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Rachel Shenton

Rachel Shenton (born 1987, Stoke-on-Trent) is an English actress, writer, and producer, formerly Mitzeee in Hollyoaks, who won the 2018 Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film for The Silent Child and stars as Helen in All Creatures Great & Small.

Rachel Skarsten

Rachel Skarsten (Rachel Alice Marie Skarsten) is a Canadian actress born in 1985 in Toronto, known for playing Tamsin in Lost Girl and Alice in Batwoman.

Rachel Stubington

Rachel Stubington (born 2000, Los Angeles) is an American actress, writer, and director, known as Summer on Apple TV's Shrinking, with roles in Generation, Doctor Odyssey, and Lifetime films including A Rose for Her Grave.

Rachel Szor

Rachel Szor (Hebrew: רחל שור, born 1994) is an Israeli investigative journalist, film director, cinematographer, and editor based in Jerusalem, known for co-directing the Oscar-winning 2024 documentary No Other Land.

Rachel Ticotin

Rachel Ticotin, American actress born 1958 in the Bronx, known as Melina in Total Recall (1990) and for Fort Apache, the Bronx, Con Air, and Law & Order: LA; Columbia BA in English, 2019.

Rachel True

Rachel True (born 1966, New York City) is an American actress known for Rochelle in The Craft (1996), Mona Thorne on Half & Half, and her tarot work and True Heart Tarot deck.

Rachel Ward

Rachel Ward (born 1957) is an English-born Australian actress, director, and former model, best known as Meggie Cleary in The Thorn Birds (1983), wife of Bryan Brown, director of Beautiful Kate and Rachel's Farm, and now a regenerative beef farmer in NSW's Nambucca Valley.

Rachel Weisz

Rachel Weisz, British actress born 1970 in London, Cambridge-trained, known for The Mummy, The Constant Gardener (Oscar winner), The Favourite, Dead Ringers, and the 2026 Netflix series Vladimir.

Rachel Zegler

Rachel Zegler (born 2001, Hackensack, New Jersey) is a Colombian American actress and singer who won the role of Maria in Spielberg's West Side Story from 30,000 applicants, then starred in Snow White, Romeo + Juliet on Broadway, and Olivier-winning Evita.

Rachelle Lefevre

Rachelle Lefevre (born 1979, Montreal) is a Canadian actress who played vampire Victoria in Twilight (2008) and New Moon (2009), was recast in Eclipse, and starred as Julia Shumway in Under the Dome.

Rachi Sharma

Rachi Sharma, Indian television actress from Indore, debut Woh Toh Hai Albela; played Poorvi in Zee TV's Kumkum Bhagya (2023–2025), Meera Ghosh in Sony's horror series Aami Daakini (2025), and Aadhya in Do Duniya Ek Dil (2026).

Rachita Ram (ರಚಿತಾ ರಾಮ್)

Rachita Ram (ರಚಿತಾ ರಾಮ್), childhood name Bindiya Ram, is a Kannada film actress nicknamed the Dimple Queen; debuted in Bulbul (2013) opposite Darshan, won Filmfare and SIIMA awards for Ranna, and has worked in Telugu and Tamil cinema.

Rachna Banerjee

Rachna Banerjee (রচনা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়), born Jhumjhum Banerjee 1972 in Kolkata, is a Bengali and Odia film actress, host of Zee Bangla's Didi No. 1, and Trinamool Congress MP for Hooghly since June 2024. Born 1972 per official record (IMDb says 1974).

RADA

RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art) is a London drama school founded in 1904 by Herbert Beerbohm Tree, chartered 1920, with 169 students. Its three-year BA (Hons) Acting, validated by King's College London, trains actors in the Stanislavsky tradition alongside voice, movement and technical stagecraft courses.

Rade Šerbedžija

Rade Šerbedžija (born 1946, Bunić, Croatia) is a Croatian Serb actor, poet, and musician; Ulysses Theatre founder, King Lear for 26 years, Venice Pasinetti Award 1994 for Before the Rain.

