Rachel Shenton

Acting · Production

Born December 21, 1987, Stoke-on-Trent, England, UK

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.

Filmography

• 2026Last Night — Executive Producer
• 2026The Strangers — Debbie
• 2026The Strangers: Chapter 3 — Debbie
• The Rumour — Joanna
• 2025The Strangers: Chapter 2 — Debbie
• 2024The Strangers: Chapter 1 — Debbie
• For Her Sins — Emily Furness
• 2023In Too Deep — Carol
• 2021Night Shift — Executive Producer
• 2021Roy — Cara (voice), Associate Producer
• 2021The Colour Room — Annie Shorter
• All Creatures Great & Small — Helen Alderson, Helen Herriot
• 2019A Glimpse
• 2019A Very British Christmas — Jessica
• 2017The Silent Child — Joanne, Writer, Producer
• White Gold — Joanne Scott
• 2012Blood and Bone China — Anna Fitzgerald
• 2012Money Kills — Anya Valeskavich
• Blood and Bone China — Anna Fitzgerald
• Switched at Birth — Lily Summers
• Waterloo Road — Courtney
• Code Zero — Gemma Chapman
• Isla Soledad — Executive Producer
• Sticks & Shelter — Producer, Creator, Writer