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Rachel Ann Courtney

Acting

Biography

Rachel Ann Courtney began her career as 'Marion Crofts' the lead role in the BBC's long-running crime reconstruction drama 'Crimewatch' and on stage in British Theatre. After many successful performances in plays such as 'Gigi' and 'Bianca' in Shakespeare's 'Taming of The Shrew' Rachel moved to Los Angeles to continue developing her craft. She has starred in television commercials including Xbox Kinect, Domino's Pizza and Coca Cola and recently in the Feature Film 'Beach Bar' (Angelic Pictures/Universal) playing the role as Beth. Rachel has appeared in many short and Independent films including 'Third Shift' which was in the official selection of the Los Angeles United Festival, The Vampire International Film Festival and a winner at the Los Angeles ScreamFest and the comedy short 'A Beachwork Orange' running on Funny or Die and a selection at the Santa Barbara Film Festival. Rachel recently wrapped her recurring role on the hit webisode 'Couch Surfing.' Outside of her acting career, Rachel is athletic and trains in Mixed Martial Arts and Rock Climbing. She also loves to travel and spent time living in the Kunkujang Village in Gambia (Africa) as a Volunteer for the MondoChallenge Foundation.

Known For

Crimewatch
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Crimewatch is a long-running and high-profile British television programme produced by the BBC, that reconstructs major unsolved crimes with a view to gaining information from the members of the public. The programme was originally broadcast once a month on BBC One, although in more recent years the programme has more usually been broadcast roughly once every two months. It was announced on 15 October 2008, that the BBC is to move the filming of shows such as Crimewatch to studios in Cardiff. The show was first broadcast on 7 June 1984, and is based on the German TV show Aktenzeichen XY … ungelöst. It was first presented by Nick Ross and Sue Cook. When Cook left in 1995, she was replaced by Jill Dando. After Dando's murder in April 1999, Fiona Bruce took over. Kirsty Young, Matthew Amroliwala and Martin Bayfield currently front the show; following the departures of Ross and Bruce in 2007 and Rav Wilding on 15 December 2011.

Crimewatch

1984Series