Rachael Stirling
Rachael Atalanta Stirling (born
May 30,
1977 in
London) is a
British actress best known for her performance as Nancy Astley in the
BBC drama
Tipping the Velvet and also for being the daughter of
Dame Diana Rigg.
Rachael made her first appearance on the stage, starring in
Othello at the
National Youth Theatre in 1997. Her first screen appearance was a year later in the British comedy film
Still Crazy. A great start in films, her co-stars included such greats as
Stephen Rea,
Billy Connolly,
Timothy Spall and
Jimmy Nail. Other film projects have included
Maybe Baby,
Complicity (with her
Tipping the Velvet co-star
Keeley Hawes),
Another Life with Vanity Fair's
Natasha Little,
The Triumph of Love starring
Mira Sorvino, and
Redemption Road.
Her first TV break was when she starred in American mini-series
In the Beginning - charting God's creation of the universe and mankind opposite
Jacqueline Bisset and
Art Malik.
* She can speak
Russian and is highly skilled at
horse-riding and
jumping.
* Rachael attended
Wycombe Abbey School in Buckinghamshire, England.
* Rachael has a
degree in
History of art from
Edinburgh University.
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