Rachel Nichols is an American actress who started her career back in 2000. And she became popular thanks to her roles in such films as The Amityville Horror (2005), Star Trek (2009), Mescada (2010), Cobra Throw (2009), I, Alex Cross, etc. The article takes a closer look at her path to film and television.
Biography
The future actress was born in 1980 in Augusta, Maine. As a child, she attended Cony High School, where she was actively involved in the high jump. And at the age of eighteen she entered New York Columbia University, dreaming of working as an analyst on Wall Street in the future. And, after graduating, she became a confident specialist in the field of economics and psychology.
Already during her studies, the girl was noticed by several large modeling agencies, one of which eventually offered her a good job in Paris. Later, she collaborated with such well-known companies as Abercrombie and Fitch, L`Oreal and Guess.
Nichols Rachel's personal life
In 2008, Nichols came outmarried American producer Scott Stuber. After the honeymoon, they were engaged in building a house in the city of Cabo San Lucas, but after eight months of living together, their union broke up. She now lives with Michael Kershaw, a real estate developer, whom they married in 2014.
Best films (2000-2007)
The first film with Rachel Nichols was Joana Chen's melodrama "Autumn in New York" (2000), but there she got only a small role as a girl from a bar. It wasn't until 2004 that she landed a supporting role in Dan Polier's drama Debating Robert Lee. It was a good experience. She played her character so well that she won an award at the Method Fest in 2006.
In 2005, the actress had a chance to play the role of a nanny named Lisa in Andrew Douglas' horror film The Amityville Horror. The picture was successful, because it paid for itself several times over. And the reviews were mostly positive. The actress was then nominated for two awards: Teen Choice Awards and MTV Movie Awards. But, unfortunately, none of them won.
Actress Rachel Nichols got her first leading role in 2006, when Frank Khalfoun invited her to shoot the thriller "Parking", all the events of which take place on the territory of an underground parking lot. But then she again played a minor character, an assistant sportswriter, in the drama Resurrecting the Champion (2007).
Best films (2009-2016)
In 2009, the actress had a small role in Jay J. Abrams' sci-fi film Starway . And then she appeared in another big-budget project, Cobra Rush (2009), where she played Shena M. O'Hara, one of the members of the G. I. intelligence team. Joe. By the way, for the sake of filming in this film, she had to dye her hair red.
In the crime drama Meskada, the actress appeared as an assistant to a detective investigating a case of robbery of we althy houses in Hillard. In the melodrama He, She and the Parrot (2011), Nichols plays a library worker who, together with her friend, is trying to unravel the mystery of the appearance of a talking parrot. In the action-packed thriller I, Alex Cross (2012), Nichols Rachel played the partner of Alex Cross, who followed in the footsteps of a serial killer. And in the crime thriller Paco Cabezas "Anger" (2014), she played the role of Vanessa, the wife of Paul Maguire, whose daughter was killed by robbers when she was at home alone.
Best series
In the career of an actress, there are at least two series that cannot be left out. In 2005, 13 episodes of the American crime drama Special Section, created by Tim Minear and Howard Gordon, were released. In the film, Rachel Nichols plays Rebecca Locke, who was kidnapped as a child and is now able to understand the behavior of criminals and their victims. It was because of this feature that she was hired by the FBI's Major Crime Unit.
Also, the actress got the lead role in Simon Barry's Canadian fantasy series "Continuum" (2012-2015), the events of which unfoldin 2077. She plays the role of Kira Cameron, who travels back in time to catch and bring back a gang of terrorists who escaped the death pen alty. Rachel Nichols was nominated twice for the Saturn Award for "Best Television Actress" but did not receive the award. But she took a prize from the Canadian science fiction Constellation Awards.
Now fans of Rachel Nichols will have to be patient, because some significant projects with her participation are not expected yet. True, there is information that Amos Posner's comedy drama After Party should be released in 2017. But so far there is no information about what the film will be about and when the premiere will take place. And the actress got far from the first role there.
