Rachel Shenton

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.

Known For

Switched at Birth

Waterloo Road

All Creatures Great & Small

All Creatures Great & Small

The Strangers: Chapter 3

The Strangers: Chapter 2

The Strangers: Chapter 1

White Gold

All Movies (12)

• The Strangers: Chapter 32026 · as Debbie
• The Strangers2026 · as Debbie
• The Strangers: Chapter 22025 · as Debbie
• The Strangers: Chapter 12024 · as Debbie
• In Too Deep2023 · as Carol
• The Colour Room2021 · as Annie Shorter
• Roy2021 · as Cara (voice)
• A Very British Christmas2019 · as Jessica
• A Glimpse2019
• The Silent Child2017 · as Joanne
• Money Kills2012 · as Anya Valeskavich
• Blood and Bone China2012 · as Anna Fitzgerald

All TV Shows (8)

• The Rumour2025 · as Joanna
• For Her Sins2023 · as Emily Furness
• All Creatures Great & Small2020 · as Helen Alderson
• All Creatures Great & Small2020 · as Helen Herriot
• White Gold2017 · as Joanne Scott
• Switched at Birth2011 · as Lily Summers
• Blood and Bone China2011 · as Anna Fitzgerald
• Waterloo Road2006 · as Courtney