Rachel Shelley is an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 actress and model. She was born in Swindon

Swindon

Swindon is a large town within the borough of Swindon and ceremonial county of Wiltshire, in South West England. It is midway between Bristol, west and Reading, east. London is east...

(27 March 2005). Tinseltown Spywitness, Los Angeles Daily News

Los Angeles Daily News

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 ("Shelley, a stage trained actress born in Swindon England") and graduated from Sheffield University

University of Sheffield

The University of Sheffield is a research university based in the city of Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England. It is one of the original 'red brick' universities and is a member of the Russell Group of leading research intensive universities...

 with a B.A. Hons in English and Drama.

She played Elizabeth Russell in the Indian Hindi film Lagaan

Lagaan

Lagaan is a 2001 Bollywood sports film written and directed by Ashutosh Gowariker. Aamir Khan, who was also the producer for the film, stars with Gracy Singh in the lead roles; British actors Rachel Shelley and Paul Blackthorne play the supporting roles...

 and Helena Peabody on the television show The L Word

The L Word

The L Word is an American co-production television drama series originally shown on Showtime portraying the lives of a group of lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people and their friends, family and lovers in the trendy Greater Los Angeles, California city of West Hollywood...

.

Shelley lives in Notting Hill

Notting Hill

Notting Hill is an area in London, England, close to the north-western corner of Kensington Gardens, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea...

, grew up in London

London

London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

 and moved from Swindon

Swindon

Swindon is a large town within the borough of Swindon and ceremonial county of Wiltshire, in South West England. It is midway between Bristol, west and Reading, east. London is east...

 at age one.

In her personal life, she had long been in a relationship with Mathew Parkhill, which whom they have a a child born in 2009.

