---
name: "Rachel Pickup"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rachel-pickup"
fi1m_id: "rachel-pickup"
imdb_id: "nm0681974"
tmdb_id: 1232889
wikidata_id: "Q5362042"
roles: []
born: "15 July 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T15:15:03.691393+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Rachel Pickup

## Identity

Rachel Pickup

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rachel-pickup
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rachel-pickup
- **IMDb ID:** nm0681974
- **TMDB ID:** 1232889
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5362042
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Pickup, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5362042, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0681974/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1232889

Actor. Born 15 July 1973 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Born:** 15 July 1973, London, England, UK
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Pickup, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5362042, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0681974/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1232889

## Biography

Rachel Pickup is a British actress born in London on 15 July 1973. She is the daughter of actors Ronald Pickup and Lans Traverse and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

She made her screen debut with the lead role of Kaye Bentley in the BBC series *No Bananas* (1996). Television credits include *Small Island* (2009) as Mrs Ryder, *Midsomer Murders* (2008), *Elementary* (2014) as Allison Fuller, and *The Gilded Age* (2023–present) as Miss André. Film roles encompass *Chronic* (2015) as Sarah and *Wonder Woman* (2017) as Fausta Grables.

Pickup has worked extensively in theatre, appearing in many Shakespearean roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company and in West End and Broadway productions. She won a Herald Angel Award for Ophelia in *Hamlet* and a Manchester Theatre Award for *Time and the Conways*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Small Island* (2009), Fi1m 72, as Mrs. Ryder — [page](https://film.one/tv/small-island.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Schadenfreude* (2025), as Penelope Wright
- *Sister Boniface Mysteries* (2022), series, as Jocelyn Kelly
- *The Gilded Age* (2022), series, as Miss André
- *Wonder Woman* (2017), as Fausta Grables
- *The Merchant of Venice - Live at Shakespeare's Globe* (2016), as Portia
- *Chronic* (2015), as Sarah
- *Elementary* (2012), series, as Allison Fuller
- *Small Island* (2009), series, as Mrs. Ryder — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/small-island.md)
- *Garrow's Law* (2009), series, as Maria Reader
- *Live! Girls! Present Dogtown* (2006), series, Actor
- *Jeffrey Archer: The Truth* (2002), as Casino Girl
- *AKA* (2002), as Stella Primrose
- *Victoria & Albert* (2001), as Lady Henrietta Standish
- *Relic Hunter* (1999), series, as Amanda Reardon
- *Basil* (1998), as Clara Fairfax
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Isolde Balliol — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)
- *No Bananas* (1996), series, as Kaye Bentley
- *Soldier Soldier* (1991), series, as Cheryl

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