Rachel Pickup

Rachel Pickup

CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
GenderFemale
BirthdayJul 15, 1973
BiographyRachel Pickup is a British actress, best known for her work on stage. She earned a Critics' Circle Theatre Award nomination for her titular performance in the 2009 revival of Miss Julie at the Rose Theatre Kingston. From 2015-2016 she played Portia in The Merchant Of Venice opposite Sir Jonathan Pryce as Shylock. The pair starred in successive productions at Shakespeare's Globe in London, Lincoln Center in New York, and The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. before embarking on an international tour.

Throughout her career, Pickup has played most of Shakespeare’s heroines in productions on and off the West End, and with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

In 1996 Pickup starred as Kaye Bentley in the 10-part BBC miniseries No Bananas. In 2015 she co-starred in Michel Franco’s film Chronic, which premiered in competition as the 68th Cannes Film Festival. Since 2023 she has appeared as Miss Andre on the HBO series The Gilded Age. Her father was British actor Ronald Pickup.

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