Rachel Emily Nichols is an American actor and has also tried her fate in modeling. Rachel Nichols started her modeling career during her education in Colombia University.
She stepped into modeling in 1990 and gradually came into acting. She exclusively started her acting career in 2000.
During her acting career, she has appeared in several films and TV series in which she has done an amazing job.
Rachel gained fame through her persistent hard work and charming personality.
Rachel Nichols Early Life
She was born on 8th January 1980. Her place of birth is Augusta which is in United States of America. Her parents, Alison Nichols and James Nichols belonged to the teaching profession. Rachel’s father earned respect through his profession.
Rachel has learned English, French, German, Irish, Italian and Scottish. She studied her early education at Cony High School which is in Augusta. She took part in High Jump Sport during her school.
Once in an interview she said she was not a beautiful girl in her school day, her hands and feet were comparatively longer than her body as per her mother. Her mother called her Bloomer. Nichols learned to dance through high-quality dance classes for a long time and also learned to control her body and gestures.
She was admitted to Colombia University for higher education which is in New York. She studies Psychology and Dramatics there. Rachel Nichols studied double majors in Mathematics and Economics and during her university education, she decided to make her career as a Wall Street Analyst. During her education, she started her modeling career and earned much fame.
Rachel Nichols Modeling Career
One day she was notified by an agency in University when she was having her lunch and called her to work in Paris. She accepted this offer and was then able to afford her university fees.
Rachel appeared as a model in many ads campaign. She has worked for famous companies like ABERCROMBIE & FITCH, GUESS are LOREAL are in this list. This helps her to make a name and fame in modeling industry.
She has also hosted MTV specials. In 2008, she declared that she will only be focusing on her acting career from now onwards and hence left modeling.
Rachel Nichols Acting Career
Rachel Nichols is famous for modeling and acting. She has acted in a romantic drama AUTUMN IN NEW YORK which was highly acclaimed. Rachel Nichols has also appeared in one of the episodes of the 4th season of SEX IN THE CITY. She has worked in a comedy film Dumb and Dumber: When Harry met Lloyd; this role plays a vital part in the boost of her career.
She stated in an interview that she was like a sponge during this movie where she absorbed every suggestion and criticism; this has become a wonderful platform for her learning experience.
This role has not only given her identity but also helped in her fame in the film world. She has also featured in a horror movie The Amityville, and this role is also famous for her splendid work.
Rachel worked in the well-known movie The Woods and a drama series by Fox Studios by name of The Inside.
The inside did not go beyond its initial phase of episodes as it could not manage to impress the producers and thus it got shut down.
Rachel Nichols Breakthrough Role
She got her breakthrough role from TV series Alias in which she has portrayed role of Rachel Gibson and earned recognition through it. Rachel Gibson was a computer expert who works for CIA. She once stated in one of her interviews related to this series that the set of this series is the most amazing set for working in the whole world and even these words are not enough to describe its perfection.
Rachel has practiced for many action scenes for this series, for this, she has hired a personal trainer to train her according to the demands of this role. Alias series got canceled in 2005 but it provided a wonderful platform for Rachel for her acting career in Hollywood.
Rachel then got her first major role in a movie in 2007, a horror movie P2. It was a horror thriller film in which Nichols was portraying the role of business woman. She has faced a problem in this movie that was regarding her bold dressing.
Rachel Nichols – “I was supposed to wear to a night gown”
Nichols shared in an interview that “I was supposed to wear a night gown during the shoot and it has no bra underneath it. I have to get completely wet in that shoot that made the nightgown see-through and was looking vulgar. I have asked the director and added bra underneath that gown and hence made that wearable.”
Critics did not give good ratings and reviews to this movie but acclaimed Rachel’s acting in it. While many people believed that this role was given to Rachel not on the basis of her acting but on the basis of her body curves.
She was then casted in a GI JOE franchise film ‘GI Joe: The rise of cobra’. This movie was packed with action thriller scenes with a touch of comedy as well. Rachel gained 15 pounds for this role and also learned martial arts.
Rachel Nichols Various Projects
She did various projects among which she played the character of a police detective in a crime drama named as MESKADA. ‘Conan the Barbarian’, which is a fantasy film, Rachel worked with Arnold Schwarzenegger in this movie. She performed every action scene of her on her own but for a sex scene with Jason Mamoa, she went for body double. This movie also did not get good reviews by critics and also got flopped on box office.
She shared about this action film of her in an interview that people asked me fighting in real life and honestly it would not look as graceful as it looks in film and TV.
Nichols played role in 3 episodes of drama Criminal Minds, and her amazing acting made her to get a permanent role in same drama. She worked in a romantic movie A Bird of the Air, who got mixed reviews from critics. Rachel performed in different movies like Raze, Pandemic, Inside and Breach and her acting in these movies and well acknowledged.
Nichols is still appearing in some remarkable roles in TV series i.e. Titans, A Million Little Things and Taken. Talking about her film career Rachel said that what other women don’t do going out and kick someone’s butt, she had done that with a sword in ‘Canon’, She did with a crossbow in ‘G.I.Joe’ and got her multi colored suit with multi-tools in ‘Continuum’. It was really a release for her and she found it quite cool.
Rachel Nichols Awards and Nominations
Nichols was first nominated for Teen Choice Awards for her role in the movie The Amityville Horror. She won her first accolade for best actress for her movie Under water. Nicholas was first awarded for best actress on television for Continuum, and nominated for the best guest performance in The Librarians.
Rachel Nichols Body Measurements
Rachel owns an attractive personality and a beautiful face. Her height is approximately 5 feet 10 inches and her weight is around 59 kg or 130 lbs., which is ideal for a tall height lady. Rachel Nichols’s bra size is 32 C and cup size is C. Her chest size is around 35 inches. She has maintained her every body part flawlessly that making her look in perfect shape.
Her waist size is 24 inches and bust size is 35 inches. Rachel’s body measurements are 35-24-34. Her eyes are blue and she has dark brown hair.
Rachel has a natural body and she has never undergone or thought about any plastic surgery. She likes natural body and face hence does not want to go for plastic infusion in the body. Every transformation that one sees in Rachel is because of her diet and her workout routine.
Rachel Nichols Personal Life
Nichols married a film producer Scott Stuber in Colorado on 2008 July 26th. After her honeymoon she started struggling to make her dream house in Cabo San Lucas, but her marriage got dissolved after 7 months in February 2009. Nichols and Stuber parted their ways in 2009 because of personal conflicts.
Rachel then engaged to Micheal Kershaw on 2013 December 30. Kershaw is a real estate developer and they both got married in September 2014.
Rachel Nichols Bold Photoshoots and Films
Rachel secured much fame through her bold photo shoots and movie scenes. Although, she was a late bloomer in her school days and did not have confidence over her body, but she worked hard to get slim& fit bikini body with an attractive and beautiful face.
Rachel even complained to her director in her first film P2 where she had lots of bold scenes and dressings. She made her creative team to make major changes in her appearance. She has done that because she did not want to get the title of bold actress and wanted to do challenging and versatile roles in her career.
Rachel Nichols Net Value
Rachel is an independent woman who has worked day and night to make her fortune. She made herself up during her university days and paid her fees by working in modeling profession. Rachel has now earned a fame and name, she is living a luxury lifestyle and her assets have net value of 10 million US dollars.
Rachel Nichols Talent Agency
Rachel Nichols has an agent whose name is Ryan and he lives in Los Angeles, she has one more agent in Canada named Jason. Her manager’s name is William who works from Los Angeles. Her Instagram id is @ticklenichols and her advisory board Instagram id is @lol.