Radford Sechrist

Radford Sechrist, also known as Rad Sechrist, is an American animator and television director who created the Netflix animated series Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts, based on his 2015 webcomic.

Radha Mitchell

Radha Mitchell (born 1973, Melbourne) is an Australian actress known for High Art, Pitch Black, Man on Fire, Finding Neverland, Melinda and Melinda, and Silent Hill, plus Australian work like Looking for Grace and Blueback.

Radzi Chinyanganya

Radzi Chinyanganya (Munyaradzi Thomas Kingsley Chinyanganya, born 1987) is a British TV presenter, 37th Blue Peter host (2013-2019), Eurosport snooker presenter, and author of Move Like a Lion.

Rae Dawn Chong

Rae Dawn Chong (born 1961) is a Canadian-born actress, daughter of Tommy Chong, Genie-winning lead of Quest for Fire (1981), also known for Commando and The Color Purple.

Raegan Revord

Raegan Revord (born 2008, San Diego) is an American actor and author, nonbinary and using they/them pronouns, known for playing Missy Cooper on Young Sheldon (2017–2024) and Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage, and for the 2025 debut YA novel Rules for Fake Girlfriends.

Rafael Amaya

Rafael Amaya (José Rafael Amaya Núñez) is a Mexican actor and producer best known for playing drug lord Aurelio Casillas in Telemundo's series El Señor de los Cielos.

Rafael Casal

Rafael Casal (born 1985, Berkeley, California), also Rafael Santiago Casal, American writer, actor, producer, and poet; co-wrote, produced, and starred in Blindspotting (2018) and ran its Starz series; appeared in Loki season 2, Wildcat, and Bad Education.

Rafael de la Fuente

Rafael de la Fuente, Venezuelan-born American actor and singer born 1986 in Caracas, known as Sammy Jo in the CW Dynasty reboot (2017–2022), Michael Sanchez on Empire, and roles in Grachi, Every Witch Way, When We Rise, Fire Country, and Hallmark's Letters to Santa.

Rafael L. Silva

Rafael L. Silva (born 1994, Belo Horizonte, Brazil) is a Brazilian-American actor, Carlos Reyes in 9-1-1: Lone Star (2020-2025) and Shawn West in The Waterfront (2025); distinct from the São Paulo-born actor Rafael Silva of Don't Look Up.

Rafał Jaki

Rafał Jaki, Polish gamedev and transmedia creator; CD PROJEKT RED business development head, creator/showrunner of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, writer of The Witcher: Ronin and No\Name manga.

Rafe Spall

Rafe Spall (Rafe Joseph Spall), English actor born 1983 in London, son of Timothy Spall; known for Shaun of the Dead, Prometheus, Life of Pi, The Big Short, Trying, and as Arthur Weasley in HBO's Harry Potter season 2.

Raff Law

Raff Law, full name Rafferty Law, is an English actor known for Masters of the Air and the 2021 film Twist, and eldest son of Jude Law.

Rafi Gavron

Rafi Gavron (Raphael Pichey Gavron, born 1989, London) is a British actor known for Breaking and Entering, Inkheart, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, A Star Is Born, Catch-22, and Godfather of Harlem; grandson of Baron Gavron. Distinct from the Israeli entrepreneur Rafi Gavron.

Rafiath Rashid Mithila (মিথিলা)

Rafiath Rashid Mithila (মিথিলা), born 1984, Bangladeshi actress, singer, model and BRAC International early childhood development head; films Amanush, Kajol Rekha, Jole Jwole Tara; married Srijit Mukherji 2019; joined Columbia University 2026.

Raghav Juyal (राघव जुयाल)

Raghav Juyal (राघव जुयाल), born 1991, in Dehradun, is an Indian dancer, host, and actor known as the King of Slow Motion. Rose to fame on Dance India Dance 3, then acted in Kill, The Ba*ds of Bollywood, and Bhai Tera Star Hai.