel Reilly (Rachel Eileen Reilly Villegas), born 1984, is an American reality TV personality who won Big Brother 13 in 2011, competed on The Amazing Race three times, Snake in the Grass, Celebrity Fear Factor, The Traitors, and returned to Big Brother 27 and 28.

Rachel Riley

Rachel Riley (born 1986) is the English television presenter and Oxford mathematics graduate who has been Countdown's numbers expert on Channel 4 since January 2009, replacing Carol Vorderman, and appears on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown; MBE 2023.

Rachel Roberts (actress)

Rachel Roberts (1927–1980) was a Welsh actress from Llanelli, BAFTA winner for Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and This Sporting Life, Oscar-nominated, wife of Rex Harrison 1962–1971; distinct from the 1978-born Canadian S1m0ne actress.

Rachel Sennott

Rachel Sennott (born 1995, Simsbury, Connecticut) is an American actress, comedian, and screenwriter known for Shiva Baby, Bottoms, Bodies Bodies Bodies, and creating and starring in HBO's I Love LA (2025).

Rachel Shelley

Rachel Shelley (born 1969, Swindon, England) is an English actress and audio producer known as Helena Peabody in The L Word, Elizabeth Russell in the Oscar-nominated Lagaan, Milah in Once Upon a Time, and Clara Murphy in Kohrra.