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Rachel Shenton

Acting Born Dec 21, 1987 Stoke-on-Trent, England, UK 20 credits

Biography

Rachel Joy Shenton is a British actress and writer born in the Midlands. Shenton started her career at Edinburgh fringe festival, where her play received critical acclaim. In 2018 Shenton won the Academy Award® for Best Live Action short film, for The Silent Child that she both wrote, produced and starred in. From 2020, she's been portraying Helen in All Creatures Great and Small.

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Full filmography

  • Switched at Birth (2011) as Lily Summers
  • Waterloo Road (2006) as Courtney
  • All Creatures Great & Small (2020) as Helen Alderson
  • All Creatures Great & Small (2020) as Helen Herriot
  • The Strangers: Chapter 3 (2026) as Debbie
  • The Strangers: Chapter 2 (2025) as Debbie
  • The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024) as Debbie
  • White Gold (2017) as Joanne Scott
  • The Rumour (2025) as Joanna
  • For Her Sins (2023) as Emily Furness
  • The Silent Child (2017) as Joanne
  • The Colour Room (2021) as Annie Shorter
  • The Strangers (2026) as Debbie
  • A Very British Christmas (2019) as Jessica
  • Blood and Bone China (2011) as Anna Fitzgerald
  • A Glimpse (2019)
  • Blood and Bone China (2012) as Anna Fitzgerald
  • Roy (2021) as Cara (voice)
  • In Too Deep (2023) as Carol
  • Money Kills (2012) as Anya Valeskavich