Rachel Shelley (born 25 August 1969) is an English actress, audio producer and model.
She is best known for playing Helena Peabody in the Showtime series The L Word and Elizabeth Russell in the Oscar-nominated Bollywood epic Lagaan.
Rachel Irene Shelley was born on 25 August 1969 in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, and was brought up primarily in Cambridgeshire.
In 2012 and early 2013, she played the recurring role of Yvonne Rippon, a police superintendent who had a relationship with established character Nick Jordan, in popular BBC medical drama Casualty.
Shelley lives in Notting Hill, London, with her partner since 1995, Matthew Parkhill, who is a TV writer, director and producer.