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Rachel Covey

Rachel Covey (Rae Covey), born 1998, American playwright and composer, former child actress who played Morgan Philip in Enchanted (2007), Kate in Duane Hopwood, and cameoed in Disenchanted (2022).

Rachel Dawes

Rachel Dawes is a fictional character in Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy, Bruce Wayne's childhood friend and a Gotham assistant district attorney, original to the films. Played by Katie Holmes, then Maggie Gyllenhaal; killed by the Joker in The Dark Knight.

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 Getting Married

Rachel Getting Married is a 2008 Jonathan Demme comedy-drama, written by Jenny Lumet, in which Anne Hathaway's Kym leaves rehab for sister Rachel's (Rosemarie DeWitt) Connecticut wedding, reopening family wounds; shot handheld on HD, it earned Hathaway her first Oscar nomination.

Rachel Green

Rachel Green (also Rachel Greene), fictional character on NBC sitcom Friends (1994-2004), played by Jennifer Aniston; a runaway bride in the pilot who becomes an independent fashion professional, famous for the Rachel haircut.

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 Melvin

Rachel Melvin (born 1985, Elmhurst, Illinois) is an American actress known as Chelsea Brady on Days of Our Lives (2005-2009, two Daytime Emmy nominations), Penny Pinchelow in Dumb and Dumber To, and creator of the How Bitches Are Made podcast.

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.

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 Summers

Rachel Summers (Rachel Anne Summers), Marvel Comics mutant created by Claremont and Byrne in Uncanny X-Men #141 (1981); daughter of Cyclops and Jean Grey from the Days of Future Past Earth-811 timeline, an Omega-level telepath, Phoenix Force host, and X-Men/Excalibur member also known as Marvel Girl, Prestige, and Mother Askani.

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.