Rachel Pickup
Rachel Pickup (born 15 July 1973 in London) is a British actress.
Life and career
Rachel Pickup was born in London in 1973 as one of two children of the actor couple Ronald Pickup and Lans Traverse. Her brother Simon pickup is also an actor. She got a place at the National Youth Theatre, and continued her acting training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art ( RADA ) in London.
Even before graduating from RADA got Rachel Pickup 1996 in the BBC mini-series No Bananas offered a starring role. In the German-speaking world it was known by the appearing 2001 biopic Victoria & Albert in which she played Lady Henrietta Standish. In 2008, she co-starred with her father in an episode of the broadcast on ZDF detective series Midsomer Murders with.
Rachel Pichup had as a theater actress, among other engagements at the Rose Theatre in Kingston and at the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith. For her performance in the listed in Manchester at the Royal Exchange Theatre 's stage play Time and the Conways Rachel pickup was awarded the Best Supporting Actress Award MEN. At London's Old Vic Theatre gave the Cordelia in William Shakespeare's King Lear and Ophelia in Hamlet, for which she was awarded the Bank of Scotland Herald Angel award.