Filmography

Year	Film / TV	Title	Role	Notes
1994	TV	Broken Heart	Isabel
1994	Film	Royce Royce Royce is a surname, and may refer to:* Ed Royce , Republican Member of Congress from California* Henry Royce , cofounder with Charles Stewart Rolls of the Rolls-Royce automobile company...	Alana Maxwell
1997	TV	The New Adventures of Robin Hood The New Adventures of Robin Hood The New Adventures of Robin Hood is a 1997-1998 live action TV series on Turner Network Television. It was filmed in Vilnius, Lithuania and produced and distributed by Dune Productions, M6, and Warner Bros. International. The tone of the series resembled its contemporaries Hercules: The Legendary...	Boadicea	aka Nouvelles aventures de Robin des bois, Les (France), The Birthday Trap (1997) TV Episode, Heroes (1999) TV Episode .... Boadicea
1997	TV	Wycliffe: Dance of the Scorpions Wycliffe (TV series) Wycliffe is a British TV series, based on W. J. Burley's novels about Detective Superintendent Charles Wycliffe . It was produced by HTV and broadcast on the ITV Network, following a pilot episode on 7 August 1993, between 24 July 1994 and 5 July 1998. The series was filmed in Cornwall, with a...	Sarah
1997	TV	Bugs Bugs (TV series) Bugs was a British television drama series which ran for four series from April 1995 to August 1999. The programme, a mixture of action/adventure and science-fiction, involved a team of specialist independent crime-fighting technology experts, who faced a variety of threats based around computers...	Jenna Spinks	Renegades (1997) TV Episode
1997	TV	Highlander: The Series Highlander: The Series Highlander: The Series is a fantasy-adventure television series featuring Duncan MacLeod of the Scottish Clan MacLeod, as the Highlander. It was an offshoot and another alternate sequel of the 1986 feature film with a twist: Connor MacLeod did not win the prize and Immortals still exist post-1985...	Sophie Baines	aka Highlander (France), Avatar (1997) TV Episode
1997	Film	Photographing Fairies Photographing Fairies Photographing Fairies is 1997 fantasy film based on Steve Szilagyi's 1992 novel Photographing Fairies.- Themes :This film explores some of the themes of folk religion such as: possession, paganism, animism, hallucinogens, parapsychology and fairy...	Mrs. Anne-Marie Castle	aka Apparition (Australia: video box title)
1998	TV	The Bill The Bill The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...	Maggie Hamilton	For Your Love, parts 1 & 2
1999	Film	Everybody Loves Sunshine Everybody Loves Sunshine Everybody Loves Sunshine , is a 1999 British independent film written and directed by Andrew Goth, and starring Rachel Shelley, David Bowie and Goldie.-Plot:...	Clare	aka B.U.S.T.E.D. (USA: video title)
2000	Film	Lighthouse Lighthouse A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire, and used as an aid to navigation for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways....	Dr. Kirsty McCloud	aka Dead of Night (USA: video title)
2000	Film	Canone Inverso Canone Inverso Canone Inverso is a 2000 film directed by Ricky Tognazzi and starring Hans Matheson, Mélanie Thierry, and Lee Williams, and is based on the book Canone Inverso by Italian writer Paolo Maurensig....	making love
2000	Film	The Calling The Calling The Calling is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, best known for their hit single, "Wherever You Will Go." The group formed in 2000 and have released two albums. They have been on an indefinite hiatus since 2005.-Band history:...	Shelly Woodcock
2001	TV	Baddiel's Syndrome Baddiel's Syndrome Baddiel's Syndrome is a British television comedy series that originally aired on Sky One in 2001. It centered around a therapy-attending architect played by David Baddiel.-Cast:*David Baddiel as David...	Marcia	Hair Today TV Episode, Huffa TV Episode
2001	Film	Lagaan Lagaan Lagaan is a 2001 Bollywood sports film written and directed by Ashutosh Gowariker. Aamir Khan, who was also the producer for the film, stars with Gracy Singh in the lead roles; British actors Rachel Shelley and Paul Blackthorne play the supporting roles...	Elizabeth Russell	Once Upon a Time in India (India: Hindi title: short title) aka Land Tax (International: English title: informal literal title)
2001	Film	Jack and the Beanstalk Jack and the Beanstalk Jack and the Beanstalk is a folktale said by English historian Francis Palgrave to be an oral legend that arrived in England with the Vikings. The tale is closely associated with the tale of Jack the Giant-killer. It is known under a number of versions...	Harmonia	Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
2002	TV	Heartbeat	Sue Dixon, aka Denise Hurley	aka Classic Heartbeat (UK: rerun title), Sympathy for the Devil (2002) TV Episode
2002	TV	The American Embassy The American Embassy The American Embassy is an American drama series that aired on Fox from March to April 2002. The series was created by James D. Parriott, and executive produced by Danny DeVito.-Synopsis:...	Mandy	Long Live the King (2002) TV Episode
2002	TV	Coupling Coupling (UK TV series) Coupling is a British television sitcom written by Steven Moffat that aired on BBC2 from May 2000 to June 2004. Produced by Hartswood Films for the BBC, the show centres on the dating and sexual adventures and mishaps of six friends in their thirties, often depicting the three women and the three...	Samantha	Remember This (2002) TV Episode
2002	Film	Cruise of the Gods Cruise of the Gods Cruise of the Gods was a one-off comedy/drama produced by Baby Cow Productions for the BBC. It starred Rob Brydon, Steve Coogan, David Walliams and James Corden...	Yasmina
2003	TV	Miss Match Miss Match Miss Match is a 2003 American television series created by Jeff Rake and Darren Star and produced by Twentieth Century Fox, Darren Star Productions and Imagine Entertainment. It aired in the U.S. on NBC, Australia on Network Seven, Arena and FOX8, and in the UK on Living, Channel 4 and is currently...	Rebecca Hanley	Something Nervy (2003) TV Episode
2003	TV	Licensed by Royalty	Linda Kubrick	TV Series (voce: versione inglese)
2003	Film	Sparkling Cyanide Sparkling Cyanide Sparkling Cyanide is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in February 1945 under the title of Remembered Death and in UK by the Collins Crime Club in the December of the same year under Christie's original title...	Rosemary Barton
2003	Film	The Bone Snatcher The Bone Snatcher The Bone Snatcher is a British-Canadian horror film based on a screenplay from Malcolm Kohll and Gordon Render, the film was directed by South African filmmaker Jason Wolfsohn and stars Scott Bairstow, Rachel Shelley and Adrienne Pierce.-Plot:...	Mikki
2004	TV	Seeing Other People Seeing Other People Seeing Other People is a comedy film about a couple that decide to see other people two months before their wedding. It was released in 2004, and is rated R.-Plot:...	Lauren
2005–2008	TV	The L Word The L Word The L Word is an American co-production television drama series originally shown on Showtime portraying the lives of a group of lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people and their friends, family and lovers in the trendy Greater Los Angeles, California city of West Hollywood...  (46 episodes)	Helena Peabody
2006	Film	Gray Matters Gray Matters Gray Matters is a 2006 romantic comedy film directed by Sue Kramer, starring Heather Graham, Tom Cavanagh and Bridget Moynahan. It premiered on October 21, 2006 at the Hamptons International Film Festival and had a United States limited theatrical release on February 23, 2007.- Plot :Gray Baldwin ,...	Julia Barlett
2007	TV	Ghost Whisperer Ghost Whisperer Ghost Whisperer is an American television supernatural drama, which ran on CBS from September 23, 2005 to May 21, 2010.The series follows the life of Melinda Gordon , who has the ability to see and communicate with ghosts...  (4 episodes)	Kate Payne
2008	Film	The Day
2008	Film	The Children The Children (2008 film) The Children is a 2008 British horror film directed by Tom Shankland and starring Eva Birthistle.-Cast:* Eva Birthistle as Elaine* Stephen Campbell Moore as Jonah* Hannah Tointon as Casey* Eva Sayer as Miranda* William Howes as Paulie*...	Chloe
2011	TV	Episodes Episodes (TV series) Episodes is a British/American television sitcom serial created by David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik and produced by Hat Trick Productions. It premiered on Showtime on January 9, 2011 at 9:30 pm and began airing on BBC Two on 10 January 2011 at 10 pm...  (1 episode)	Kendra
2011	TV	Strike Back: Project Dawn Strike Back: Project Dawn Strike Back: Project Dawn, as it is known in the United Kingdom is a ten-part British-American action television serial, and is the second series of Strike Back. However the only cast member to return from the original series was Richard Armitage in the first episode...	Maggie

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